Ballmer, Doerr and other tech leaders urge support of ARPA-E

4/22/2010

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, venture capitalist John Doerr, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and more than 100 other technology leaders today pressed Congress to support the Advance Projects Research Agency Energy (ARPA-E) program.

The 3-year-old government initiative — modeled on DARPA — was designed to foster research projMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer, venture capitalist John Doerr, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and more than 100 other technology leaders today pressed Congress to support the Advance Projects Research Agency Energy (ARPA-E) program.

The 3-year-old government initiative — modeled on DARPA — was designed to foster research projects that could… More» More».

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