From student startups to alumni ventures, Yale and Tsai CITY innovators made their mark at Climate Week NYC—spotlighting big ideas for climate solutions.

Join Tomás Ayuso for one-on-one photo critiques during Latine Heritage Month. Refine your storytelling with tailored, professional feedback.

Jinali Mody YSE ’23 — founder & CEO of Banofi, which turns banana crop waste into plant-based leather — was honored with a 2025 UN “Young Champions of the Earth” award during Climate Week NYC.

Axon has agreed to acquire Prepared, the AI-driven 911 communications platform that fuses call audio, text, video, and translation into actionable intelligence — bolstering its public safety system from “call to closure.”

Claire Schlemme, co-founder of Canandaigua-based Renewal Mill, was featured ahead of the Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Summit, where her company’s upcycled, plant-based baking products are competing for a share of $3 million in prizes.

This summer, Maddie Westall (YC ’27) discovered that books are more than a pastime—they can be a lifeline. Through her internship with Freedom Reads, she saw how access to literature provides dignity, hope, and resilience for incarcerated people.

Fifteen Yale student ventures have spent the past eight weeks in Tsai CITY’s Summer Fellowship, building solutions in sustainability, healthcare, technology, and more. At Demo Day, they’ll take the stage to showcase their progress—join us to see what 8 weeks of innovation has built.

This summer, Kiran Yeh (YC ’28) learned that real change isn’t only about just changing the system–it’s about imagination, dignity, and the power of being seen.

Updated funds mean more flexibility, more collaboration, and more chances to bring your ideas to life.