Pittsburgh Startup of the Year 2024

We are delighted to announce that we have been voted the top startup in Pittsburgh for 2024.
Hackernoon runs an annual startup ranking for every major area around the globe. Before our relocation to Pittsburgh, we were ranked as the number 2 startup in the Palo Alto, CA area, in the same poll from the prior year (2023).
If you would like to learn more about why we are consitently being ranked at the top of our field, please schedule a demo and let us show you why.

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