Programs | Speculative Technologies

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Our “core gameplay loop” revolves around multi-year programs run by program leads with wide-ranging authority to coordinate several projects towards a single vision. Programs aim to unlock technologies that are potentially big if true. However, these technologies are very much still research, not products. The goal of our programs is to make a technology sufficiently unspeculative to the point where it can continue in other institutions – whether that’s as a startup, a government research program, or part of a larger company. Our job is to turn the impossible into the inevitable. BRAINS COORDINATED RESEARCH ACCELERATOR Brains is a 15-week, part-time accelerator to provide the skills and opportunities for ambitious individuals to execute on research visions with potentially huge impact that aren’t a good fit for a company but are too big for a single academic lab. Think YCombinator for coordinated research programs. CARBON TO CHEMICALS Led By: Quentin Dudley By pulling enzymes, substr

Programs | Speculative Technologies Model About Team Programs Library & Updates Get Involved Donate Model About Team Programs Library & Updates Get Involved Donate Programs Our “core gameplay loop” revolves around multi-year programs run by program leads with wide-ranging authority to coordinate several projects towards a single vision. Programs aim to unlock technologies that are potentially big if true. However, these technologies are very much still research, not products. The goal of our programs is to make a technology sufficiently unspeculative to the point where it can continue in other

Programs | Speculative Technologies

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