# Emergent Ventures winners, 56th cohort

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> Published: 2026-07-20 04:33:26+00:00

# Emergent Ventures winners, 56th cohort

[Audrey London](https://substack.com/@lauralondon?utm_campaign=pr), Los Angeles, to write a book on water in California.

[Seyi Oluwasanmi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyioluwasanmi/), London, to bring Brits to SF to learn tech.

[Thomas Haferlach](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomashaferlach/), Berlin, payments and compute layer for the long tail of AI apps.

[Juan Ramón Egea Fernández](https://github.com/El-EnderJ), Andalusia, tech.

[Teo Spiro](https://x.com/theodorspiro), Israel, AI and biology.

[Amitav Krishna](https://amitav.net/), suburban Ontario, 14, quantum.

[Jake Prokopets](https://jakeprokopets.substack.com/p/why-the-most-ai-exposed-counties), 18, Orlando, AI and labor markets.

[Wendi Yan](https://wendiyan.com/), NYC, science and the visual arts.

Luke Peoples, 15, Sydney, to edit the UI directly.

[Malwina Lewera](https://www.linkedin.com/in/malwina-lewera-668552337/), Poland, orbital space debris.

[Wilhelm Hedenskog](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilhelm-hedenskog/), 18, Gothenburg, Sweden, AI evaluations.

[Alex Petropoulos](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FAlexTPet&data=05%7C02%7Ctcowen%40gmu.edu%7Cbbe16acaac824a09e21308dedb61858f%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C639189409084481586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1s8N0omRWTJQ9LjqW%2FA0b2%2BOxPFX3P7wVCc7uUf3Kss%3D&reserved=0) and [Max Reddel](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmaxreddel%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ctcowen%40gmu.edu%7Cbbe16acaac824a09e21308dedb61858f%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C639189409084547238%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tGmOTV0Gg44Cj6Im9o1%2FDu9U8a4IOH70qBrpqABOj9g%3D&reserved=0), Brussels, [Preparing Europe for Transformative AI](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arq.foundation%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ctcowen%40gmu.edu%7Cbbe16acaac824a09e21308dedb61858f%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C639189409084597547%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gDFomTrkC%2Bp7K%2BXkGe4fdWy91tzYy%2FLOFie%2F%2B59Fo%2Fc%3D&reserved=0).

[Giovanni De Lillo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-de-lillo/), 17, Naples, multi-agent AI orchestration for regulated enterprise (Hypereum).