Jennifer Turliuk

MIT Sloan Fellows MBA Candidate

2024 - Current

• MIT Sloan Fellows MBA degree candidate. Awarded Dean’s Fellowship and Ida Green Fellowship for world’s original mid-career master's degree in management and leadership. • Completed thesis on the net climate impact of AI with professors John Sterman and Harvey Michaels • Research Assistant • Paper on climate tech venture investing in the age of AI accepted to Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance Symposium • Focus areas: Management, climate, energy, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, quantum computing, software architecture • Cross-registered student at MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT Media Lab, Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Graduate School of Education • Managing Director, MIT Energy & Climate Hackathon • Vice President of Climate and AI, MIT Climate & Energy Prize

Teaching Assistant

2024 - 2024

• Teaching Assistant, MIT Climate & Energy Ventures class (which has historically had 60 spinout companies, $5B+ raised)

Practice Leader, Climate and Energy AI

2024

• Build, research, and instruct AI for climate and energy solutions at MIT’s entrepreneurship center and beyond. Driving the integration of artificial intelligence technologies in the climate tech sector, fostering innovative startups, and providing strategic leadership within MIT’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Educated and/or gave talks for thousands of students and industry practitioners. • Developed a suite of AI tools to support climate tech innovation and entrepreneurship in collaboration with MIT professors for MIT's Climate and Energy Ventures class (60+ spinout companies, $5B+ raised), MIT Climate Policy Center, En-ROADS climate policy simulation tool (created by MIT and Climate Interactive), and beyond. • Created, led and instructed MIT IAP 2025 course: AI for Energy Solutions (supported by MIT Energy Initiative and Sloan Sustainability Initiative). Course received over 1,000 applicants (FERC, NREL, Breakthrough, NASA, etc). • Taught about AI in MIT's Climate and Energy Ventures class, and Energy Management and AI class • Delivered talks about AI for climate solutions for Davos, COP29, Planet Action / TEDxBoston, New York Climate Week, San Francisco Climate Week, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance symposium, MIT Office of Sustainability, MIT Energy and Climate Club, Harvard, Climate Interactive, and more • • Co-developed a simulation game about climate entrepreneurship & AI with US Department of Energy (DOE). Piloted it at ARPA-E Summit.

Keynote Speaker

2011

• Accepted representation from National Speakers’ Bureau. • Spoke about AI for climate and energy solutions at Davos, COP29, ARPA-E Summit, Planet Action / TEDxBoston, New York Climate Week, MIT's Climate and Energy Ventures class, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance symposium, MIT Office of Sustainability, MIT Energy and Climate Club, Harvard, and Climate Interactive. Also delivered talks for Climate Change AI, Climate Capital, Terra.do's Climate Career Week, and more. • Had keynote speaking engagements at MakerCon Europe, Humber Convocation, Globe & Mail Generative AI event, etc. Addressed audiences of TEDx, Smith School of Business, York University, Stanford, Concordia University, Maker Faire, MakerCon, SXSW, etc. Topics: climate, AI, energy, venture investing, entrepreneurship, education, career, etc.

Author

2000

• Published author. Self-published books, gained representation from a literary agent, and secured a deal with a major publisher (Dundurn Press). • Forbes contributor. Published articles in Forbes, MAKE Magazine, and Venturebeat, among others, with one Forbes article receiving 1M+ views and featuring in Forbes’ Most Read and Top Trending Stories, LinkedIn Today, and New York newspapers. • Wrote a 10-minute play, a full-length musical, a virtual mini-musical, and a comedy show that were featured in the InspiraTO Festival, the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Angel Investor

2020

• Made 20+ investments through SPVs, funds and direct investing. Saw 2 portfolio companies achieve acquisition within 3 years. • Invested alongside VC firms like Founders Fund, 8VC, Softbank, SV Angel and others through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). • Scout for syndicates and funds, including SHL Capital, which invested in Notion, Figma, Hellosign, and Republic, is run by Sahil Lavingia (founder of Gumroad and employee #2 at Pinterest), and has LPs including Naval Ravikant, Marc Andreessen and more. If you're interested in discussing potential investment opportunities, advisor positions or board positions, I would love to connect. Skills: product development, product management, strategy, marketing and PR, software engineering, edtech, AI. Interest areas: climate tech, AI, post-revenue companies making a positive impact in the world with technology. Please don't hesitate to reach out directly, as I'm always happy to connect. No warm intros required! I invest in startups with small amounts starting at $1K. There is a well-explained rationale behind this approach, which you can read more about here: https://twitter.com/dunkhippo33/status/1397953351514349570. In addition, I serve as a scout for multiple investment syndicates/funds. If you're seeking a larger investment and your opportunity aligns with any of the syndicates/funds I'm associated with, I'd be glad to introduce you.

Cross-Registered Student

2025 - 2025

• Cross-registered student, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Deep Learning class)

Executive Business Fellow

2024 - 2024

• Proto Ventures is MIT's venture studio, combining commercialization and technology expertise to identify, build, and launch impactful startups from MIT research and technology. • Participated in the venture-building process in the Clean Energy channel.

Cross-Registered Student

2024 - 2024

• Cross-registered student, MIT Media Lab (AI Venture Studio class)

Guest, Observer and Speaker

2024 - 2024

Contributor

2024 - 2024

Contibutor, climate and entrepreneurship