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Applications for the Activate Fellowship are now open!
Our two-year U.S. fellowship turns scientists and engineers into founders—with funding, technical resources, and a growing network of investors, partners, and fellow builders behind them.
Apply now: activate.org/apply
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The Activate Fellowship model steps outside the U.S. for the first time with the welcoming of our inaugural cohort of Activate Global Fellows in Singapore, in partnership with @NTUsg and backed by Singapore's NRF and Enterprise Singapore. Meet the fellows: activate.org/news/meet-activ…
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New in Forbes: Activate CEO Cyrus Wadia on why the next industry-defining companies will come from software + science, not software alone. It takes an ecosystem to get breakthrough research to market—that's our fellowship's job.
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We're hiring! Help hard-tech scientists turn research into impact. Open roles, remote + in-person (US):
📈 Sr Investment Manager
🌐 Fellowship Manager, Anywhere
🗽 Fellowship Manager, NY
💻 Ops Intern, Fellow Selection
🌱 Program Manager, LA BRIDGE
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Activate retweeted
Antora Energy just raised $550 million to build more of its heat-storing batteries that can help decarbonize factories.
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Scientists and engineers already run the founder playbook every day: hypothesize, test, fail, iterate, don't quit. The only thing missing is realizing it. This is exactly why Activate exists.
If you’re a scientist or researcher, you may be more prepared to start a company than you think.
Before becoming founders, Arvind Veluvali, @sir_aymansaleh, and @yanovskyd all worked at NASA, where they learned to tackle hard problems, run experiments, and keep going when the outcome was uncertain.
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MIT CTL postdoctoral researcher Katerina Boukin has been selected as an Activate Fellow for Flood Dynamics Boston 2026 cohort! 👏
#SupplyChain #Logistics #Humanitarian #FloodLogistics #HumanitarianLogistics
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The latest class of @activatefellows is heavy on geologic hydrogen, which uses specialized tech to generate fuel from hard pockets of rock.
Here’s @katie_brigham on why we’re likely to see more companies like these very, very soon:
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Today, we're announcing the 50 scientist-innovators of Cohort 2026—the 12th cohort in Activate's history.
The 41 companies they're building span 22 cities and 11 states across the U.S., joining Activate's 5 communities.
Read more here: activate.org/news/activate-w…
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Massachusetts just backed Activate Global with $720K—$120K operational + $600K fellowship funding—through @MassCEC's Innovation Ecosystem Program. Thank you for investing in scientists building tomorrow's breakthroughs.
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Congratulations @TimMLatimer & @JackNorbeck of @fervoenergy, Leah Ellis of @SublimeSystems, and Colin Bailie & Chris Eberspacher of @TandemPV on being named to @TIME magazine's top greentech companies of 2026!
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Fervo, a geothermal energy developer, raised $1.89 billion in a US IPO that priced above the marketed range, after upsizing the deal earlier this week bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The Real AI Opportunity Isn't More Science—It's Delivery hubs.li/Q04f3Zcl0 Written by Cyrus Wadia of Activate
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Scientific breakthroughs are just the beginning, says @activatefellows CEO Cyrus Wadia. The real impact happens when AI is optimized for their delivery.
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RT @elizab_kennedy: Last month, @activatefellows hosted our inaugural FOUNDERS Day Technology Breakfast on Capitol Hill in partnership with…
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On March 25th, Activate hosted our inaugural FOUNDERS Day Technology Breakfast on Capitol Hill, bringing together Members of Congress and staff from related science and technology offices, federal agency leadership from NSF, DOE, DOC, and SBA, and Activate fellows and alumni. 🧵
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like the Genesis Mission, which will require innovative American companies and technologies. Joel Edwards shared how important programs like the Activate entrepreneurial fellowship are for enabling future cutting-edge industries:
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Activate invested in @ZanskarGeo when the U.S. geothermal market barely existed, helping not just build the company, but catalyze an entirely new sector.
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