Solve

**Our Mission** Solve is an initiative of MIT. We believe that to achieve a more sustainable and prosperous future for all, we need new voices and ideas. We launch open calls for exceptional and diverse solutions to the most pressing global challenges from anyone, anywhere in the world. Selected innovators get the backing of MIT and our community of supporters to scale their impact and drive lasting change. Join us on this mission. **How it started** Solve was started in 2015, a natural offshoot of MIT’s mission, as a collaborative global problem-solving platform. Our work serves the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the ultimate aim to create a more prosperous and sustainable future for all. **How it's going** To date, we’ve run over 85 challenges, supported over 400 innovators, and mobilized over $70 million in funding. In turn, our innovator community is reaching over 280 million lives and has raised over $1 billion in funding. **Where we're going** At Solve, we continue to be motivated and inspired by the thousands of solutions we receive each year to our challenges. While there will never be a shortage of intractable global problems, we are steadfast in our optimism that through partnership, human-centered design, and innovation—there’s nothing we can’t solve together.