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Kumar Garg

@kumargarg.bsky.social

President, Renaissance Philanthropy

1,242 Followers  |  1,146 Following  |  25 Posts  |  Joined: 19.11.2024  |  1.6135

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Fund Announcement

UPDATE: Given passage of the new tax law (and implications for SNAP, Medicaid, and other benefits), under Cassandra Madison's leadership, we wanted to move quickly to get this call-for-proposals out the door.

Send us your ideas: www.publicbenefitinnovationfund.org/summer-2025-...

17.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our President, @kumargarg.bsky.social, joined Alex Kotran on the new aiEDU podcast to explore how AI can be implemented as a public and social good.

15.05.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Alex Dehgan Joins Renaissance Philanthropy to Address Fire in the Amazon – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation

UPDATE: Excited to have Alex Deghan join our team to scope a philanthropic fund addressing fire in the Amazon.

And he is eager for ideas. renaissancephilanthropy.org/news-and-ins...

08.05.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UPDATE: Renaissance Philanthropy is a year old. I am hugely proud of the team and all of what we have accomplished. renaissancephilanthropy.org/wp-content/u...

06.05.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Always fun to reflect on one’s career journey - only makes sense in retrospect.

24.04.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We continue to build out our library of playbooks - tell us what you think and what you recommend adding.

17.04.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UPDATE: So excited about our new partnership with the Schultz Family Foundation to build more public AI benchmarks in career navigation.

10.04.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1/ As mathematics grows more complex, it's critical to verify what we prove, and iterate quickly to push the boundaries of our knowledge. AI-powered methods may be the key to do just that.

09.04.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

UPDATE: So excited to announce our newest program.

Using a 15-week cohort model, goal is help more scientists design the type of ambitious research programs that were critical to advancements such as the Internet or mRNA vaccines.

We plan to do multiple cohorts this year (info below).

31.03.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One is our goals at Renaissance is to open-source our problem-solving approach. Releasing these playbooks is part of that.

Worth reading this one and checking out the full collection.

28.03.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public Benefit Innovation Fund – PBIF The Public Benefit Innovation Fund is a philanthropic venture fund and R&DΒ lab. We provide seed funding and technical support for researchers, nonprofits, academic labs, startups, and technologists wo...

At Renaissance Philanthropy, we are so excited to partner with and announce the launch of the Public Interest Innovation Fund. With $20M in initial funding, the goal is to responsibly leverage advancements in AI towards strengthening the social safety net. More: www.publicbenefitinnovationfund.org

24.02.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great opportunity for #Edtech innovators! #AI

09.01.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Worth checking out. Short pre-proposals due tomorrow (Friday)!

09.01.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Such a cool idea, and necessary to catalyze data sharing.

www.freelancer.com/contest/NIH-...

21.12.2024 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Worth a read. I was excited to support this workshop by @ruxandrabio.bsky.social and Willy alongside @ifp.bsky.social, and eager to help more of these reform ideas get traction in 2025.

19.12.2024 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Giving early funding to Lucia remains one of my highest ROI grants. If you are looking for your next thing, hard to beat this team and mission.

16.12.2024 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree. Building these real-world benchmarks (eg career navigation, or a benefits eligibility question) is also a good way to incentivize the frontier labs to improve on those tasks.

15.12.2024 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great listen from two of my fave people.

And you can learn more about why Tom and I started Renaissance Philanthropy.

14.12.2024 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you want people to obtain more health care services you can’t just mess around with financing, you need to address the barriers to supply.

www.slowboring.com/p/end-the-me...

12.12.2024 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

This was fun. Good overview of our work and new program on AI, learning science, and education.

09.12.2024 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Recommend people digging in.

09.12.2024 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Innovation job market papers round up! Over the last week, I found 50+ papers from PhDs going on the job market and I’ll post a few abstracts to this thread every day until they’re all up.

06.12.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Great to have Terry as an advisor for the Fund.

06.12.2024 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets Launch New $9 million AI for Math Fund – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation

UPDATE: I’m excited to announce a new partnership between Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets to accelerate the use of AI in math research. Learn more here: renaissancephilanthropy.org/news-and-ins...

05.12.2024 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Came up all the time among parents of HS-age children. Was surprised it never entered the political debate.

03.12.2024 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Entrepreneurship Game Give learners the experience of running a high growth startup

Wonder what @emollick.bsky.social thinks. interactive.wharton.upenn.edu/organization...

29.11.2024 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Innovation Job Market Papers 2023 Dozens of paper abstracts

We’re doing this again! If you’re a PhD student going on the job market and want your innovation-related paper to be included in the list, email a title, abstract, and link to matt@newthingsunderthesun.com by the end of November
mattsclancy.substack.com/p/innovation...

25.11.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Why map the pharmome? (Part 1) : EvE Bio Pharmaceuticals' off-target side effects are familiar yet poorly understood. EvE Bio and pharmome mapping aim to uncover their mechanisms.

πŸ§ͺ By "the pharmome" we mean the union of all drugs, all gene products, & all the functionally relevant actions of the former on the latter. When we say "mapping the pharmome," here's what we mean, and why. We're working to make it much more than just a pipe dream.

evebio.org/why-map-the-...

23.11.2024 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Improving clinical trials (faster, better, cheaper) is high ROI. I would happily subscribe to a channel that covers that.

22.11.2024 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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