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Binghamton University

University · Binghamton, NY

Binghamton University is a public research university in Binghamton, New York, part of the SUNY system.

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Upstate New York

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About Upstate NY

Upstate New York seeded Silicon Valley more directly than most people realize: IBM started in Endicott, GE's research labs sat in Schenectady, and Kodak and Xerox built deep imaging and photonics expertise in Rochester — engineers and ideas from all three migrated west and helped build what came after. Cornell, RPI, the University of Rochester, and the SUNY system now anchor a semiconductor, photonics, and drone corridor that's a direct descendant of that older industrial-research base, not a recent transplant.

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Region Stats

Total firms 135

VC / investors 61

Companies 57

Schools 17

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Semiconductors

Photonics

Drones