Emergent Ventures winners, 54th cohort

Emergent Ventures has awarded grants to 16 winners in its 54th cohort, including researchers in quantum computing, a 16-year-old studying LLM user interactions, and a Stanford scientist pursuing a cure for her own rare disease. The recipients, ranging from teenagers to professionals across multiple countries, will pursue projects in fields such as exoplanet discovery, AI filmmaking, and economics education.

Emergent Ventures winners, 54th cohort Kenny Guo https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennykguo/ , Krish Chhajer https://www.krishchhajer.com/ , Luthira Abeykoon Mudiyansela https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QRdoOHoAAAAJ&hl=en , Toronto, quantum computing. Jolie Gan https://www.joliegan.com/ , Calgary/SF, a publication on science and meta-science. Hudson Mitchell-Pullman https://www.linkedin.com/in/hudson-mitchell-pullman-5bbb18318/ , 16, San Diego, how users interact with LLMs to learn. Adnan Manna, 17, Amman, Jordan, finding exoplanets. Heloise Hoffman https://www.linkedin.com/in/heloiseh/ , Stanford, biomedical research to cure her own rare disease. M.F. Libano-Monteiro https://mfsdlm98.github.io/ , Portugal/LSE, economics education through video. Scott Ellis https://x.com/somebobcat8327 , Mississauga, Ontario, making movies with AI. Adrian Martinez https://www.linkedin.com/in/theadrianm/ , 17, Mission Viejo, CA, math, education. Aadil Ali https://sfalexandria.com/about/ , San Francisco, biographies of young achievers https://sfalexandria.com/posts/ . Chandler Reilly https://www.chandlerreilly.com/ , Denver, Substack on Denver and its economics https://reillychandler.substack.com/ . Jeremy Kingsley https://x.com/jeremynicolas , London, AI, podcasting and Substack. Michelle Lin, 15, Mclean, VA, curved-surface stitching on deformable materials, and algorithms. Brunella Tipismana https://www.linkedin.com/in/tipismanab/ , general career support, writing, Peru/New Haven/NYC. Theo Cross-Zamirski https://www.linkedin.com/in/theo-cross-zamirski/ , Cambridge, UK, platform to power math education. Beatrice Erkers https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatrice-erkers/ , Stockholm, progress ideas in Sweden.