North America

Meet Jeremy Chow, founder of Tactus, a startup redefining how deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals experience music through wearable technology. After participating in both the early and growth cohorts of CIC Massachusetts’ Social Impact Program, Jeremy took home the Audience’s Choice Award and a monetary prize at CIC’s Demo Day in June. Today, Jeremy is building from CIC Cambridge while his co-founder Johann Darboven continues the momentum at CIC Tokyo, where Tactus is expanding its collaborations in Japan.

St. Louis is rewriting the story of innovation in the Midwest, and at the heart of this transformation is the Cortex Innovation District—a purpose-built neighborhood designed for discovery, collaboration, and growth. Once a 200-acre stretch of underdeveloped land along the city’s central corridor, the area has evolved into a vibrant community where entrepreneurs, researchers, and global companies come together to fuel the region’s innovation economy.