Built Different: The RIT Founders Who Went All In

​RIT has always been home to bold makers and these founders prove it. Austin McChord '08 turned a basement idea into a billion-dollar company. Jake Stevens '19 and Mohammad Eshan '24 just left Y Combinator with multi-million dollar backing. Together, they'll share how they carved their own paths, the failures and breakthroughs along the way, and what it takes for the next generation of RIT founders to do the same.