Emergent Ventures winners, 59th cohort

Emergent Ventures, a fellowship program by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, announced its 59th cohort of winners, including 15-year-old Maximilian Kornstein from the Atlanta area, who is building AI agents and receiving general career support, and 16-year-old Shane Regan from Long Island, who is working on AI agents. The cohort spans projects such as autonomous vehicles in the UK, AI-driven meta-analyses, and biomedical startups, with winners from institutions including UC Berkeley, Harvard, and the London School of Economics.

Emergent Ventures winners, 59th cohort Tym Syrytczyk https://www.linkedin.com/in/tym-s-5279061a8/ , London, autonomous vehicles in the UK. Shane Regan, Long Island, 16, AI agents. Maximilian Kornstein https://academy.openai.com/public/blogs/how-a-high-school-student-built-a-civil-rights-archive-with-chatgpt-2026-08-28 , 15, Atlanta area, agents and general career support. Irene Chen https://irenechen.net/ and Jessica Dai https://www.jessicad.ai/ , UC Berkeley, data on peptides use. Evan Warfel https://www.evanwarfel.com/ , Bay Area, updated meta-analyses through AI. Daniel Dominguez Gomez https://unu.edu/biolac/experts/daniel-dominguez-gomez , biomedical think tank for Mexico. Malhaar Agrawal https://www.linkedin.com/in/malhaar-agrawal-b805771a9/ , U Penn., prediction markets and clinical trials. Andrei Russel Ismael https://seas.harvard.edu/person/andrei-russel-ismael , Harvard, biomedical start-up. Benedict Springbett https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedict-springbett/ , London, conference on the importance of legal issues for UK growth. Metin Metin, Izmir, Turkey, 15, AI and brain organoid electrophysiology. Ben Vyshedskiy http://benvyshedskiy.com/ , Harvard, biology podcast. Afra Wang https://afra.work/ , Bay Area, podcast and study of Chinese AI. Joe Hazell https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/jonathon-hazell , LSE, AI and macroeconomics. Anne Arno https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0G4D3R9KQ/about?ccs id=d1c4b51d-13ad-4038-9f5e-f941ce7dba8a , Krakow, writing and biography.