WHAT IS NEAR SPACE LABS, AND WHAT TO DO YOU? We are democratizing high-quality earth imagery. We turned the satellite…
Welcome back to our in-depth series on early stage startup acceleration. If you missed our previous series you can find…
Welcome back to our in-depth series on early stage startup acceleration. If you missed it, you can find the first…
City-building happens on different time scales than technology advances, and the adoption of urban innovation to tackle critical issues around…
"We design every experience to be an improvement from the very beginning. We're constantly saying, how does this compare to…
"For many people in cities, biking is their life. They're road warriors. In the 21st century, we have so many…
For the fifth issue of the URBAN-X Zine, contributor Katerina Athanasiou has selected six books about equity to read or…
“People in underserved communities feel that extreme heat is a big issue, but it’s just one more thing they need…
"Ekene Ijeoma brings digital data to analog life. Through his lab and studio art, Ijeoma creates sculpture, sound, video and…
"As soon as stay-at-home orders were issued in the New York area in March, The Do Good Auto Coalition sprang…
"Have you ever taken an Uber before? Then you are familiar with road pricing, or road charging, it just happens…
“The lower [the] income you have around [bus] stops, the worse the air quality is, so a particular bus will…
"But Americans have struggled to pay their water bills long before the pandemic—and there’s already research on what cities can…
"One pain point is to finance multifamily housing at scale. There has been no innovation in this space for decades,…
What’s the first and most vulnerable casualty of climate change? Two founders of water data startups say it’s water quality.…
"The noticeable problem is that neighbors don’t interact in meaningful ways. We have a loneliness epidemic. According to research, 50%…
Most buildings function as small businesses, not big corporations. 90% of commercial buildings are smaller than the average grocery store.…
Food waste and refrigeration are two of the three leading causes of global warming. According to the U.N. Food and…
"Out of sight, out of mind” is how most city-dwellers think of sewer infrastructure. There are over one million miles…
"Ten foot piles of sand twelve blocks in from the shore. A parking garage just filled with clothes. All the…
An interview with Therma Co-Founder Manik Suri around the inception of his company, his inspirations, and his experience working with…
What’s the biggest blocker to EV adoption in 2020? The world still doesn’t have enough places to plug in. That’s…
Sometimes the best ideas come when you are sitting in traffic. Former Tesla executive Olivier Le Lann, who is now…
Seyi Fabode's path to URBAN-X Cohort 06 started with a recommendation. An acquaintance in his network in Chicago recommended Seyi, co-founder…
URBAN-X Cohort 07 company, Metalmark, is designing technology inspired by nature to improve air quality. Sissi Liu, co-founder of Metalmark,…
Times are changing. Construction teams report issues on iPads directly from the job site. Developers and construction companies now store…
"Creating a narrative that this is the freight train that you better grab on to. As a Founder, you have…
As vast and complex as the climate change crisis is, there is no ambiguity regarding the costs.
Six ways to save the planet, one solar-powered, plant-based burger at a time.
The “Green New Deal” has quickly become shorthand for a last-ditch effort to prevent climate change – one in which…
