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Actuate Climate will become Prime’s Early Climate Infrastructure program; merger will catapult systems innovation for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in time at scale
Actuate is excited to announce that founding CEO Arati Prabhakar is confirmed as the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Arati has stepped down as CEO of Actuate and the board is pleased to appoint Wade Shen and Lara Pierpoint as co-CEOs.
We are thrilled that President Biden has announced his intent to nominate Actuate CEO Arati Prabhakar to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). If she is confirmed, Actuate will enter a new chapter.
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Actuate’s Director of Climate, Lara Pierpoint, discusses breakthrough systems innovation to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions in time
Bruce Mehlman and Arati discuss the DARPA model and how to adapt it to today’s make-or-break challenges
Join Wade and Arati as they get under the hood of DARPA programs, illuminating the power of solutions R&D
How to build a particular brand of governmental organizations needed for critical innovation
The Department of Labor can change what’s possible for America’s workers with a new approach to innovation
Actuate’s Director of Climate, Lara Pierpoint, testified before the U.S. Senate on boosting innovation at the Department of Energy
Arati & Columbia’s Bill Loveless discuss the unique role philanthropy & Actuate Climate can play in reducing GHG emissions at scale
Actuate’s ultimate aim is a robust innovation ecosystem for society’s challenges. An ARPA in the Department of Labor can be one big step in the right direction
Hear from Arati on the build up to Actuate and how to adapt the DARPA model to run successful solutions R&D programs
Arati and Issues editor-in-chief Dan Sarewitz discuss the need to rethink innovation itself to reckon with today's greatest challenges
Complex challenges facing the nation require a new approach to ramping up innovation: solutions R&D