Partners

Daniel F. Brunner, PhD — Independent technical-commercial advisor in fusion and frontier hardware

Dan Brunner is a physicist, company builder, and investor focused on fusion and fusion-enabling technologies. He co-founded Commonwealth Fusion Systems and served as CTO, where he led technology strategy, IP, and the conceptual design of SPARC. Today he helps investors and industrial companies make fewer, better decisions where physics, engineering, supply chain, and capital intersect. His work includes private-company diligence, supplier strategy, public-source technical red teaming, and select advisory engagements with deep-tech companies.

Edlyn V. Levine, PhD — Co-Founder of a Stealth-Mode Tech Startup, CEO; Co-Founder of America's Frontier Fund, Former CSO; Former Chief Technologist of MITRE

Edlyn specializes in the translation of scientific innovation into scalable impact. She holds a PhD in Applied Physics from Harvard and has worked on a variety of complex technologies in the fields of quantum sensing, fluid dynamics, atmospheric plasmas, and communications.

She is currently leading a defense tech startup still in stealth mode as well as a project to use technology to revolutionize landmine detection.

Edlyn has taught and collaborated on projects at the Hoover Institution, MIT Sloan, Harvard Kennedy School, and UC Berkeley.