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Pittsburgh Inno’s Startups to Watch in 2022

The Andy Warhol bridge frames the skyline of Pittsburgh seen from the Northside on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh’s tech community is heating up.

In just the past few months, two of the region’s most promising homegrown tech companies — educational platform Duolingo Inc. and autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation Inc. — have had IPOs, a noticeable change in what has until recently been a decade-long drought for tech firms in Pittsburgh going public.

These exits represent a sign of success for Pittsburgh’s startup community. While listing on a stock market is more of a final marker that a startup is no longer a startup, Pittsburgh’s harboring of tech-based emerging companies is also on the rise.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times.

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