Activate Updates: October 2026

Year One to Year 10: Science Founders at Climate Week NYC

Ella Csuka became an Activate Fellow this year. Etosha Cave was a fellow in Activate's first cohort in 2015. During Climate Week NYC, they spoke across town from each other. One..

From First Stage to First Pilot: A Week of Hard Tech in Houston

In Houston, working in the lab isn't enough. A technology has to work in the field, and an operator has to agree to let you try it there.

Hard Tech to Market: Supercarb’s New Class of Fiber Could Change How Performance Clothing Is Made

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

Activate Fellow News: September 2026

September was a landmark month for Activate Fellows. Across the community, Activate Fellows brought new technologies online, secured major federal awards and investments, formed..

Hard Tech to Market: Semion Protects Crops by Activating Plants’ Own Defense Mechanisms

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

Meet Activate's First Global Fellows: Singapore

For over a decade, Activate has backed scientists and engineers whose ideas were too early, too risky, or too ambitious for anyone else to fund. Today, through partnership with..

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.

Activate Fellow News: July 2026

Groundbreaking science doesn't reach the world on its own. It takes a leader willing to bridge science and business, and a community to support that leap.

Activate Welcomes 50 New Fellows to Cohort 2026

Meet the 41 Hard-Tech Companies Across 5 Activate Communities