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The Cube

Our mission

The Cube lowers the barriers to entrepreneurship at Duke by giving students the skills, resources, and community to build ventures of all kinds. Our alumni have built multimillion-dollar companies and been covered by outlets including Forbes and CNN.

Raised
$250M+
Combined valuation
$2B+

What we've built

Cube alumni have built companies across industries and raised $250M+ in funding. A selection is below.

Companies backed by:

THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Enterprise AI · IT

Serval

Raised $127M
Latest round Series B
Automates IT requests and support workflows with AI agents.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Consumer · Skincare

Carpe

Raised $7.4M
Status Acquired
Antiperspirants made for excessive sweating.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Healthcare

Alleviate Health

Raised $4.3M
Latest round Seed
Screens and schedules patients for clinical trials, using AI.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Y Combinator · S24

Syntra

Raised $500K
Latest round Seed
Audits medical charts, claims, and compliance with AI.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Y Combinator · S25

EffiGov

Raised $500K
Latest round Seed
AI call operators that answer 311 and city service requests.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club

Lemon Slice

Raised $10.5M
Latest round Seed
YC W24. Generates video with expressive, human-like AI avatars.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club

EQORE

Raised $20M
Latest round Seed
Battery storage and control software that cuts commercial and industrial electricity bills.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club

Throne Science

Raised $18M
Latest round Series A
Monitors your health at home with connected bathroom technology.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Y Combinator · W24

Octolane AI

Raised $3.1M
Latest round Seed
An AI CRM that keeps records current and follows up on sales.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Health Data

Gradient Health

Raised $5.7M
Latest round Seed
Medical imaging data, for the people building healthcare AI.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Education · AI

Turbo AI

Raised $750K
Latest round Seed
Turns recordings and files into notes and study materials.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Consumer · Personal AI

Tomo

Raised $5M
Latest round Seed
An AI assistant you text, for planning and reminders.
THE CUBE Duke Startup Club
Gaming

Jailbreak

Lifetime visits 7.7B+
Platform Roblox
A Roblox game of cops, robbers, heists, and arrests.

Cube members have also founded clubs at Duke, including these.

DIIG
DPAD
Girls Who Invest
pEdge
180 Degrees Consulting

Build and connect

Members take ideas from sketch to launch with practical support, workshops, and founder talks, and get to know each other at community events.

Our experiences

Cube members have worked at the companies below, from multi-billion dollar public firms to private startups.

OpenAI
xAI
ANTHROPIC
Google
Meta
Apple
Microsoft
Amazon
Stripe
Databricks
Harvey
Citadel
Bridgewater
Goldman Sachs
McKinsey

Contact us

Email us at duke@thecube.llc

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