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Nicholas Ayala in the News

Coverage, campus records, and awards that name him.

GrayMatter Robotics

AI Insider · May 13, 2026

Robots for America Launches National Coalition to Advance U.S. Robotics Deployment Policy

Named in the photo caption as Nick Ayala (GrayMatter Robotics).

VentureBeat · May 11, 2026

Robots for America Launches National Coalition to Advance U.S. Robotics Deployment Policy

Quoted as Director of Strategy and Operations at GrayMatter Robotics.

Business Wire · May 11, 2026

Robots for America Launches National Coalition to Advance U.S. Robotics Deployment Policy

Quoted as Director of Strategy and Operations at GrayMatter Robotics.

Spartan Daily · April 30, 2013

New A.S. President Nicholas Ayala to integrate his campus experiences

Elected Associated Students president for 2013–14.

Spartan Daily · October 16, 2013

Student group plans memorial for Japanese internment history at SJSU

Quoted as Associated Students president.

Spartan Daily · October 2, 2014

Newly placed Spartan logo first step in Campus-to-the-City initiative

Credits then-president Nicholas Ayala with the idea.

SJSU NewsCenter · September 22, 2014

Associated Students Launches Campus-to-the-City Initiative

Then-president of Associated Students. Class of 2014, Management Information Systems.

Associated Students Annual Report, 2012–2013 . Listed among the A.S. 55 winners.
Associated Students Annual Report, 2013–2014 . President’s letter, signed Nicholas Ayala, A.S. President.
Associated Students Annual Report, 2014–2015 . Thanks past president Nicholas Ayala (2013–2014) for Campus-to-the-City.

Alpha Al Sirat Scholarship . Lucas College and Graduate School of Business convocation booklet, Spring 2014. Named as a recipient.
A.S. 55 Award, 2013 . Spartan Daily, May 9, 2013. Listed among the recipients.
E. Allen James Undergraduate Award, Delta Sigma Phi . Individual award.
Pyramid of Excellence, 2012 . Chapter award for Delta Sigma Phi Gamma Epsilon. He was chapter president. Spartan Daily, August 22, 2012.

SJSU Alumni Association Board of Directors . Listed as a director on the FY2021, FY2022, and FY2023 filings.

Minutes that list Nicholas Ayala as a voting member.

Academic Senate Athletics Board, 2013–2014 year-end report . Named among members present at the September 13, 2013 meeting.

Co-founded QMi Systems, a campus food pre-order app, while at San José State University.

QMi Systems, in his own words
Gust company profile . Lists Nicholas Ayala as co-founder and CEO. Founded March 2013.
Portfolio note . Names Nicholas Ayala among the founders of QMi Systems.