Plaid Semiconductors is developing the next generation of hardware infrastructure for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
Current GPUs are built as mosaics of smaller chips interconnected on substrates, then linked across boards, racks, and data centers via copper and optical fibers. This fragmented approach creates significant inefficiencies:
Crop pests cause 20–40% of global crop losses, costing over $220 billion worldwide and $30–100 billion in the U.S. annually (USDA ARS, 2024; NIFA, 2024).
Yet 75–90% of sprayed pesticides never reach their target, requiring multiple applications, driving excess chemical leaching into soil and water, and raising costs for farmers.
Grid reliability and resiliency remain challenged because distributed energy resources (DER) and microgrids have yet to drive transformative change in electric power systems.
Nhu Energy addresses this gap with high-performing digital operating technology (OT) that enables clean, flexible, and resilient distributed power at scale.
Our interoperable Operating Technology as a Service (OTaaS®) solutions deliver proven value to mission-critical facilities, including:
VibraPower is an energy technology startup developing resonance-tracking vibration energy harvesters that convert wasted mechanical vibrations into continuous electrical power for wireless sensors.
Our mission is to eliminate batteries and wiring in industrial monitoring systems, enabling self-powered, maintenance-free sensors that power the next generation of AI-enabled industrial intelligence.
Coulomb Technology is developing next-generation sodium-ion batteries that are fire-safe, durable, and sustainably manufactured in the United States.
Our mission eliminates dependence on geopolitically constrained lithium and cobalt resources while addressing the major challenges of lithium-ion technology: fire hazards, high costs, limited raw materials, and environmental/ethical mining concerns.
TNT Eco Materials is an additive manufacturing solutions company advancing sustainable innovation in the construction materials sector through its patented Fiber Grow™ technology. Developed in collaboration with NC State University, Ohio State University, and Virginia Tech, Fiber Grow™ mineralizes renewable fibers to create high-performance additives that enhance durability, tensile strength, and insulation capacity while reducing embodied carbon.
Today, generative AI can replicate music styles, vocals, and instrumentals at scale—often without the creator’s consent. Musicians, labels, and rights holders lack effective tools to protect their works from being scraped, cloned, or remixed by AI models. Existing copyright frameworks are slow, reactive, and ill-equipped for invisible mass ingestion of creative content in AI training.
Emerging from Vanderbilt University, Mobius AI is developing an agentic AI platform that transforms chaotic, real-time mobility logistics into reliable, efficient operations—beginning with non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) and microtransit.
