Invention At Work

TerraPower is a leading nuclear innovation company that strives to improve the world through nuclear energy and science. TerraPower has emerged as an incubator and developer of ideas and technologies that offer energy independence, environmental sustainability, medical advancement, and other cutting-edge opportunities.

Kymeta’s satellite technology and services make it easy to bring connectivity to cars, planes, boats, and more, providing global access anywhere, anytime, while on the move. Kymeta was IV's first metamaterials-based spinout.

Evolv has developed an advanced threat detection system that combines powerful sensors, artificial intelligence, and human IQ to provide security for today’s increasingly dangerous world.

Echodyne has created a new radar technology for autonomous machines and vehicles that offers all-weather, long-range, high-resolution imaging capabilities in a lightweight package.

Modern Electron is developing a system to generate affordable, scalable, and reliable electricity for all. The company seeks to revolutionize the electricity industry via direct heat-to-electricity generation with advanced thermionic energy converters.

Pivotal Commware develops software-defined antennas and radios that use Holographic Beam Forming (HBF) to increase network speed, capacity, and spectral efficiency. Pivotal’s reconfigurable beams can follow mobile users in real time using the lowest cost, size, weight, and power consumption envelope available.

Lumotive is developing high-performance, solid-state LiDAR for the automotive industry. Lumotive’s revolutionary beam-steering technology is based on metamaterials principles and enables the system to provide high performance at a low cost.

LexSet uses synthetic data to build and improve systems for companies ranging from retailers to industrial part manufacturers and robotics companies. LexSet has pioneered a technique to create synthetic data from 3D models of objects to power computer vision systems and ‘teach’ artificial intelligence.

Carillon is creating products and capabilities for U.S. government opportunities using metamaterials and other technologies. 

YouVue is unlocking the world of 3D media for all people to experience – when, where and how they choose.