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Dec 1, 2022

Collaborating on a Whiteboard: Faculty Founders of Tough Tech Companies

By Vinny Beranek, Director of Research & Analytics and Ann DeWitt, General Partner, The Engine Today, we’re launching a new program from The Engine: Whiteboard. This program is designed to convene academic faculty members who are considering involvement in entrepreneurial ventures spun out of their labs. It brings together like-minded…

Tough Tech

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Collaborating on a Whiteboard: Faculty Founders of Tough Tech Companies
Collaborating on a Whiteboard: Faculty Founders of Tough Tech Companies
Tough Tech

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Aug 6, 2022

The Time is Now

The Inflation Reduction Act Is the Bill We Need How Climate and Industrial Policy Create a Massive Opportunity By Katie Rae, CEO & Managing Partner, The Engine The recently introduced Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has the potential to rapidly transition the United States to clean energy. That alone is reason for excitement, given the dire need for action and…

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The Time is Now
The Time is Now

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Feb 3, 2022

Welcome to Milo Werner, General Partner at The Engine!

By Katie Rae CEO & Managing Partner, The Engine I’m so excited to announce that Milo Werner has joined The Engine as our fourth, and newest, General Partner. A couple years ago, Ann, Reed and I began early conversations about how to expand our partnership. We knew the person who…

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Welcome to Milo Werner, General Partner at The Engine!
Welcome to Milo Werner, General Partner at The Engine!

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Dec 1, 2021

It’s All Coming Together

The Promise of a Fusion Powered Future — By Katie Rae, CEO & Managing Partner of The Engine In early 2018, the Commonwealth Fusion Systems team was hard at work planning its fusion machine just steps from my desk. Three years later I was standing in a control room amongst fusion engineers at the MIT Plasma Science Fusion…

Venture Capital

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It’s All Coming Together
It’s All Coming Together
Venture Capital

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Nov 1, 2021

Pathways Toward a CO2-Free Energy Ecosystem

By Amrit Jalan for The Engine Interviews by Nathaniel Brewster & Illustrations by Julie Carles This story is adapted from the print version, featured in Tough Tech №7: The Transformation Issue. You can download the full publication here. From those primal days huddled around a fire for warmth or harnessing…

Climate Change

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Pathways Toward a CO2-Free Energy Ecosystem
Pathways Toward a CO2-Free Energy Ecosystem
Climate Change

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·Oct 13, 2021

Long Live the Semiconductor

New forms of semiconductor scaling, as well as new forms of software-hardware interactions, will shepherd us into the next era of computing, one in which massive data processing is instant, communication is flawless, and unfathomably complex computation can take place anywhere. — by Charlie Wood for The Engine Despite being largely invisible and embedded within our devices, semiconductors now form a system as essential as roads or the electrical grid. So many facets of our daily lives — not to mention our future prospects — rely critically on these glimmering objects, and the streams of electrons alternately passing…

Computing

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Long Live the Semiconductor
Long Live the Semiconductor
Computing

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Jul 1, 2021

A Blueprint for Tough Tech Entrepreneurs

By Michael Kearney, Principal at The Engine & Ally Yost, Chief of Staff at Commonwealth Fusion Systems For those of you who don’t know us, introducing ourselves might sound like the start of a bad joke. “An economist and a materials scientist walk into a room…” But that’s exactly what…

Entrepreneurship

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A Blueprint for Tough Tech Entrepreneurs
A Blueprint for Tough Tech Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship

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May 6, 2021

Maximizing the Economic Benefits of the Endless Frontier Act

A Proposal to Scale-Up the Deployment of Innovative Technologies Across the U.S. By Katie Rae, CEO & Managing Partner, The Engine The Endless Frontier Act was unveiled in May 2020 to, “solidify the United States’ leadership in scientific and technological innovation through increased investments in the discovery, creation, and commercialization of technology fields of the future.” These investments are vital to solving…

Government

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Maximizing the Economic Benefits of the Endless Frontier Act
Maximizing the Economic Benefits of the Endless Frontier Act
Government

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Apr 29, 2021

Becoming a Storyteller

Advice for Tough Tech Founder-CEOs — By Ann DeWitt, General Partner at The Engine & Fran Barros, Operating Partner & Chief Design Officer at The Engine Founder-CEOs of Tough Tech companies face an unusual challenge while building their companies. Aside from their creativity and intellect, these founder-CEOs have achieved success due to their ability to communicate…

Entrepreneurship

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Becoming a Storyteller
Becoming a Storyteller
Entrepreneurship

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Mar 17, 2021

Building a Tough Tech company is hard. This advice can help.

The world has radically changed since I founded my first company in 2004, but the fundamental challenges of building a cutting-edge technology company remain the same. — By Phil Inagaki, Operating Partner at The Engine At The Engine, we don’t shy away from investing in Tough Tech companies at foundational stages, and we often work with technical first-time founders. These are people at the forefront of science, engineering, and technology wrestling with solutions to pressing global challenges…

Entrepreneurship

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Building a Tough Tech company is hard. This advice can help.
Building a Tough Tech company is hard. This advice can help.
Entrepreneurship

7 min read

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