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The episode features insights from KPMG's Tech Innovator Competition winners and discusses their innovative solutions in industrial technology.

This week's show features Salvatore DiMaggio from KPMG, alongside the Tech Innovators East of England’s competition winners Gwen Wyatt Moon (Prospectral) and runner-up Tim Smeda (Hypergen). Prospectral is transforming industrial computer vision by bringing material inference to production lines in real-time - they've already secured paid pilots with Rio Tinto and the Singapore government. Hypergen is solving a different problem entirely, making micro gas turbines viable for industrial power generation by running them 300-400°C hotter than competitors. Both founders credit Cambridge and Cranfield's startup ecosystems with accelerating their learning curves. Key takeaways: Accelerators work best for mentorship and training, not just capital University connections unlock validation resources (Hypergen used Cranfield's Innovation Voucher to validate their concept) The ecosystem is bidirectional - founders benefit from and contribute back to their communities What Happens Next Prospectral is closing a £3.3M funding round and hiring business development talent who understands camera ecosystems. Hypergen is securing corporate manufacturing partnerships to avoid capital-heavy production…

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