We're honored to share that KissUX has been selected for the National Science Foundation's I-Corps Northeast Hub Spring 2026 cohort. The program puts us in front of dozens of potential customers and lets us pressure-test our assumptions about where Mimi creates the most value.
What I-Corps actually does
I-Corps is famously not a typical accelerator. There's no demo day. There's no investor pitch. The entire program is built around one thing: 100+ customer-discovery interviews in seven weeks. The output is not a polished deck — it's a fundamentally clearer picture of who you serve and how.
The three segments we're testing
- Health systems — patient-portal adoption, no-show reduction, post-discharge engagement.
- Financial services — fraud reduction, branch deflection, trust scores in 65+ cohorts.
- Senior-living operators — resident independence, family communication, staff time recovered.
Each segment has its own version of the same underlying problem: the digital interface is the bottleneck, not the underlying service.
"Discovery isn't validation theater. It's the part of company-building where you find out what is actually true." — Mike, founder
How to help
If you work in any of these spaces — or know someone who does — we'd love to talk. The interviews are 30 minutes, off the record, and we don't sell anything. We just want to learn.
You can reach us through our partnership form with "I-Corps interview" in the notes.
Many thanks to the Ben Franklin Technology Partners and Penn State Launchbox teams who nominated us.