Activate Updates: August 2026

Hard Tech to Market: Reforge Robotics Is Making Industrial Robots Faster and More Precise—with Software

Stories of Activate Fellows and alumni turning scientific breakthroughs into hard-tech impact.

Hard Tech To Market: Lightfinder Is Bringing the Lab to the Field at the Speed of Light

Stories of Activate Fellows and alumni turning scientific breakthroughs into hard-tech impact.

Meet the Managing Directors

Five seasoned hard-tech leaders serve as fellows' closest advisors throughout the two-year fellowship.

Activate Updates: June 2026

Moments that Matter: Praio’s Nature-Inspired Protocells Offer a New Vision for Biomanufacturing

Celebrating the turning points that define our current and alumni fellows’ journeys.

Moments That Matter: Root Applied Sciences Helps More and More Farmers ‘See’ Invisible Threats

Celebrating the turning points that define our current and alumni fellows’ journeys.

Moments that Matter: Cella’s ‘Big Swing’ Is Paying Off

Celebrating the turning points that define our current and alumni fellows’ journeys.

Enter: FRVO

Fervo Energy’s IPO represents a new era for clean energy and an unprecedented milestone for the Activate community

Activate BRIDGE Japan Program: Connecting Science Across Global Borders

At Activate, our work of building the community that drives science into impact goes beyond borders. We empower scientists and engineers to bring game-changing innovations out of..

Moments that Matter: Elysium Robotics Is Pointing to the UK Next

Celebrating the turning points that define our current and alumni fellows’ journeys.

Activate Players Team Up to Launch California’s First Shared-Use Battery Manufacturing Facility

The Electrochemistry Foundry, founded by members of the Activate community, bridges the pilot-scale gap for hard-tech innovators.