Applications Invited for Amazon Devices Climate Tech Accelerator

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About the Organization

Amazon is collaborating with MIT Solve and Newlab to provide dedicated hands-on support for companies throughout the accelerator. They bring valuable expertise in scaling climate technologies and fostering meaningful industry connections.

Solve is an initiative of MIT. We believe that to build a better future for all, we need new voices and ideas. We launch open calls for exceptional and diverse innovations to the most pressing global challenges from anyone, anywhere in the world. Selected innovators get the backing of MIT and our community of supporters to scale their impact and drive lasting change.

Newlab is a venture platform for critical technology startups to commercialize faster; lowering the barriers to technical infrastructure, industry partnerships and high risk capital. Since opening in 2017, Newlab has supported startups that have raised $4B+ in venture capital, generated $15B+ in valuation growth and achieved $2.8B+ in exits across its growing network of locations in Brooklyn, Detroit, Montevideo and Riyadh.

About the Fellowship

The Amazon Devices Climate Tech Accelerator is an equity-free 16-week program to help climate tech companies fast track their innovations into millions of Amazon devices worldwide.

This isn't your typical startup accelerator—join today and put your climate tech on the path to reaching millions of Amazon devices worldwide.

• Fast Track to Mass Market: Opportunity to directly pitch to Amazon Devices and Services decision makers on how your innovation can be integrated into millions of Amazon devices.
• Personalized Coaching: Receive personalized coaching to perfect your pitch including technical deep dives, workshops, and access to free business resources.
• Growth Mentors: Be matched with industry and Amazon mentors to grow your company. Meet Amazon, MIT, and Newlab product and venture leaders.
• Up to $100K AWS credits: Easily test and build using Amazon Web Services (AWS) credits. Companies must meet eligibility criteria listed here.
• Free Business Resources: Access free resources from MIT Solve including marketing support, legal resources, and more.
• Equity Free Support: Accelerate your company with equity-free support for the duration of the program.

The Amazon Devices Climate Tech Accelerator is your launchpad to transforming the future of consumer electronics. Join our 16-week program that kicks off with an intensive bootcamp, where you will work with Amazon and Industry mentors to craft a winning pitch to Amazon Devices and Services decision makers. Selected innovators will work with Amazon’s technical experts to validate their solutions and assess deployment potential. The program culminates in your company’s breakout moment: A final pitch to Amazon Devices and Services leaders that can green light commercial and technical discussions to access millions of Amazon customers!

Focus areas:

• Energy efficiency: Innovations that can reduce energy needs on displays, cameras, and speakers. Specific areas of focus are sensors, microphones, networking equipment, and other components impacting power consumption.
• Displays: Innovations that can decarbonize displays or the components that support them across initial design, manufacturing, customer usage, and recycling.
• Device Batteries: Innovations for Amazon device batteries that can increase recycled content, promote efficiency, extend battery life, and/or reduce their manufacturing footprint.
• Low Carbon Materials: Innovative materials such as carbon-captured polyoxymethylene (CPOM), bioplastics, recycled carbon fiber, and bio-based polymers, recycled metals, and recycled alloys.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI): Innovations that can unlock new pathways to optimize product designs, extend device lifespans, and enable more energy-efficient customer product use.
• Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs): Innovations for PCBs that can increase recyclability, reuse, and waste reduction such as biodegradable PCBs and additive manufacturing processes.
• Circularity: Innovations that can facilitate Amazon's shift towards closed-loop materials management and a more circular economy for its devices and packaging such as product lifetime expansion, recyclability, and component reuse.
• Devices Decarbonization Wildcard: Although the above are our primary focus areas, we are open to reviewing submissions for other decarbonization innovations for consumer electronics.

How to Apply

Applications due by May 1, 12:00 PM EDT.

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