Ariel Ekblaw
FounderCo-Founder at Rendezvous Robotics
New York, New York, United States
FoundedRendezvous Robotics
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Co-Founder at Rendezvous Robotics
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- Rendezvous RoboticsBoard Chair, Co-foundercurrent2024 — present
- Aurelia FoundryGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — presentCambridge, MA
- Aurelia InstituteChief Executive Officercurrent2021 — present
- MIT Media LabFounding Director | MIT Space Exploration Initiative2016 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT Media LabPhD | Aerospace Structures & Space Architecture2015 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratorySystems Engineering2017Pasadena, CA
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Strategic LeadershipSystems Engineering
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- Who is Ariel Ekblaw?
- Co-Founder at Rendezvous Robotics
- Where does Ariel Ekblaw work?
- Ariel Ekblaw is Co-Founder of Rendezvous Robotics.
- What companies did Ariel Ekblaw found?
- Ariel Ekblaw founded Rendezvous Robotics.
- Where did Ariel Ekblaw go to school?
- Ariel Ekblaw studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), MIT Media Lab, Aerospace Structures applied to Space Architecture); Yale University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Double Major: Physics; Mathematics and Philosophy, cum laude with distinction).
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