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Lessons from Cohort 2023: Navigating and Growing from Unexpected Pivots

Celebrating the Activate New York Community’s graduating Cohort 2023 and one fellow’s non-linear journey

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Activate Welcomes 47 New Fellows to Cohort 2025

The new 2025 Cohort is powering America’s next hard tech leap

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Lessons from Cohort 2023: Shifting Mindsets from Science to Business

Celebrating the Activate Anywhere Community’s graduating Cohort 2023 and how one fellow transformed from scientist to science entrepreneur during their two-year fellowship

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Lessons from Cohort 2023: Engineering for Scale

Celebrating the Activate New York Community’s graduating Cohort 2023 and one fellow’s learnings on how to scale for impact

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Fueling Boston Innovation: Activate at ClimaTech 2025

Since Activate Boston’s first cohort in 2020, the community has supported 40 fellows, with a concentration in the Boston area and growing representation in regions like Western..

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Science Entrepreneurs Give a Look at the Future at LEEP Demo Day

This year’s LEEP Demo Day was hosted in Berkeley and organized by our partners at Cyclotron Road

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Electrified Thermal Solutions: Industry Trailblazer in Thermal Energy Storage

Activate Fellows are pioneering new possibilities in thermal energy storage. Why is this a big deal? By reimagining how we power industry—the largest global source of..

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Activate Updates: April 2025

This month, Activate traveled around the world to broaden the possibilities of hard-tech innovation. Thanks to our domestic and international partners, Activate hosted and..

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Visolis: Industry Trailblazer in Sustainable Aviation Fuel

When we say Activate Fellows are reinventing the world, we mean it. One example is sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). While the global aviation industry uses 100 billion gallons of..

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