The semiconductor sector in Texas is receiving a significant workforce development boost through the expansion of Austin Community College's Advanced Manufacturing Production training program, funded by Merit America and the America’s Frontier Fund Foundation, aiming to upskill low-income workers nationwide and establish Central Texas as a national center for semiconductor workforce development.
America’s Frontier Fund announces its partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to drive innovation critical to national security and economic resilience.
The Opportunity Coalition, spearheaded by Merit America and America's Frontier Fund (AFF) Foundation, with support from funders including the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Blue Meridian Partners, and Ascendium Education Group, is expanding access to Austin Community College's best-in-class training program to prepare low-wage workers for upwardly-mobile careers in the semiconductor industry, as part of its goal to achieve $2B in wage gains across 20,000 learners in nation-critical careers by 2030.
On September 21, 2024, the Governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States announced their continued support for the Quad Investors Network (QUIN) at the 2024 Quad Leaders Summit hosted in Wilmington, Delaware.
The Quad Investors Network remains committed to fostering innovation, cultivating entrepreneurship, and driving the growth of critical and emerging technologies across the Quad markets. By aligning investments with shared values and strategic interests, the QUIN is playing a pivotal role in building a more prosperous, secure, and resilient Indo-Pacific region.
Purdue Research Foundation, which helps turn academic findings into startups, has inked a deal with Albuquerque-based Roadrunner Venture Studios.
The state’s sovereign wealth fund, the New Mexico State Investment Council (SIC), two weeks ago agreed to invest $50 million as an anchor check for Roadrunner’s first venture capital fund, approximately $20 million of which will go directly into Roadrunner itself.
The New Mexico-based venture studio’s second annual Roadrunner Technology Forum brings national audience to the Wool Warehouse Theater
The non-profit Partnership for Digital Access in Africa (PDAA) was created, in response to the Vice President’s Call to Action, to bring together private and public sector leaders from Africa, the United States, and other parts of the world to bridge Africa’s digital divide.
The honorees that have made principled - and successful - investments in sectors critical to ensuring that democracy prevails over adversarial, autocratic regimes:
March 26 was a busy day at Roadrunner Venture Studios.
Long before he was a senior leader at Nokia Bell Labs, Thierry E. Klein was a researcher — one who hoped his research would be used to its greatest potential. It wasn’t always.
Nokia launches new venture partnerships and venture studio to maximize commercial potential of Nokia Bell Labs’ innovations
Roadrunner Venture Studios today launched in Albuquerque, New Mexico backed by America's Frontier Fund (AFF) and the New Mexico State Investment Council.
America’s Frontier Fund is trying VC investing in the national interest.
State Investment Council invests $100 million in venture to commercialize tech at labs, universities
Roadrunner Venture Studios today announced that three companies will form its first cohort of breakthrough ventures.
Quad Investors Network "Instrumental" In $650M U.S. Investment by India's Epsilon Advanced Materials
It’s time to recalibrate the debate over defence innovation. Nothing illustrates how far we’ve drifted like the current passion for ‘picking winners’. The phrase was once pejorative.
Q-CTRL and the Quad Investors Network partner to build diverse quantum workforces in Australia and the US
On Monday, we held technology dialogue at the White House with 50 investors and CEOs from across the four nations. Secretary Gina Raimondo, Ambassador Kurt Campbell, Hon. Gilman Louie, and many others were there to share their perspectives and learn from the Network.
In late June, Albuquerque and the wider New Mexico technology and innovation community were introduced to Roadrunner Venture Studios, an upstart organization that wants to find promising research and development at the state's national laboratories and universities and spin it into commercially viable companies.
Startup investors are fueling a boom in U.S. defense tech as China standoff opens doors at home
Roadrunner Venture Studios puts ‘Disruptive’ technology on display at community showcase
The studio is backed by $10 million from the first fund of a recently launched national investment firm
Roadrunner Venture Studios today will host a community showcase highlighting local scientists and their research.
The Quad Investors Network Launches Quad Center of Excellence in Quantum Information Sciences
The Quad Investors Network formally launched today in parallel with the Quad Leaders meeting in Hiroshima, Japan.
Leaders from the Quad nations have announced plans to implement Open Radio Access Networks (RAN) beginning with Palau in the Pacific Region.
President Joe Biden and the heads of state of Australia, Japan and India met on Saturday in Hiroshima, Japan, for the fifth Quad Leaders’ Summit.
Former Telstra boss Andy Penn and former Liberal treasurer Joe Hockey are on a list of Australians who have been named to a new investment network launched by the Quad security group.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States met for the third in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit.
America's Frontier Fund (AFF) announced today it is assembling a group of 12 finance, policy, and technology experts to join its newly formed Strategic Innovation Group.
Editorial: At last, tech transfer is poised to live up to immense promise
New Mexico SIC backs America's Frontier Fund I
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New venture plans to launch technological revolution in New Mexico
America’s Frontier Fund (AFF) announced today that the New Mexico State Investment Council (NMSIC) has committed up to $100 million into Frontier Fund I, L.P. (Frontier Fund I).
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The report, entitled “Quantum Science & Technology in the QUAD Nations: Landscape and Opportunities,” describes the top challenges each country faces in Quantum Sciences, identifies areas for further exploration and collaboration, and lays out specific actions the QUIN can take to catalyze further advancements in areas of quantum computing, communications, and sensing amongst the Quad Nations.
America’s Frontier Fund (AFF) is pleased to submit the following materials for the consideration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to inform the development of semiconductor Manufacturing USA Institutes (MUSAs).
Former Obama Chief Economist Heidi Crebo-Rediker tells VISION by Protiviti’s Joe Kornik how business leaders can future proof their business amid ongoing geopolitical risks.
One of the IIJA's lesser known components is the investment it provides for resilience against cyber threats to critical infrastructure like ports, energy grids, transmission lines...
Jordan is using his love for our country to work with high-profile investors to invest in the American economy and defense.
Gilman Louie, Partner at Alsop Louie Partners and CEO of America's Frontier Fund, discussed the promise of artificial intelligence as applied to geospatial science and technology and gave his vision of the future with regard to how such technologies might become part of everyone's daily lives.
Gilman Louie, CEO and co-founder of America's Frontier Fund, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Gilman discuss AFF's work investing in frontier technologies such as advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and energy, how the U.S. can outcompete and out-innovate rivals.
Adam Hammer of Roadrunner Venture Studios, An Interview With Doug Noll
The United States is a powerhouse of innovation and the birthplace of countless technologies.
America’s Frontier Fund CEO Gilman Louie joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss generative AI, making AI safer and reliable, and the outlook for the development of technologies.
ChatGPT was an instant sensation garnering more than 100 million users within two months of launch.
America’s Frontier Fund (AFF) is pleased to submit the following response for the consideration of the Department of Commerce.
The passage of the CHIPS Act, which provides $52.7 billion in federal subsidies to revitalize the domestic semiconductor industry...
Jordan is using his love for our country to work with high-profile investors to invest in the American economy and defense.
Jordan Blashek is the author of the book Union: A democrat, a republican, and the search for common ground. Jordan is also an impact Investor, and Military Veteran, focused on strengthening the U.S. strategic advantage. He is the cofounder of America’s Frontier Fund.