xTech Accelerator
Offers Army xTech competition finalists mentorship and support to transition their tech, no equity taken.
The cohort-based Accelerator pairs finalists with Department of War leaders and mentors for educational programming, diverse mentorship, community building, strategic exposure to Army stakeholders, and venture-building consultation. xTech runs a specialized, curated Accelerator cohort for each competition rather than one single ongoing program.
Open only to xTech Program finalists — the small businesses and innovators selected through the multi-phased xTech judging process to compete in an xTech competition's finals event. It is not a program you can apply to directly; participation comes from placing as a finalist in an xTech competition first.
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