Singularity University offers week-long executive training (priced at $14,500), online classes, industry-specific summits, franchises worldwide and in-person programming from its Silicon Valley headquarters. Its core product is training people to identify which technological breakthroughs are likely to matter and how to act on them, with a stated mission of giving people hope and a credible path forward. The organization has grown to 100 chapters in 55 countries, whose summits gathered 8,000 people in 2017, and it supports 59 social-impact startups and non-profits. SU has graduated companies including Getaround, Made In Space and Cambrian Genomics, runs a smart-city accelerator, and is launching a science-entertainment program with NBC called The Awesome Show. Despite expansion and partnerships, the company acknowledges the difficulty of teaching an unpredictable future and faces critiques about gurus and overpromising.

Total raised

$32M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Feb 2018