Ellison Institute of Technology

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) is a research institute in Oxford that works across four endeavours: health and medical science, food security and sustainable agriculture, climate change and atmospheric CO2, and artificial intelligence and robotics. Its programmes include the Generative Biology Institute, the Plant Biology Institute, a Pathogen Program, an AI & Robotics Institute, and work on lithium-air batteries and carbon sequestration. The institute describes its approach as taking scientific discoveries through to commercially sustainable companies and products.

The website names partners including the University of Oxford, Cleveland Clinic, Oracle and the Gates Foundation, which supports the Africa Clinical Research Network. EIT also funds students through its Education & Scholarships programmes, which fund DPhil study at the University of Oxford. The company's stated target customers and revenue model are not described in the source text.

EIT was founded in 2021 (registry data) and is headquartered in Oxford, at Winchester House on the Oxford Science Park in Littlemore. The Oxford campus is under construction, with completion set for 2027, and is planned to reach 2 million sq ft for up to 7,000 people. The careers page lists 40 open positions, mainly in scientific research, engineering and enterprise operations. The institute also lists an affiliate, the Ellison Medical Institute, based in Los Angeles.

Product: Research programmes and institutes in generative biology, plant science, pathogen diagnostics, AI and robotics, climate and clean energy, with a commercial translation focus.