Santiago Del Solar selected as Merge Grantsmith
Santiago is looking to support people working on:
- Hardware
- Robotics
Applicants must qualify for basic financial need in order to qualify for a Merge Grant. Microgrants from Merge are 100% no-strings-attached – we don't take any equity or ownership of any kind.
Grantees also get access to $800k in perks, a community of other talented builders and access to the ODF community đź‘€
Santiago del Solar is the creator of Exo‑Ranger, a full-body powered exoskeleton built from scratch to bring Iron Man‑style augmentation to the real world. After interning at Hacksmith Industries, he used a Merge Grant to debut ranger_001, his first prototype, at the largest ever student-led world's fair. Del Solar, working out of his self-founded Del Solar Industries—currently based in his dorm room—is driven to become an inventor pushing technology to science-fiction frontiers, and to inspire and support the next generation of aspiring inventors.
Applications close June 26th!