About

Solving the world’s most pressing challenges through open innovation and partnership.

Mission

Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that advances lasting solutions from tech entrepreneurs to address the world's most pressing problems. Each year, Solve issues four Global Challenges to find the most promising Solver teams who will drive transformational change. Solve then builds and convenes a community of leaders and changemakers to form partnerships these Solver teams need to scale their impact.

Meet the solve team

Core Values

OPTIMISM
While big challenges exist in the world, they are solvable.
PARTNERSHIP
No one organization, sector or industry can solve these challenges alone.
OPEN INNOVATION
Talent and ingenuity are everywhere, and we must tap into them.
HUMAN-CENTERED
Solutions must start, end, and involve the people they’re designed for.
TECHNOLOGY
Solutions will include a technological component, but must also address political, economic, and cultural barriers and ensure that technology is adopted by most underserved communities.

History

Solve was born out of MIT in 2015, a natural offshoot of MIT’s commitment to open technological innovation, and its long commitment to actionable thought leadership in the public sphere.

We will do more than talk about the greatest problems facing our world. We will set the course to solve them.

—L. Rafael Reif, President, MIT