2024 Cohort
The 2024 BK-XL cohort consists of 5 exceptional companies committed to building their businesses in Brooklyn for the duration of the program. The six startups that make up BK-XL's 2024 cohort are below:
Sara Berkai - Founder/CEO
Ambessa Play designs educational STEM kits that offer hands-on learning experiences. For every kit purchased, we donate one to a refugee child, ensuring that education knows no borders. With a mission to bridge educational gaps, Ambessa Play has reached thousands of children and continues to grow, inspiring curiosity and creativity in young minds everywhere.
Cheick Ouedraogo - Founder/CEO
Accessible and reliable FX solutions are crucial for UMOA's growth. Maraboo connects UMOA globally with its platform, offering affordable, real-time international transfers.
Kareem Williams - Co-Founder
Ben Donahue - Co-Founder
Peepalytics AI identifies the exact signals around why talent leaves alongside an action plan for business leaders to retain their top talent. We're able to do this by generating attrition signals from the modern employee experience with data across productivity, sentiment, and performance.
Gene Zhu - Founder/CEO
Afar Foods is on a mission to spice up healthy snacking. Our debut product, the Afar bar, is a savory, crispy bar featuring globally-inspired flavors. Made with clean, vegan ingredients, each bar packs 10g protein and just 3g sugar (80% less sugar than most bars).
Yusuf Olokoba - Founder/CEO
We provide a platform that enables developers to run AI and other compute-heavy algorithms on their users' local devices. With local compute, developers and enterprises can save drastically on cloud compute spend, and their users benefit from fast and secure AI. Our platform works by compiling Python functions into object code that runs across different platforms, including the browser, mobile, desktop, and more.