Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
America's industrial comeback is underway. The Rockefeller Foundation is ensuring the founders behind it don’t get left behind.
Hard tech entrepreneurs working in hardware, manufacturing, and real industrial solutions face a system that wasn't designed for them. Building physical technology costs more, takes longer, and attracts a fraction of the funding that software startups receive. That gap isn't just unfair; It threatens job creation, energy resilience, and America's ability to lead the industries that will define the next century.
In this video, we break down a new $1 million partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation and @mHUBofficial, the nation's largest independent hard tech innovation center, and what it means for the next generation of American founders.
This is what it looks like when philanthropy meets the physical economy.
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Touring the Disneyland for Innovators
3:02 - Building Hot Tech to Keep Data Centers Cool - Net Energy
5:52 - It's Not Rocket Science, but it is Brain Surgery - Madison Scientific
7:25 - How Manufacturing Can Unlock the U.S. Economy
9:40 - mHUB is Looking to the Future
LEARN MORE
The Rockefeller Foundation: rockefellerfoundation.org
The Rockefeller Foundation x mHub Partnership: rockefellerfoundation.org/news/mhub-and-rockefeller-foundation-power-hardtech-innovation-to-strengthen-u-s-economies
mHub, Hard Tech Innovation Center: mhub.org
Newest Initiative: rockefellerfoundation.org/news/mhub-announces-energy-tech-accelerator-novel-technologies-compute-energy-nexus
About The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation deploys the power of philanthropy to drive economic opportunity, advance health, and accelerate the energy transition for people and the planet. Learn more and subscribe for more content on building a better future.
America's industrial comeback is underway. The Rockefeller Foundation is ensuring the founders behind it don’t get left behind.
Hard tech entrepreneurs working in hardware, manufacturing, and real industrial solutions face a system that wasn't designed for them. Building physical technology costs more, takes longer, and attracts a fraction of the funding that software startups receive. That gap isn't just unfair; It threatens job creation, energy resilience, and America's ability to lead the industries that will define the next century.
In this video, we break down a new $1 million partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation and @mHUBofficial, the nation's largest independent hard tech innovation center, and what it means for the next generation of American founders.
This is what it looks like when philanthropy meets the physical economy.
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Touring the Disneyland for Innovators
3:02 - Building Hot Tech to Keep Data Centers Cool - Net Energy
5:52 - It's Not Rocket Science, but it is Brain Surgery - Madison Scientific
7:25 - How Manufacturing Can Unlock the U.S. Economy
9:40 - mHUB is Looking to the Future
LEARN MORE
The Rockefeller Foundation: rockefellerfoundation.org
The Rockefeller Foundation x mHub Partnership: rockefellerfoundation.org/news/mhub-and-rockefeller-foundation-power-hardtech-innovation-to-strengthen-u-s-economies
mHub, Hard Tech Innovation Center: mhub.org
Newest Initiative: rockefellerfoundation.org/news/mhub-announces-energy-tech-accelerator-novel-technologies-compute-energy-nexus
About The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation deploys the power of philanthropy to drive economic opportunity, advance health, and accelerate the energy transition for people and the planet. Learn more and subscribe for more content on building a better future.
