November 13, 2025
What an incredible day at the AI & Energy Innovation Summit! Chaired by Young Sohn and co-hosted by Playground Global, the Extreme Tech Challenge brought together more than 100 leaders from AI, semiconductors, and energy to explore one of the defining questions of our time: How do we power the AI revolution sustainably? From speakers to startups, one message was clear: meeting AI’s energy challenge will require collaboration across all areas, from materials science and chip design to grid innovation and power electronics. Special recognition to Karin Schmid, Co-Chair of this event, whose deep expertise in energy systems and infrastructure […]
November 13, 2025
Get ready for a global year of innovation. Our 2026 schedule is locked, and we’re heading to Japan, Korea, Sweden, Austria and the USA for a new season of pitch events, founder spotlights and game-changing XTC experiences. Details will be unveiled soon. Keep checking in, you won’t want to miss what’s coming.
June 13, 2024
NVIDIA GTC 2024 was a fusion of startups, innovation, technology, and impactful solutions. Central to the excitement was the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), which showcased promising ventures through the Sustainable Futures Startup Showcase and the Climate AI Startup Demo at AI Nations and Sustainable Futures Day. Read the event recap blog post here. Sustainable Futures Startup Showcase Innovation Awards Winners Bug Mars developed Hexapod, an AI-driven software for efficient insect farm management, leveraging 24-hour surveillance and machine learning for automated monitoring and predictive analytics. FortyGuard enables cities to deliver a comprehensive urban cooling technology through their predictive analytic platform. WindBorne Systems developed a deep learning […]
October 22, 2023
In November 2023, CropX Technologies acquired Green Brain, a nationwide leading provider of digital agronomy solutions based in Adelaide, Australia.
October 18, 2023
Creating Hope in Conflict: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge contracted Triple Line Consulting to deliver a series of outcome and value for money case studies for a sample of funded innovations. Below is a summary of the findings of the outcome and value for money case study developed for Hala Systems.
October 18, 2023
The original idea for Vertical Oceans came up when I was running the Gold Coin Aqua Nutrition business. I was visiting hundreds of shrimp farms and I kept seeing the same things; it didn’t seem like it was a very efficient system. I have this obsession with efficiency and I started thinking in the back of my mind, how would you solve this? How would you make this more efficient and make this a better system?
October 18, 2023
ATLANT 3D, European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space partner to advance space economy with cutting-edge advanced packaging technologies.
October 18, 2023
Kardome has partnered with Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. of America to showcase Kardome Mobility's integration into Panasonic Automotive's SkipGen2 In-Vehicle Infotainment System. Kardome Mobility is the only solution to individually capture up to six voices over three rows with a single mic array in the overhead cabin compartment.
October 18, 2023
Blue Planet Systems Corporation announced today the completion of new funding and a strategic collaboration with Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: MPC) to advance the commercialization of its technology. Blue Planet’s patented Geomimetic® mineralization approach sequesters and permanently stores CO2 in the built environment in synthetic limestone aggregate employed in its CarbonStar® rated carbon neutral and carbon negative concrete and other building products.
October 18, 2023
The Bloomlife MFM-Pro prescription-based wearable device is designed to monitor maternal and fetal heart rates, facilitating care in both home and clinical settings.