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The MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge rewards the creation of technology supporting an “economy that works for all.”
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The 2019 Inclusive Innovation Challenge grand prize winners
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20 startups using tech to build an inclusive economy
The companies will compete Nov. 21 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a piece of the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge $1 million grand prize.