• Scaling Innovation for the New Era of Making: Autodesk Foundation at AU 2025

    Reflecting on a decade of impact at the Autodesk Foundation, we see that the most complex challenges can be addressed when innovators are equipped with the right tools and resources. Our portfolio of nonprofits and startups is at the forefront of shaping the new era of making.  We saw this in action at Autodesk University 2025 as portfolio organizations brought the new era of making to life in classes, on stage, and in…

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  • Four Found Energy employees—1 man (far-left), three women (middle, middle-right, right) wearing blue Found Energy branded jumpsuits with black collars and protective eyewear and latex gloves. The group is standing around, working on, and looking at a contraption with metal rods, electric wiring, mechanical components, and a small computer fan. Setting: Fluorescent-it lab space.

    Our investment in Found Energy

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Found Energy—a climate tech startup building rechargeable aluminum fuel power systems aimed at eliminating carbon emissions from heavy industrial applications—to its Energy and Materials portfolio.

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  • Our investment in Applied Carbon

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Applied Carbon—a climate tech startup developing and scaling technologies to regenerate soils and permanently sequester atmospheric carbon—to its Energy and Materials portfolio.

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  • FY24 Impact Report: A message from Autodesk Foundation leadership

    Reflections from Autodesk Foundation Executive Director Christine Stoner and Managing Director Jean Shia on the FY24 Autodesk Foundation Impact Report.

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  • A woman Safisana employee standing in front of a Safisana sign at the Ashaiman recycling plant, smiling and looking at the camera, holding a white hard hat in her blue-gloved left hand.

    Our investment in Safisana

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Safisana—a nonprofit committed to improving climate resilience and solving waste, sanitation, and energy-related issues in rapidly growing economies throughout the African continent—to its Health and Resilience portfolio.

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  • The Bridges to Prosperity story at AU 2023

    During Autodesk University 2023, Autodesk highlighted its partnership, through the Autodesk Foundation, with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) to address a critical global issue: more than 250 million people lack safe access to healthcare, education, and employment because they cannot cross rivers safely.

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  • Three individuals—an older man, a middle-aged man, and a teenager—standing in a farm field surrounded by tall green crops on a sunny day. All three are smiling and looking at a mobile phone, held by the middle-aged man, which appears to interacting with a sensor or other mechanism for monitoring the crop.

    Our investment in Wavemaker Impact

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Wavemaker Impact—a climate venture builder fund that invests in Southeast Asian entrepreneurs and startups to rapidly decarbonize the planet—to its Health and Resilience portfolio.

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  • Close-up candid/action shot of a young man wearing a blue blazer, glasses, button-down shirt and a striped blue tie, holding a microphone in his right hand and his left hand in front of him, fingers curled as if grabbing something, presenting at a Generation workshop or event.

    Our investment in Generation

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Generation—a global nonprofit network helping learners and workers achieve economic mobility through employment—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

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  • Our investment in BluLever Education

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes BluLever Education—a startup addressing South Africa’s labor shortage by training the next generation of skilled artisans—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

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  • Headshot lockup of six 2023 E4C Fellows (clockwise): Arianna Andino, Shakthi Dhar, Symon Kipkemei, Ogechi Ogbonna, Tunga Tessema, and Ginani Utami.

    Engineering for Change: Connecting technical professionals with global design and engineering nonprofits and startups

    In 2023, the Autodesk Foundation supported 29 Engineering for Change (E4C) Fellows from around the world to work alongside its portfolio of nonprofits and startups to promote sustainable and equitable design solutions across industries.

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