Ally Yost

About

Ally Yost is an SVP of Business Development at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, where she leads business development, company financing strategy, and investor engagement, with over a decade of experience commercializing scientific and engineering breakthroughs. Previously she was a founder and Principal at The Engine, the MIT-affiliated venture fund, investing in climate, human health, and hardware infrastructure, and earlier led R&D and manufacturing work at Accion Systems and worked as a research scientist at GoogleX and on spacecraft propulsion at NASA. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.