UEN New Technology incubator at fort worden
UEN New Technology Incubator — scaling breakthrough AI and computing for planetary transformation
The UEN New Technology Incubator brings finished, next-paradigm technologies to global scale in service of people and planet. Its first portfolio — Piren Advanced Cognitive AI, Anominal AI and a set of new chip breakthroughs — is developed and ready for product rollout. What each needs now is capital, launch partners and a mission framework that directs the technology toward climate, peace, education and civil-society outcomes.
Project snapshot
At-a-glance facts for investor and funder calls. Technology details come from the ventures and need independent verification before outreach.
- Project lead
- Marc Katsky, Strategic Director, UEN · [email] · [phone]
- Portfolio
- Piren Advanced Cognitive AI · Anominal AI · New Chip Breakthroughs
- Stage
- Finished technologies ready for product rollout — confirm readiness level for each
- Mission
- Direct the most advanced new AI paradigm toward positive planetary transformation
- Home base
- UEN at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA · showcase through UEN Powered by HubCast
- Incubator operating budget
- $750,000 year one (estimate)
- Portfolio rollout capital
- [$ per venture] — to be set from each venture's rollout plan
- Committed to date
- [None confirmed] · in-kind: UEN network, Fort Worden venue, HubCast media
- Funding model
- Investment (equity, convertible, strategic) for ventures; grants and gifts for the incubator's mission and safety work
- Timeline
- Validation and data rooms Q4 2026–Q1 2027 · pilots and first close 2027 · global rollout 2027–2028
- UEN terms
- [Equity stake / licensing / revenue share / impact covenant] — confirm per venture
- Fiscal sponsor (charitable asks)
- Buckminster Fuller Institute for United Earth Networks, SPC — confirm · EIN [00-0000000]
The opportunity
Language ready to lift into an investor summary or proposal narrative.
Need
The planet's hardest problems — climate, ecological collapse, conflict, unequal access to knowledge — need tools that think and compute differently. Breakthrough technologies often stall between invention and scale: inventors lack capital and distribution, while mainstream investors push for the fastest return rather than the greatest good. The result is powerful technology that either never ships or ships without a mission.
Our approach
The incubator does not build from scratch. It selects finished technologies, verifies them independently, structures mission-aligned deals, and connects each venture to capital, launch partners and global distribution. UEN adds what engineering teams usually lack: a network across civil society, CoNGO and the UN community, event and media reach through UEN Powered by HubCast, and a Fort Worden base for demonstrations and convenings. Every venture commits to an impact and safety framework.
Who it serves
Impact and strategic investors seeking vetted, deployment-ready technology; NGOs, researchers and public agencies that need advanced AI for climate, restoration, education and peacebuilding; and the ventures themselves, which gain a route to market with purpose built in.
Why now
AI is moving into a new paradigm, and the choices made in the next few years will set how it is used for decades. Getting mission-driven technology to scale now — with safeguards and public benefit written into the deals — is how UEN can help steer that shift toward the planet's interests.
Portfolio
First cohort. Descriptions are placeholders until each venture supplies its technical summary.
Piren Advanced Cognitive AI
An advanced cognitive AI system representing a new paradigm beyond today's models. [Add: core capability, what makes it different, current deployment status.]
Rollout ask: [$] · Planetary use cases: [climate modeling, ecosystem restoration, education — confirm]
Anominal AI
[Add: one-paragraph description of Anominal AI, its capability, and its readiness for market.]
Rollout ask: [$] · Planetary use cases: [confirm]
New Chip Breakthroughs
New computing hardware to run advanced AI. [Add: gains in efficiency or performance, energy savings, patent status, manufacturing partner.]
Rollout ask: [$] · Planetary use cases: [low-energy AI at scale — confirm]
| Incubator step | Window | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Validate | Q4 2026–Q1 2027 | Independent technical review and benchmarking, IP check, readiness scoring for each venture |
| Structure | Q1 2027 | Mission-aligned deal terms, impact and safety covenants, investor data rooms |
| Pilot | 2027 | Deployments with mission partners — NGOs, research groups, campus programs — to prove results |
| Raise & launch | 2027 | Investor roadshow and showcase at Fort Worden, broadcast via UEN Powered by HubCast |
| Scale | 2027–2028 | Global product rollout with distribution and manufacturing partners |
Funding opportunities
Most capital here is investment rather than charity. Keep the two tracks separate in every conversation.
