May 30, 2026
We’re excited to share the 6 founders who’ll be participating in the Inflection Fellowship at Edge Esmeralda 2026.
The Inflection Fellowship is a month-long residency for builders chasing ideas that feel too early, too weird, or too ambitious for traditional investors. It’s supported by Long Journey, whose team has collectively backed 30+ unicorns.
From social digital cameras to quantum data sharing to new AI canvasses, this year’s fellows are tackling frontier problems across human-computer interaction, machine learning, and healthcare.
Over the next month, they’ll live and build together in Healdsburg, supported by Long Journey mentors, founder dinners, and the full Edge Esmeralda village.
We’re so excited to see what they build!
Heewon Ahn
Heewon is working on next-generation AI interfaces, inspired by Xerox PARC's invention of the GUI. At Edge, he wants to run experiments on non-text AI interaction: a drag and drop canvas that translates spatial actions and multimodal inputs.
Heewon has been working at startups since age 16, and most recently was the Founding Designer @ Stan, a startup which scaled from 0 to $30M building online stores for Creators.
Krystal Grover
Krystal is an incoming medical student at McMaster University. At Edge, Krystal will be assisting with Alethios studies taking place during the village, with a particular interest in the wearable-based work exploring how physiological signals, social connection, and wellbeing can be measured in real-world community settings.
Previously, she founded The Bloom Red Project, a period equity initiative that has donated thousands of menstrual products and worked to reduce stigma around menstrual health. Her recent research has focused on vaping and smoking cessation, substance co-use, and translating health research into practical, public-facing tools.
Sebastian Kot