Techli (St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 10) -- “The night before the Cozad Competition Finals, my partner, Prashant Mehta, and I talked about our next steps,” said Rithmio’s co-founder Adam Tilton. “My lease was ending; I didn’t know if I should re-sign. You know, the typical startup story.” That next day, the Cozad Competition at Illinois set in motion a concrete future for Rithmio, the company that is building a gesture recognition platform that’s ahead of its time.