Positive Sum
Come explore the pages of Positive Sum, an Emerson Collective publication, highlighting the leaders and companies taking big swings at society’s biggest challenges. From fully autonomous robots to batteries solving industrial inefficiencies, from an enduring education platform to a revolution in at-home cancer screening, in our third edition of Positive Sum, we dive deep with entrepreneurs meeting this moment when we need them the most.

FIELDAI
Develops hardware-agnostic AI software that enables autonomous robots to operate in hazardous and offroad environments without GPS or pre-programmed routes.


CALIFORNIA FOREVER
Proposing to build a new city in southeastern Solano County, with well-paid jobs in new industries, affordable homes in safe, walkable neighborhoods, and new sources of clean energy for the region.


ANTORA
Antora converts cheap electricity into stored heat using modular thermal batteries, delivering zero-emission industrial energy for heavy manufacturing industries.



YOSEMITE
An oncology-focused venture fund investing in biotech and healthcare innovations to make cancer non-lethal.

AMPLIFY
Creating next-generation curriculum and assessment programs that bring learning to life—combining data, storytelling, and technology to help teachers engage every student and accelerate growth in literacy, math, and science.


OPENAI
An AI research company focused on ensuring general-purpose AI benefits for all of humanity with a safety-first approach.

