Stanford was founded almost 150 years ago on a bedrock of societal purpose. Our mission is to contribute to the world by educating students for lives of leadership and contribution with integrity; advancing fundamental knowledge and cultivating creativity; leading in pioneering research for effective clinical therapies; and accelerating solutions and amplifying their impact.

Playground is an early-stage investment firm that’s built to help brilliant entrepreneurs bring bold technical visions to life. We invest in ambitious people and ideas at the forefront of science and technology.

Prosperity7 is the $1B diversified growth fund of Aramco Ventures. We invest globally in startups with a long-term view. We provide our portfolio companies with the funding and connections they need to scale quickly, enter new and emerging markets, and attain global reach. We support the development of next-generation technologies and business models that will bring prosperity and positive impact.

Circuit Launch exists because of a fundamental shift in rules about where you should locate your electronic hardware business. Until recently, companies felt pressured to move their operations to a foreign production center. Often this included locking the company into a particular supplier or manufacturer relationship. Fortunately, conditions have changed. Rapid advancement of micro manufacturing equipment means prototyping, testing and small run production can now be done in-house. For mass production, the world’s best suppliers and manufacturers are establishing local offices at various centers of innovation and

PsiQuantum’s mission is to build and deploy the world’s first useful quantum computer. The company was founded on the premise that commercially valuable quantum computing will require error correction, and therefore very large-scale systems. We believe that we have a fast and feasible path to large-scale fault tolerant systems, based largely on leverage of existing technology – including high-volume semiconductor manufacturing, packaging, and high-power cryogenic systems.

Rondo is delivering the world’s lowest cost zero-carbon industrial heat. TheRondo Heat Battery powers industrial processes with renewable electricity, cutting energy costs and eliminating emissions. We deliver complete solutions to large-scale industrial energy needs worldwide - both as major capital projects and on a Heat as a Service basis. The Rondo Heat Battery provides temperatures up to 1,500°C, at less than half the cost and twice the efficiency of hydrogen.

SRI International, founded in 1946 by Stanford University, is an independent nonprofit research institute headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with a rich history of supporting government and industry. For more than 75 years,we have collaborated across technical and scientific disciplines to discover and develop groundbreaking products and technologies and bring innovations and ideas to the marketplace. From the computer mouse to robotic surgery, cancer treatments, and more, SRI’s 75 years of innovation have created new industries, billions of dollars in market value, and lasting benefits to society.

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is the largest vendor of computer software in the world. It is also a leading provider of cloud computing services, video games, computer and gaming hardware, search and other online services.

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Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, Earth’s best employer, and Earth’s safest place to work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS,Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon.

Nvidia Corporation, is an American multinational technology company. It is a software and fabless company which designs graphics processing units (GPUs), application programming interface (APIs) for data science and high-performance computing as well as system on a chip units (SoCs) for the mobile computing and automotive market.

Nvidia is a global leader in artificial intelligence hardware and software. Its professional line of GPUs are used in workstations for applications in such fields as architecture, engineering and construction, media and entertainment, automotive, scientific research, and manufacturing design.

CHM is the leading museum decoding computing’s ongoing impact on ourworld. From the heart of Silicon Valley, we are uniquely positioned to cull the key lessons of the past and through our research, exhibits, events, and incomparable collection of computing artifacts create informed digital citizens empowered tomake the choices that will shape a better future.
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WE BELIEVE:

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- Our computing past informs our digital present with lessons that span generations.

- Technology should be created and applied ethically and expand access to opportunity.

- Technological progress should be in service to human progress.