NEW YORK, N.Y. – Feb. 12, 2025 – Cornell Tech, the groundbreaking campus of Cornell University dedicated to developing leaders and technologies for the AI era, has announced the opening of The Bridge, a new state-of-the-art flexible workspace for entrepreneurs, early and mid-stage ventures, and more established companies. Located in the Tata Innovation Center on Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island campus, The Bridge is now open and applications for its workspaces are currently being accepted.
The Bridge at Cornell Tech is designed to foster a thriving ecosystem of innovation and collaboration and to accommodate the needs of different entrepreneurs and businesses. Occupants can access lounge-style open workspaces, booths, workstations, and private meeting spaces. It also includes a kitchen area and is in close proximity to The Café at Cornell Tech. Occupants are welcome to attend the public events being held on the campus.
Occupants of the workspace will include startups that were incubated at Cornell Tech through its Runway and Spinouts programs, but it is open to all to apply.
“The Bridge is a physical manifestation of Cornell Tech’s role as a catalyst for digital tech innovation and entrepreneurship,” said Fernando Gómez-Baquero, director of Runway and Spinouts at Cornell Tech. “Our campus welcomes individuals and teams, developing the technologies of the future, to join our growing and dynamic community and be a part of the interdisciplinary work happening across our campus.”
“Growing businesses in New York City begins with supporting entrepreneurs from all backgrounds and at all stages of development — and the opening of The Bridge at Cornell Tech, located inside the Tata Innovation Center, will provide a state-of-the-art coworking space where creativity, entrepreneurship, and learning will converge,” said New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) president and CEO Andrew Kimball. “We are thrilled for The Bridge to join New York City’s thriving tech ecosystem with over 200 coworking spaces and 100 incubators and accelerators, and look forward to working with our partners at Cornell Tech to continue to drive long-term economic benefits and job creation.”
One of the first ventures to join The Bridge is Cleerly Health, a leader in advanced cardiovascular imaging. Cleerly Health has collaborated with Cornell Tech faculty on research including a recent publication in Radiology Advances on how deep learning can assist radiologists using MRIs for patients with kidney and liver diseases.
“Building on our longstanding relationship with Cornell Tech, joining The Bridge is the natural next step in our ongoing collaboration,” said Ivana Jankovic, the senior research director of the Imaging Core Lab at Cleerly Health. “The state-of-the-art facilities, resources, and support will allow us to advance our mission to eliminate heart attacks by using artificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging. The Bridge is set to be a vibrant community of entrepreneurs and innovators, and we look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead.”
Located just a short ferry, tram, or subway ride from Manhattan and easily accessible from LaGuardia and JFK airports, The Bridge at Cornell Tech offers a convenient and vibrant location for tech companies and entrepreneurs on Roosevelt Island. With stunning views of Manhattan and Queens, The Bridge is just a short walk to the four-acre Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park.
For more information about The Bridge at Cornell Tech, please visit: https://tech.cornell.edu/the-bridge-at-cornell-tech/.
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About Cornell Tech
Cornell Tech is Cornell University’s state-of-the-art campus in New York City that develops leaders and technologies for the AI era through foundational and applied research, graduate education, and new ventures. Located on Roosevelt Island, the growing campus was founded in partnership with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and in close collaboration with the NYC Economic Development Corporation after Cornell won a worldwide competition initiated by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration to create an applied sciences campus in New York City. More than 1,000 Cornell students are now educated annually on the campus, including 700 in Cornell Tech programs. Since opening in 2012, nearly 120 new companies have spun out from startup programs at Cornell Tech, and 95 percent of them are based in New York City. Cornell Tech continues to have a transformative economic impact on the region’s tech sector.
