DARPA News August 22, 2024
DARPA has selected five top technology accelerators from across the nation as DARPA Commercial Accelerators to facilitate rapid commercialization and scale of DARPA-funded technologies. They include – Capital Factory, based in Austin, Texas, CIMIT, based out of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, FedTech (Hyperion Technologies LLC)Arlington, Virginia, SRI International, in Menlo Park, California, Wireless Research Center of North Carolina, based in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Accelerators will work with qualified DARPA-funded companies developing early-stage technologies, Access regional top-tier commercial and entrepreneurial talent and investor networks, Connect DARPA performers with private investment capital and U.S. corporations, Provide additional training, mentoring etc., Leverage unique regional capabilities, Develop strategies and approaches to de-risk, ensure DARPA-funded technologies can be scaled rapidly. DARPA Commercial Strategy’s mission is to prevent adversarial influence in DARPA-funded technologies, so they remain accessible and available to the United States and its allies, reducing the highest business risks, enabling DARPA technologies to scale more efficiently. Embedded Entrepreneur Initiative (EEI) pilot program provides funding to connect a performer’s technical team with commercialization experts… read more.
DARPA commercial accelerators… Credit: DARPA