FirstIgnite

AI-Powered Business Development for Scientific Organizations

y-combinatorSummer 2021Remote9 people

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Acquired

Chase Bonhag, Cody Pawlowski · 2 co-founders

2026Acquired

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About

FirstIgnite builds AI powered business intelligence tools.

2 founders

Chase Bonhag

Founder

President & Chief Growth Officer at Inteum

in LinkedIn

Cody Pawlowski

Founder

Cody is the Co-Founder and CTO of FirstIgnite: the #1 tool for university-industry collaboration. While attending UIUC, he cofounded his first startup, Convey, and pursued the venture full-time. The social listening platform predicted major elections such as Brexit and netted partnerships from political campaigns to drive outreach. He's now focused on using AI to help research institutions partner with industry—getting more breakthroughs to market.

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