$600M funding round at a $10B valuation
JP Morgan’s public commitment and leadership role
Growing up in Quebec during the referenda and witnessing the impact of economic hardship on society.
Lessons from his parents’ wartime experiences in Korea, teaching gratitude, service, and resilience.
Neil Trevett has served as the elected president of the Khronos Group for more than 20 years and most recently founded and now serves as the President and Chairman of the Metaverse Standards Forum.
Early exposure to science, electronics, and competitive physics
Participation in the International Young Physicist Tournament
A childhood shaped by neurodiversity, curiosity, and a supportive family that helped Chad build adaptive learning strategies.
Dr. David A. Bray is a Distinguished Fellow and Chair of the Accelerator with the Alfred Lee Loomis Innovation Council at the non-partisan Henry L. Stimson Center.
Mary Ellen Randall is the Founder and CEO of Ascot Technologies and a former IBM leader with decades of experience spanning flight simulator software, chip and systems development, operating systems, networking, and enterprise mobile solutions.
Pat Pataranutaporn is a technologist, scientist, and artist at the MIT Media Lab, exploring the intersection of AI, synthetic biology, and wearable computing.
His projects fuse art, science, and technology — from AI “wisdom wearables” to bio-digital tools that enable self-healing and space medicine.
Kathleen R. McKeown is the Henry and Gertrude Rothschild Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and is also the Founding Director of the Data Science Institute at Columbia.
