Wollman said winning the rodeo was surreal. Spacy said the panel was so excited about the potential of the app that he is adding another $50,000 of seed money to bring the idea to fruition giving the team a total of $250,000. Air Force Academy, Colorado, and presented by Cantwell and Yann Wollman, a U.S. He said the Air Force would still invest in pitches that fell outside those parameters, just not through the Innovation Rodeo program.įirst place – “What’s Up” App for base event announcements submitted by Col.
“What had some rising to the top was a combination of applicability, having thought through what it’s going to take to get to market and the ability to use funds available to cover that gap.” “The teams got here because they all had great ideas,” Spacy said. Brad Spacy, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander.
The first Innovation Rodeo was very competitive, said Maj.
Three innovative ideas to support worldwide warfighter success are one step closer to reality today thanks to the first Air Force Innovation Rodeo, $650,000 in total seed money and a partnership with AFWERX and tech accelerator companies.ĭuring the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo, similar to the Air Force’s Spark Tank and national television’s Shark Tank, a panel of five senior Air Force leaders in the installation and mission support community watched eight presentations before selecting the three ideas they feel will increase the speed and agility of the Air Force while providing cost savings.
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