Activate Boston x The Engine: Celebrating a New Chapter
Activate Boston has officially moved into The Engine, and we're excited to mark the occasion with the community committed to building Tough Tech in Boston and across Massachusetts!
Join us for an "office-warming" evening with supporters and friends as we celebrate this next chapter in strengthening lab-to-market innovation and impact. We'll hear from Activate and The Engine leadership, raise a glass together, and meet Activate Fellows and alumni building their companies at The Engine.
Now that Activate Boston is under the same roof as The Engine's founder community, we're deepening our work to create a more connected path for Tough Tech founders - from Blueprint by The Engine™ to the Activate Fellowship and Residency at The Engine.
With support from MassCollab, we're building on this partnership and strengthening the ecosystem that helps Hard Tech founders in Boston go further.
Agenda
5:00-5:15 PM - Welcome
5:15-5:30 PM - Remarks & Toast
5:30-6:15 PM - Facility tour featuring Activate x The Engine founders and tech presentations
Teragen Energy, led by Ruofan Wang and Joshua Persky, is developing advanced solid oxide fuel cells for AI infrastructure and industrial applications.
Anvil Diagnostics, led by Pavan Kota, is developing a blood test designed to detect and quantify a broad range of pathogens in hospitalized patients.
6:15-7:00 PM - Connect & Celebrate
Come celebrate how far we've come together — and the people, companies, and possibilities ahead!
About Activate
Activate is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to turning scientific discoveries into real-world impact. Through partnerships with government, philanthropy, universities, and industry, Activate builds the cross-sector ecosystem that drives hard tech innovation - equipping scientists and engineers with world-class resources, training, and community to bring their work from discovery to deployment.
Since 2015, Activate's flagship fellowship has supported nearly 350 fellows across the United States, who have launched more than 275 companies and secured over $5.5 billion in follow-on funding. Now expanding beyond its flagship program, Activate is reaching scientists and engineers at more stages of their entrepreneurial journeys around the world - multiplying the pathways from innovation to commercialization. Learn more at activate.org.
About The Engine
Founded by MIT in 2016 and formalized as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit in early 2025, The Engine exists to move Tough Tech - breakthrough science and engineering solutions to some of the world's hardest challenges - from the lab to lasting global impact. The Engine delivers programming, infrastructure, access to the funding ecosystem, and other forms of acceleration to Tough Tech startups. It also studies and shares what it learns so other Tough Tech ecosystems can progress. Learn more at engine.xyz.