Announcing the first cohort of Inflection Grants ✨

In collaboration with Long Journey, each of these five builders under 25 will receive a $2,000 microgrant to continue working on bold, early-stage ideas.

Here’s who they are 👇

Eva Bothra (17, Bangalore, India) built a birthing clinic in a shipping container.

Her start-up Janam brings safe, local maternal care to rural India with solar power, IoT sensors, and multilingual guides. Janam 2.0 is already underway. This grant helps scale it.

Edge City convenes people working at the frontiers of tech, science, and society in popup villages across the globe. Apply to our upcoming popup village: https://www.edgeesmeralda.com/ 

Camron Kajari (16,  Los Angeles, CA) is building biohybrid microrobots that deliver medicine directly to tumors—no stronger drugs, just smarter delivery.

With algae, magnetic nanoparticles, and DIY electromagnets, he’s hacking precision oncology from his home lab.

Lara Rudar (21, Stanford, CA) is growing textiles from fungi that feed on food waste.

Compostable, antibacterial, net-zero fibers that could one day replace synthetics. This grant lets her stay in R&D mode before scaling up.

Vivek Komi (16, Cambridge, UK) is tackling obesity with sensors that analyze what we eat—no food diary needed.

Microwaves, AI, and bioimpedance combine in a wearable to estimate caloric intake passively and precisely.

Daniel Li (15, Queens, NY) is engineering a dry-powder inhaler that delivers antioxidants directly to lung cells under stress.

His goal: bring high-risk biotech ideas to life without waiting for permission or degrees.

Inflection Grants are about spotting sparks and giving them a push.

With help from Long Journey, we’re backing young minds who are building unusually early, unusually well.

Apply, mentor, or donate: https://www.inflectiongrants.com/