CDL-Cleveland is the first site in the CDL network to be anchored to a health system. Founders in the program will have access to UH as a living laboratory, giving them an opportunity to test their technologies with actual clinicians and caregivers, not in simulation.
CDL Healthcare Robotics will support founders commercializing medical robotics, active sensing, and AI embodied hardware to address global healthcare capacity gaps.
Almost ten years after going through the program, Xanadu listed on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker XNDU on March 27th, 2026 — the first company in Creative Destruction Lab's 13-year history to reach the public markets.
MBA capstone program pairs students with startup founders to “transform bold ideas into companies that can thrive anywhere in the world.”
Hatch joins CDL Minerals as a corporate partner, bringing its engineering expertise across 150+ countries to accelerate science-based mining technologies from pilot to commercial scale.
Creative Destruction Lab is receiving a Government of Canada investment, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), to support its newly launched CDL Defence program.
With funding from the Qatar Investment Authority and the Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council, CDL-Doha will advance research-driven entrepreneurship and strengthen Qatar’s role in the global innovation economy.
The nine-month program will accelerate dual-use ventures, while educating founders on how to navigate procurement and deployment.
Co-founder Shawn Martens attributes much of IronSight’s trajectory and ultimate acquisition to the formative experiences gained at CDL. His advice to potential CDL applicants is clear: “If you’re a founder needing genuine, actionable accountability and support without bias, CDL is one of the best decisions you’ll make.”
CDL-San Sebastian will join the global CDL Quantum program, and launch a CDL AI stream focused on natural language processing and multilingual models to complement the arrival of the IBM System Two quantum computer and strengthen Gipuzkoa’s role as a growing hub for deep tech commercialization in Europe.
CDL-London will be hosted by the Imperial Institute for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship, an Imperial-wide initiative led by the Imperial Business School, working closely with the Imperial Enterprise Lab to deliver the program. Rio Tinto, a leading mining and materials company, is the founding partner of CDL-London, enabling an expansion of the CDL Minerals program.
