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Breakthrough Initiatives

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Breakthrough Initiatives

Summary

Breakthrough Initiatives is a research program[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (research_program category, ranking #11 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Breakthrough Initiatives's field of work was search for extra-terrestrial intelligence[3].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's instance of is recorded as research program[4].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's founder is recorded as Yuri Milner[5].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's part of is recorded as search for extra-terrestrial intelligence[6].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's has part is recorded as Breakthrough Listen[7].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's has part is recorded as Breakthrough Message[8].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's official website is recorded as https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/[9].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's sponsor is recorded as Yuri Milner[10].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b87hs5z0[11].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's Quora topic ID is recorded as Breakthrough-Initiatives[12].
  • Breakthrough Initiatives's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780533683[13].

Body

Founding

Breakthrough Initiatives's founder is recorded as Yuri Milner[5].

Identity

Breakthrough Initiatives's part of is recorded as search for extra-terrestrial intelligence[6].

Industry

Breakthrough Initiatives's field of work was search for extra-terrestrial intelligence[3].

Why It Matters

Breakthrough Initiatives draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (research_program category, ranking #11 of 34).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

Breakthrough Starshot

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Breakthrough Initiatives. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/breakthrough-initiatives
MLA “Breakthrough Initiatives.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/breakthrough-initiatives.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_breakthrough-initiatives_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Breakthrough Initiatives}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/breakthrough-initiatives}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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