• BlueSpace.ai Inc. – Santa Clara, California
    BlueSpace.ai – autonomous vehicle software

  • Full Cycle Bioplastics – San Jose, California
    (Winner of 2021 Ignite the Night TAMPA)
    New Technology for Space-Age Packaging

  • Howe Industries LLC – Scottsdale, Arizona
    ThermaSat – a solar thermal propulsion system for SmallSats

  • MITO Material Solutions – Stillwater, Oklahoma
    Thermally Conductive and Electrically Insulating Composites (TCEIC)

  • OsteoDx Inc. (formerly AEIOU Scientific) – Athens, Ohio
    (Winner of 2020 Ignite the Night OHIO)
    Cortical Bone Mechanics Testing – a non-invasive and radiation-free way to measure bone strength

  • Parasanti – DallasParasanti
    Space Ghost – a data orchestration platform optimized for artificial intelligence and machine intelligence

  • Predictiv Care Inc. – Mountain View, California
    Predictiv DNA-based Digital Twin – enabling risk level assessment of thousands of diseases that have a genetic component

  • SkyeLabs / North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics – Cary, North Carolina
    EcoGel – an aerogel made from banana fiber cellulose

  • United Aircraft Technologies Inc. – Troy, New York
    (Winner of 2021 Ignite the Night AERONAUTICS)
    Sensor Network, AI, and Augmented Reality for Isolating Wiring Faults

  • ZeroAvia – Hollister, California
    Hydrogen-Electric Aviation Powerplants