Cortex Partners with Defense Department

The National Security Innovation Network, a talent and technology pipeline for national security is a signed partnership between Cortex Innovation Community and the Department of Defense.

The program was invented with the intention of encouraging startups connecting the private sector with the Department of Defense.

The NSIN collaborates with several universities in the area hosting hackathons to collect various data.

St, Louis was selected by the Pentagon as an Innovation Hub for NSIN because of the academic institutions, entrepreneurship ecosystem, two of the major Department of Defense partners.

Check out the full story by Annika Merrilees on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.