How it started
Their autonomy research turned into America's largest drone manufacturer.
Why every campus needs an Innovation-Hub
Why we are telling this story
The next company on a list like this one has not been founded yet. Right now it is a student in a lecture hall with an idea nobody has asked about, and no room to build it in. Innovation-Hub is that room: a permanent space inside your institution where students from every department explore, experiment, collaborate and prototype.
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