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Q Fellows

Every hard problem in the world is waiting for one person who won't look away from it. The Quantum Alliance Fellowship, anchored by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, seeks ambitious students who want to solve complex problems in tech and infrastructure.

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The hardest problems hiding in plain sight.

Every technology boom rests on a physical foundation.

AI depends on critical minerals, reliable energy, resilient supply chains, and manufacturing capacity. Yet the United States cannot produce many of the minerals it needs, energy demand is outpacing grid capacity, and key supply chains remain vulnerable. These are not separate challenges. They are the basis of techno-economic leadership.

Quantum Alliance brings together investors, operators, researchers, and policymakers focused on rebuilding these foundations. We identify critical bottlenecks, connect stakeholders across sectors, and help accelerate the capital and partnerships needed to strengthen America's industrial base. 

We do research on...

Critical Minerals

Critical Minerals

Critical Minerals

Energy

Critical Minerals

Critical Minerals

Supply Chains

Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing

The program

What Q Fellows Is

Q Fellows is a 10-week applied research and entrepreneurship program that mobilizes exceptional Harvard students to identify emerging opportunities across critical minerals, energy, manufacturing, and strategic supply chains. Fellows run problem discovery and validation research, conduct stakeholder interviews, iterate rapidly through solutions, meet weekly with mentors and advisors, and present findings to the full cohort. You take ownership of your own project and take out what you put in.

Lean Foundation. Problem First.

1

Getting out of the building. Stakeholder interviews are the work.

Leadership Coaching. Founder Readiness.

2

Executive-style 1:1 coaching. Communication, decision-making, the craft of leading.

The Q Brain. AI as Leverage.

3

Proprietary AI infrastructure for the cohort. Used to sharpen judgement, not replace it.

Rapid Prototyping. Ship Small. Learn Fast.

4

Build the smallest version of the answer. Test it against real stakeholders.

Learn how to scale the next big idea.

Our Partners

Program Leads

Ujjwal Kumar

Lipika Kapoor

Ujjwal Kumar

Quantum Alliance Founder. HKS Mason Fellow. XPRIZE Global Visionary.

Tuan Ho

Lipika Kapoor

Ujjwal Kumar

 SHIELD Working Group, Governor Healey Appointment. XFund Partner. HKS MPA.

Lipika Kapoor

Lipika Kapoor

Lipika Kapoor

VP Finance, Evolve Tech Portfolio. MIT Sloan MBA. J-PAL, MIT's Nobel Prize-Winning Lab.

Quantum Alliance Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN: 39-2167285. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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