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Alex Wright-Gladstein
Founder & CEO, Sphere
Alex Wright-Gladstein is the founder and CEO of Sphere, a VC-backed company that makes it easy for everyone to invest their retirement savings in a climate-friendly way, by offering climate-friendly funds that can check the boxes of what 401(k) fiduciaries look for. Prior to founding Sphere, Alex was founding CEO of Ayar Labs, an MIT technology spinout that is valued at $4B and cuts the energy use of AI in half by using light to move data between chips. She has also been the energy entrepreneurship practice leader at MIT and an energy efficiency program manager at smart grid company EnerNOC. She received an MBA from MIT and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Tufts University.