Partnership & sponsorship tiers
| Tier | Amount | Recognition & benefits | Slots | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founding incubator partner | $250,000 | Founding credit, seat on the advisory council, first look at every venture's round | 2 | Open |
| Strategic technology partner | $100,000 or in-kind | Compute, cloud, manufacturing or distribution partnership; co-development rights as negotiated | 3 | Open |
| Planetary pilot sponsor | $50,000 | Underwrites a pilot applying a portfolio technology to climate, restoration or education; named in results | 4 | Open |
| AI ethics & safety sponsor | $25,000 | Supports the independent ethics and impact review board; recognition in its public reports | 2 | Open |
| Showcase sponsor | $10,000–$25,000 | Presenting credit at the Fort Worden investor showcase and its broadcast | 3 | Open |
Capital & grant pipeline
| Source | Fit | Target | Timing | Stage | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact & climate-tech venture funds | Venture rounds for rollout | [$ per venture] | [2027] | Prospect list | UEN + ventures |
| Strategic corporate investors | Chips and AI platforms; compute and manufacturing | [$] | [2027] | Prospect list | UEN |
| Family offices & angel networks | Early rollout capital with mission terms | [$] | [Rolling] | Cultivation | UEN |
| Foundations — AI for good, climate, public benefit | Incubator operations, pilots, ethics board | $250,000 | [Cycle TBD] | Prospect research | GMA |
| Public R&D and innovation programs | Chip and AI research, energy-efficient computing | [$] | [Solicitation-based] | Eligibility check | GMA + ventures |
Crowdfunding
Not recommended for the ventures themselves. A regulated equity-crowdfunding round could be explored later for a consumer product, with legal counsel. A small donation campaign can support the ethics board and public pilots.
Major gifts
Philanthropic support for mission work that investors won't fund: independent safety review, pilots with NGOs, and access for the Global South. Stewardship: advisory council briefings and pilot results.
Earned revenue to UEN
Incubator returns from equity, licensing or revenue-share agreements with each venture, plus showcase fees — reinvested in UEN's campus and civil-society programs. Terms to be set per venture.
Budget & use of funds
Incubator operations, year one — $750,000 (working estimate). Venture rollout capital is raised separately.
Committed
[None confirmed.] In-kind UEN network, Fort Worden space and HubCast media.
Pending
No investor or grant requests submitted yet.
Gap to close
$750,000 for the incubator, plus portfolio capital. If funded partially: technical validation and legal first (~$250,000) — investors will ask for both.
Impact metrics
Incubator targets through 2028. Venture-level impact goals to be added from each rollout plan.
Measurement method
Independent benchmark results; capital raised and deployment milestones; pilot outcomes such as tonnes of carbon, hectares restored, or learners reached; energy per computation for chips; ethics-board findings; and returns flowing back to UEN programs. Data owner: [name].
Reporting cadence
Quarterly investor and partner updates, a public annual impact and safety report, and pilot results published as they finish.
Document library
Keep sensitive technical material in a gated data room behind an NDA; link public summaries here.
Investor & fundraising package
Contacts & next steps
Named owners for every ask, plus what has to happen before this brief goes out.
Project lead
Marc Katsky · Strategic Director, United Earth Networks
Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA
[email] · [phone]
Venture contacts
Piren: [name, email]
Anominal AI: [name, email]
Chips: [name, email]
Grant Management Associates
[Consultant name]
[email] · [phone]
Scope: foundation and public R&D grants for incubator work
- Get a technical summary, readiness evidence and rollout capital figure from each venture — then commission independent validation before claiming "finished" publicly.
- Put UEN's role in writing with each venture: equity, licensing, revenue share or advisory, and the impact covenant.
- Have securities counsel review investor-facing materials; this page should describe the opportunity, not offer securities.
- Separate investor outreach from grant work — GMA should handle only charitable and public-grant asks.
- Set up an NDA-gated data room for technical and financial documents.