iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Wendy Skratt @treejanitorz.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Inspiring conversation from @jordanschneider.bsky.social and @kumargarg.bsky.social (w/Remco Zwetsloot) discussing the sad lack of talent/resources being applied to important work… and all the opportunity that creates! Also: wish ChinaTalk shared more on Bluesky.

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Doing Big Things in Policy: It's All White Space

Podcast Episode · ChinaTalk · May 22 · 56m

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Jay Roshe @jayroshe.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

This initiative recently announced by @kumargarg.bsky.social aims to fund solutions to help people and agencies navigate the new pressures that will come into effect on public benefit systems: www.publicbenefitinnovationfund.org/summer-2025-...

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Fund Announcement

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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-...

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Fund Announcement

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Renaissance Philanthropy @renphil21.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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...

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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

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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...

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

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

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

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

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

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

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Renaissance Philanthropy @renphil21.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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).

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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

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Public Benefit Innovation Fund – PBIF

The Public Benefit Innovation Fund is a philanthropic venture fund and R&D lab. We provide seed funding and technical support for researchers, nonprofits, academic labs, startups, and technologists wo...

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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

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Ben Blaiszik @benblaiszik.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Such a cool idea, and necessary to catalyze data sharing. www.freelancer.com/contest/NIH-...

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NIH Data Sharing Index (S-index) Challenge

Check out this contest and enter now!

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Great listen from two of my fave people. And you can learn more about why Tom and I started Renaissance Philanthropy.

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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...

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Recommend people digging in.

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Great to have Terry as an advisor for the Fund.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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...

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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

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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...

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Innovation Job Market Papers 2023

Dozens of paper abstracts

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EvE Bio @evebio.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

🧪 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-...

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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.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Every time we test we find out the situation is worse than expected.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Check out our playbooks and give us feedback - we’ll keep updating and adding over time.

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Kumar Garg @kumargarg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

First post! We are announcing a new partnership with Walton Family Foundation focused on AI, learning science, and education. Would love to get it out to education R&D nerds on here. renaissancephilanthropy.org/news-and-ins...

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Renaissance Philanthropy Announces New Effort to Leverage Advances in AI For Education – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation

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