RxSense’s Founder and CEO Rick Bates, WG’96, is a proud member of The Wharton Fund’s Benjamin Franklin Society — committed to fueling innovation. In a video interview, Bates discusses the transformative power of AI in health care, the influence of the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative, and the business insights fueling RxSense’s success.

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Three promising ventures earned a cash prize at the ninth annual Jacobson Global Venture Awards, a pitch competition for students at the Lauder Institute. Established thanks to the generosity of Andrew Jacobson, WG’93, and Lauder alumna Marina Kunis Jacobson, G’93, WG’93, this competition provides each winner with a $15,000 Venture Award, a sum intended to help them focus on developing their startups full-time in the summer.

This year’s winning ventures were selected by a panel of Lauder Institute alumni judges. Meet the talented winners and learn more about their creative ideas below.

Explore the winning ventures.

On a rainy day last month, Tangen Hall opened its doors for the Venture Lab Joiner Fair, an event bringing entrepreneurial students together with early-stage venture teams. Several of the teams seeking “joiners” were represented by Wharton MBA students and alumni, three of whom took time to chat with us about their ventures and experiences at Venture Lab.

At the link, learn more about how donor-supported programs like the Venture Initiation Program (VIP) Incubator and VIP-X Accelerator have made a difference in the lives of the exciting young entrepreneurs we interviewed.

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