Singularity University Spawns New Business Ventures

MOFFETT FIELD, CA–(Marketwire) – Following an intensive nine-week graduate-level interdisciplinary program, Singularity University (SU) today announced that several Graduate Studies Program (GSP) student team projects will spin off into new business ventures. The projects will be fully unveiled at the final August 27 presentation judged by SU faculty and staff, and Silicon Valley venture capital and business leaders.

The team projects will include the following reports:
– Driving Toward an Intelligent Transportation Grid addresses how an
intelligent transportation grid can positively affect energy usage and slow
climate change. The major impacts are to people valuing access over
ownership of cars, and a decrease in global carbon dioxide emissions. As
the first part of this intelligent grid, the group is launching Gettaround,
a marketplace for peer-to-peer leasing of under-utilized car hours.
Gettaround.com enables car owners to create revenue from their depreciating
cars, and for renters to have easy access to cars — affordably and
conveniently.

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