Laude Institute quadruples Moonshots funding, backs four $10M AI labs instead of one
DG_Rand · x · 2026-11-08
Laude Institute announced the winners of Moonshots // ONE, a program inviting US and Canadian research teams to propose multi-year, $10M labs across four categories: Workforce Reskilling, Civic Discourse, Advancing Healthcare, and Accelerating Science. Eight seed grantees developed proposals over six months and pitched at a San Francisco Demo Day; the institute originally planned to fund one lab but ended up awarding four.
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