# Emergent Ventures winners, 58th cohort

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# Emergent Ventures winners, 58th cohort

[Jethro Elsden](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jethro-elsden-427b5959/), London area, to study the regulatory structure of the UK using AI.

[Paula Benedetti](https://cairnproject.org/ambassadors/paula-benedetti), Buenos Aires, marine biology work in Brazil.

[Nyida Gyal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyida-gyal-524820303/), 17, northern Virginia, AI and data.

[Gabe Sekeres](https://gabesekeres.com/), Cornell, what if an economist just lets AI run?,

[Ollie Payne](https://olli.vision/), NYC, Future Aesthetics Foundation.

[Jacob Watson-Howland](https://www.jacobwatsonhowland.com/), London, podcast on science and progress.

[Cameron Monroe](https://jcameronmonroe.com/), UC Santa Cruz, archaeology in Ghana.

[Björn O. Öste](https://bjornoste.com/), archaeology and Peru.

[Oliver Pryce](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-pryce-597747376/), Cambridge, mathematics, AI and a unified representation of geometry and physics.

[Demetre Tsiklauri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/demetre-tsiklauri-823162379/), Tblisi, 16, general career support, building a student network in Georgia.

[Shannon Wong](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-wong-7b1367243/), Paris/Antarctica, general career support.

[Lydia Farnham](https://science.works/about/), London, matching donors and projects.