Ventures & licensing
Our ventures group invests in big ideas that create world-changing enterprises to build a safer, healthier, and more sustainable world. We contribute advanced intellectual property (IP) and cash, and transfer technology to entrepreneurs.
-
How SRI accelerates deep tech startups
Innovators who join SRI’s Entrepreneurship-in-Residence program benefit from a unique opportunity to turn ground-breaking scientific advances into commercial applications.
-
Avsr AI: Teaching robots autonomy and dexterity
An SRI spinout is leveraging SRI technology to increase the dexterity and flexibility of our future robotic collaborators.
-
Joe Sawa: Scaling breakthrough hydrogen separation to decarbonize industry
As the CEO of Membravo and former SRI entrepreneur-in-residence, Joe Sawa is harnessing a novel SRI-invented polymer membrane to feed the world’s need for pure hydrogen.
-
SRI spins out Membravo
The SRI-funded startup will scale up a novel SRI-invented polymer membrane to feed the world’s need for hydrogen.
-
Garrett Wang: Making AI building accessible to all
The CEO and co-founder of Cerbrec works with SRI to simplify AI for a range of industries.
-
Wes Madrigal: Streamlining the AI data pipeline
SRI spins out Kurve to help customers automate AI to speed up business operations.
-
Todd Stavish: Bringing technology that matters into the world
The SRI ventures team connects entrepreneurs with deep technology, expert guidance, and intellectual property.
-
Clint Graumann: Using space-based LIDAR to map the Earth
The CEO and co-founder of NUVIEW is improving our ability to view the world. He’s teamed up with SRI to make that happen.
-
An SRI-led team helps secure critical 5G networks
New technologies could provide comprehensive protection for future networks.
-
Chloe Duckworth: Using voice tech to decipher the emotion behind the words
The CEO and co-founder of Valence Vibrations is leveraging technology from SRI to help people better read the room.
-
Kostas Hatalis: Designing multimodal AI for marketing
The CEO and co-founder of GoCharlie.ai is working with SRI to reimagine how digital content is created.
-
Babak Pahlavan: Creating next-gen personal AI for the workplace
With support from SRI, the CEO and founder of NinjaTech AI is creating the next generation of personal AI for work.