CULTURETECHLENSMakunde Martin
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-07517 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6331.
Makunde Martin is a co-founder of Chi Tech Collective, the Chicago community designed by and for Black technologists that addresses South Side disinvestment through education, mentorship, networking and pathways to tech employment and funding; 1871 also describes him as a software engineer at Google and a Campus 1871 speaker. He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Makunde Martin is a co-founder of Chi Tech Collective, the Chicago community designed by and for Black technologists that addresses South Side disinvestment through education, mentorship, networking and pathways to tech employment and funding; 1871 also describes him as a software engineer at Google and a Campus 1871 speaker. He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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STAGED EDGE: Chi Tech Collective (CTL-E-1032, Institution) founded_by -> Martin, the schema's founder predicate. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Co-Founder, Chi Tech Collective.
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- Chi Tech Collective — founded by → this record
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Makunde Martin as Co-Founder, Chi Tech Collective, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- 1871, '10 Takeaways from Campus 1871' (accessed 2026-10-21): describes Makunde Martin as co-founder of Chi Tech Collective and a software engineer at Google. (primary source · build store)
- Chi Tech Collective, official site (accessed 2026-10-21): a Chicago community by and for Black technologists addressing South Side disinvestment through education, mentorship, networking and pathways to tech employment and funding. (primary source · build store)
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