Emergent Ventures 36th cohort

Unmol Sharma, Ontario, for work on purple sulfur bacteria to make hydrogen.

Andrew Gau, Stanford, robotics for the science lab.

James Edward Dillard, Atlanta area, AI and local reporting.

Jim Larsen, Farmington, New Mexico, energy, geothermal energy, and Indonesia,

Mohit Deepak Agarwal, Stanford, LLMs and ancient texts, through Perseus.

Rohit Krishnan, San Francisco, to run mid-career sabbatical program for interesting doers and thinkers.

Yuan Sui, Toronto/Harvard, to work at Harvard on neurosystems and the brain.

Kevin Zhu, Palo Alto,  AI and child protection.

Muhammad Hunain, NYC, 18, space shields to protect satellies.

Vaishnav Sunil, NYC, writing and podcasting, including on talent.

Andrew Wu and Holden Mui, MIT, to compose and play the piano music of Holden.

Alan Chen, Austin, high schooler, robotics, AI, and assembly.

Ishir Rao, Chatham, NJ, high school, bio and AI and neurodegeneraton.

Adam Cheairs, Boston, high school, general career support, issues of sustainable development.

Nicholas Reville and Alex Jutca, San Francisco, RCTs to study the ability of GLP-1 drugs to alleviate addictions.

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