What it takes to build innovators for life

Plenty of organizations teach AI, fund founders, or build community. Few do these simultaneously with a method that produces people who are still building twenty years later. Three things make ours work.

Choose Problems that Matter

Every Technovation team picks a problem they see in their own community and builds a working prototype to solve it. That is also why the community trusts what we do. We run programs in 160 countries with local schools and nonprofits, many of which exist in rural and underserved areas. Communities trust a program when they watch their own children use it to solve something local.

Replace: a Technovation team working on a problem in their own community

For life means

A 12-year-old building an AI prototype today can come back at 22 for the AI Ventures Accelerator and return at thirty as a mentor. We are committed to the full lifecycle of a participant, not just their entry point.

The mentors travel that arc, too. 80,000 professionals have learned AI alongside our participants by teaching them. They gain a level of hands-on AI experience that internal employee training programs do not produce.

Participants and mentors at the Technovation World Summit pitch awards
82%
of alums hold leadership roles at work, school, or community organizations
94%
of alums reported that Technovation gave them a sense of belonging in STEM
99%
of mentors reported improving work related skills as a result of participating in Technovation

Thinking is more important than tools

Tech tools evolve quickly, so our focus is on building skills like complex systems thinking, resilience and the courage to innovate. We taught teams to build mobile apps in 2010 and have been incorporating AI since 2016. No matter what tech trend emerges next, our builders are first adopters who can think critically about how to apply it to make the world better.

Financial capability for our alums means the power to choose their own purpose and future. We track gains in:

A Technovation team presenting at the World Summit pitch awards
Access
Skills, networks, mentors, and capital.
Agency
Self-efficacy, voice, and the courage to lead.
Results
Education, earnings, leadership roles, and well-being.

Real Builds

Rebecca W., founder of Human Delta

Rebecca W.

Rebecca W. founded Human Delta to make enterprise knowledge AI-ready. Stanford Grad. Coca Cola Scholar. Backed by Susa Ventures, Wischoff Ventures, Afore Capital, Kleiner Perkins Scout Fund.

Ritika S., founder of Ember Robotics

Ritika S.

Ritika S. founded Ember Robotics to create AI-powered camera diagnostics for robots. UC Berkeley grad. Y Combinator S24. Former Tesla Autopilot Engineer.

Ananya G., founder of Healcycle

Ananya G.

Ananya G. built Healcycle as an AI-powered menstrual health app. Funding fellowships include Princeton’s Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Fellowship and Antler India’s Residency. TED Talk speaker with 2M+ views.

Jenny X., founder and CEO of Talofa

Jenny X.

Jenny X.’s Talofa is a venture-backed fitness-gaming studio that raised a $6.3M seed round. Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. a16z Speedrun scout. Over 10 million downloads to date.

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