# Argonne selects five startup founders for energy and advanced-materials program

> Argonne National Laboratory announced five startup founders for the 2026 cohort of Chain Reaction Innovations. The two-year program will embed the entrepreneurs full time at the laboratory with access to researchers, facilities and commercialization support.

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- Published: 2026-10-15T23:21:06+00:00
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- Source review period: 2026-10-12
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The cohort covers passive cooling coatings, photosynthetic biomanufacturing, electrochemical separation membranes, thermoelectric materials for electricity from data-center waste heat, and sodium-ion battery anodes. These are technologies to be developed; the announcement reports no completed commercial products or verified aggregate energy savings.

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| 2026-10-12 | Argonne selects five startup founders for energy and advanced-materials program | Argonne National Laboratory announced five startup founders for the 2026 cohort of Chain Reaction Innovations. The two-year program will embed the entrepreneurs full time at the laboratory with access to researchers, facilities and commercialization support. | occurred |

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| label | value | unit | period | basis | value_qualifier |
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| Selected startup founders | 5 | count | 2026-10-12 | observed | exact |

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## Sources

- [Argonne National Laboratory](<https://www.newswise.com/articles/five-new-startups-join-argonne-s-entrepreneurship-program>) (Source checked: 2026-10-15; Published: 2026-10-12)

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