Emergent Ventures Announces 56th Cohort Winners
14 reported
Emergent Ventures has announced the winners of its 56th cohort, according to a single-source report from marginalrevolution.com. The cohort includes 14 individuals and teams from various locations, working on projects ranging from water policy and AI to space debris and quantum computing. Recipients include Audrey London of Los Angeles, who will write a book on water in California, and Seyi Oluwasanmi of London, who aims to bring Brits to San Francisco to learn tech. Other winners are based in Berlin, Andalusia, Israel, suburban Ontario, Orlando, New York City, Sydney, Poland, Gothenburg, Brussels, and Naples. Ages of some winners are noted as 14, 15, 17, and 18. The report does not specify the grant amounts or selection criteria.
What’s reported
The 56th cohort of Emergent Ventures winners includes 14 individuals and teams.
Audrey London of Los Angeles will write a book on water in California.
Seyi Oluwasanmi of London will bring Brits to San Francisco to learn tech.
Thomas Haferlach of Berlin is working on payments and compute layer for AI apps.
Juan Ramón Egea Fernández of Andalusia is focused on tech.
Teo Spiro of Israel is working on AI and biology.
Amitav Krishna of suburban Ontario, age 14, is working on quantum.
Jake Prokopets of Orlando, age 18, is working on AI and labor markets.
Wendi Yan of New York City is working on science and the visual arts.
Luke Peoples of Sydney, age 15, is working on editing the UI directly.
Malwina Lewera of Poland is working on orbital space debris.
Wilhelm Hedenskog of Gothenburg, Sweden, age 18, is working on AI evaluations.
Alex Petropoulos and Max Reddel of Brussels are working on Preparing Europe for Transformative AI.
Giovanni De Lillo of Naples, age 17, is working on multi-agent AI orchestration for regulated enterprise (Hypereum).
Key figures
Audrey London, Los Angeles
Seyi Oluwasanmi, London
Thomas Haferlach, Berlin
Juan Ramón Egea Fernández, Andalusia
Teo Spiro, Israel
Amitav Krishna, suburban Ontario, age 14
Jake Prokopets, Orlando, age 18
Wendi Yan, New York City
Luke Peoples, Sydney, age 15
Malwina Lewera, Poland
Wilhelm Hedenskog, Gothenburg, Sweden, age 18
Alex Petropoulos, Brussels
Max Reddel, Brussels
Giovanni De Lillo, Naples, age 17
Sources: marginalrevolution.com
