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Established 2012 Graduated 2018 The premise: Modern delivery services have improved in the past decade to the point where e-commerce platforms such as Amazon offer same day delivery in some locations. But what if you live in a remote location or need something immediately like emergency medicine? And what about the traffic congestion in our … Continued
Established 2016 Graduated 2019 The premise: Cyberattacks are increasing in scope and number faster than companies can train and employ professionals to fight them. The hackers who commit these crimes are professionals with clear long-term goals. They are meticulous, skilled, and patiently work their way through companies’ defences. It’s not uncommon for an enterprise security … Continued
Established 2012 Graduated 2015 The premise: X invested in several projects with the potential to transform the detection, prevention and management of disease through technology. Originally known as Google Life Sciences, this collection of projects ultimately graduated from X in 2015 to become the Alphabet company Verily Life Sciences. The projects: The Verily team believe … Continued
Established 2006 Graduated 2019 The premise: Harnessing wind energy with kites to create renewable electricity. Worldwide, hundreds of millions of people live within 25 miles of a coastline where winds are strong and steady, but two-thirds of coastal waters are too deep for conventional wind energy systems that sit on the seabed. It’s in areas … Continued
Established 2010 Graduated 2019 The premise: Workers with hands-on jobs often have to look away from what they’re doing to access information. This shifting of focus is time consuming and can create distractions that lead to mistakes. Manufacturing and field workers, for example, often have to step away from the work at hand to consult … Continued
Established 2011 Graduated 2012 The premise: In the early days of computing, humans had to instruct machines exactly what to do and how to do it, which inherently limited the computers capacities. Today artificial intelligence (AI) enables a computer to “learn” by sorting through vast amounts of data to rapidly identify patterns and differences. When … Continued
Established 2009 Graduated 2016 The premise: Car accidents account for 1.35 million deaths around the world each year, with an estimated 94% caused by human error. The Google Self-Driving Car project aimed to develop technology that could reduce road deaths caused by human error, reclaim billions of hours wasted in traffic, and bring everyday destinations … Continued
Established 2017 Graduated 2018 The premise: Wind and solar power are abundant, clean and increasingly inexpensive energy sources. However, they’re not always available when the demand for power is greatest. If wind and solar farms produce more energy than the electric grid needs, the energy goes to waste. Up to 30% of solar energy cannot … Continued
Established 2017 Graduated not yet FSOC = Free Space Optical Communications The premise: Using beams of light to support the growing global demand for data. Global internet traffic is projected to grow 24% annually and users increasingly require greater bandwidth and faster speeds. While fibre-optic cable provides both, its installation is time-consuming and costly and … Continued
Established 2015 Graduated 2017 The premise: Reducing heating costs and carbon emissions with geothermal energy. Dandelion uses geothermal energy to make it easier and more affordable to heat and cool homes with high-performance equipment and a proprietary, low-cost installation process that allows homeowners to save money and help the environment by moving away from conventional … Continued
