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The Kenyan American engineer previously worked in Google’s cloud computing business before a brief stint at SpaceX’s Starlink communications network in 2024. His experiences convinced him that there was untapped potential for computers in space.

A robot that helps tree surgeons work safely may appear to have very little in common with a baby equipment rental service. But at the University of Pennsylvania, they both belong to a growing number of businesses built by graduates who noticed a problem and decided to create a solution for it.

AI data centre startup Nava, founded by ex-OYO executive, in talks to raise $200 million from Greenoaks

Cornell University has a slightly more unusual founder story compared to the other Ivies. The original campus is in Ithaca, six hours upstate from New York while Cornell Tech opened in 2017 on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, built explicitly to produce startups.

There’s a reason why Harvard continues to pop up whenever you start to dig into the backstories of big, successful companies. It’s not just Facebook, although Mark Zuckerberg is probably the first name that comes to mind when you think of Harvard founders.

31 MIN(s)•TECHNOLOGY K. M. Iftesham Islam K. M. Iftesham Islam Sabik Bin Sultan and Shafi Bin Sultan, the two brothers who co-founded the AI-based hiring startup AgenticHire. Photo: Courtesy

Stanford University has produced more successful founders than almost any other university in the world. Some companies have shaped entire industries while newer startups are still finding their feet but one thing is for sure – there’s no shortage of innovation.