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March 18, 2026, ROCHESTER, NY<\/strong>\u2014Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the 10 startups chosen for round nine of the New York State supported\u00a0Luminate NY<\/a>\u00a0accelerator, investment fund, and competition. Selected by a panel of industry experts for their transformative work in OPI-enabled technologies, these startups were identified from a pool of 138 applicants from 33 different countries. The 2026 cohort will begin their time in Rochester on April 13, utilizing an initial $100,000 investment to continue to scale their businesses leveraging New York\u2019s ecosystem. At the accelerator graduation on September 30, they will vie for up to $2 million in follow-on funding to help commercialize their next-generation manufacturing, medical, and sensing solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 18, 2026, ROCHESTER, NY\u2014Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the 10 startups chosen for round nine of the New York State supported\u00a0Luminate NY\u00a0accelerator, investment fund, and competition. 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