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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Emergent Ventures winners, 51st cohort

 

Emergent Ventures winners, 51st cohort

Joseph Schmid, Princeton philosophy, and co-authors. To write up new and better arguments for the existence of god.

Monica Lewis, Sydney, Australia, center-right podcast.

Ashwin Somu, 17, Ontario, payments systems.

Sam Kahn, Kyrgyzstan, digital publication, Republic of Letters.

Nelson Jing, Seattle, decentralized AI systems.

Anubhav Nigam, Cornell, underwater charging stations.

Jordan McGillis, San Diego, the economics and politics of Alaska.

Juan Navarette, Madrid, Cervantes and liberalism.

Jeff Stine, Chicago, matching scientists and donors.

Syrine Ben Driss, San Francisco/Tunisia, biology start-up for AI-powered bio.

Shakti Mb, NYC, how people use AI boyfriends and girlfriends.

Sonia Litwin, London, robotics and emotions.

Alby Churven, 14, Sydney, Clovr, an AI tool.

Mikhail Khotyakov and Igor Kogan, Munich, Aimathic, personal math tutoring.

Archaeology cohort, sponsored by Yonatan Ben Shimon.

Bryce Hoenigman,  Chicago, archaeology, linguistics, and AI.

Benjamin Arbuckle, Chapel Hill, archaeology and ancient DNA.