National GRIP All-Uni Co-Founder Mixer 1 @ SMU
Calling all aspiring entrepreneurs! Join us for the National GRIP Mixer to learn about the programme announced by DPM Heng recently! This event offers a unique chance to meet diverse teams, explore their innovative projects, and gain insights into the start-up world. Whether you're looking to join a start-up or simply want to discover more about entrepreneurship, this mixer is your gateway to exciting opportunities. Don’t miss out - come connect, collaborate, and kickstart your journey in the entrepreneurial landscape.
Join us on one or both days and hear from our first batch of National GRIP teams:
21 Nov@SMU: Teams from Energy & Climate Tech, Smart City & Infra, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing & IR 4.0
28 Nov@NTU: Teams from Electronics and Communications, ICT, Medtech & Digital Health
<<<Teams' Information for SMU mixer (more will be available on 15th Nov)>>>
-----Energy & Climate Tech-----
AIQUA: Based on our research at NUS, we developed a hydrogel material that efficiently extracts water from air, using just 1% of the energy required by traditional methods like condensers and compressors. It also collects water 20 times faster, making water harvesting highly efficient. We plan to launch three product lines - personal, household, and community, to meet various needs, with the capability to function even in ultra-low humidity environments, such as deserts.
Sustainable Use of Entropy (SUS): We use heat exchanger to capture wasted heat that would otherwise be dumped into outside air in air-conditioning system and reuse it to heat up water, offsetting the hot water heater electricity usage.
Next we use the aircon compressor as a heat pump by using a 8 way valve similar to tesla's octa valve to make the aircon function as a heat pump hot water heater 3 times more efficient than resistive how water heaters. There will be free hot water when using the aircon, and free indoor room cooling when using hot water, reducing electricity usage and carbon emissions.
-----Smart City & Infra-----
-----Advanced Manufacturing & IR 4.0-----
Bunker Procurement Planning: Our AI bunker procurement planning (AI-BPP) framework optimizes bunker procurement in shipping by addressing fuel price forecasting, uncertainties, and capacity constraints through advanced AI optimization techniques. We integrate a machine learning forecaster for multi-port price predictions with a stochastic optimization model, providing accurate and robust planning solutions. Real-world tests demonstrate average cost savings of over $257,541 for a six-vessel fleet on a 42-day Asia-North America route, with $351,247 saved during the Russia-Ukraine war. AI-BPP delivers significant operating expense reductions and strategic insights for maritime operations.
Technology Platform for On-Demand Chemical Manufacture: This project aims to develop an innovative chemical manufacturing platform using advanced flow chemistry techniques. The platform is designed to handle complex reactions, particularly those involving solid reagents and slow reactions that are not suitable in existing flow technologies. This improvement significantly broadens the scope of reactions and reagents that can be applied to flow, enabling automated production of important chemicals for pharmaceuticals and other industries. This project aims to create an universal flow platform that can directly adopt the literature protocol of batch synthesis to large-scale flow synthesis of pharmaceuticals chemicals and their intermediates.
-----Advanced Materials-----
Crafca: My project is our fabric technology called Rouyou Leather™, which turns cardboard into a leather-like material inspired by two traditional crafts and chemical treatments. We could collect cardboard and use Japanese Momigami to fabricate and soften the cardboard. Then, with the Chinese oil-paper technique (an ancient craft to waterproof paper) to waterproof the material was used. With further light chemical treatment, the cardboard becomes durable, waterproof, highly flexible (rollable) and leather-like. We are the first in the world to turn cardboard into functional leather, with inspiration from thousands of years of traditional techniques.
Graphene Based Thermal Paste for Thermal Interfaces: The project ""Graphene-Based Thermal Paste for Thermal Interfaces"" focuses on developing a technology for incorporating graphene materials into composite formulations using high-intensity ultrasonic processing. Traditional thermal interfaces contain spherical ceramic particles in silicone oil, but their limited contact area with uneven heatsink surfaces reduces thermal transfer efficiency.
Our solution introduces graphene particles, which, due to their nanoscale size, fill microscopic irregularities and cracks on the surfaces of heatsinks and processors. This significantly enhances contact thermal conductivity, improving heat dissipation and cooling efficiency, making our technology promising for high-performance systems.
<<<Teams' Information for NTU mixer (more will be available later)>>>
-----Electronics and Communications-----
-----ICT-----
AutoCodeRover: Software development is an iterative process to create software by continuously adding new features and fixing identified defects. An inevitable outcome of continuous software evolution is the existence of software defects, which consumes significant time from developers to debug and resolve. Automated Program Repair(APR) is a technology that has gained industry adoption to automatically fix software defects. Agent-based program improvement leverages the capabilities of GenAI to improve the efficacy of APR while augmenting with context information via program analysis. The core technology focuses on autonomous program improvement that works with human developers as well as AI developers.
CognideX: CognideX is a decentralized data marketplace that leverages AI and Web3 technologies to empower individuals to monetize their personal data. By aggregating data from various platforms, it offers businesses unparalleled insights. Operating under DAO governance, CognideX ensures transparency and community-driven decision-making. Users can contribute personal data, earning our native cryptocurrency, CGDX, while maintaining privacy through secure data masking and blockchain-powered data lifecycle tracking. Our platform aims to create a thriving ecosystem, transforming data into a valuable asset for both individuals and businesses, fostering innovation in a decentralized marketplace.
Docusurf: DocuSurf is an AI research assistant designed to empower researchers by automating and streamlining various aspects of research process. DocuSurf completes your research tasks with a team of specialized AI agents, each tailored to handle distinct tasks such as reference management, data extraction, paper categorization, and analysis. Researchers can create their personalized workflow by chaining together multiple agents to fulfill specific requirements, and style. DocuSurf goes one step further by enabling researchers to create fully customized AI agents, allowing tailor the platform even more precisely to their unique research needs and preferences, ensuring a highly personalized and efficient research experience.
Personal AI Agent for PC Automation: Novices often face a steep learning curve when acquainting themselves with complex professional computer software. For instance, software like After Effects, and SAP system usually offer a suite of advanced functions, yet its rich features sets a high entry barrier for new users. We have constructed an AI Assistant system based on multimodal large language models with the capacity to comprehend Graphical User Interface (GUI) interfaces, grasp software usage methodologies, and manipulate applications to significantly expedite the learning and operating processes. As such an Assistant evolves, it will liberate humans from the tedious complexities that currently impede creativity and productivity.
-----MedTech & Digital Health-----
ChemT Biotechnology: ChemT Biotechnology is an AI-driven biotech company, building the next-generation platform for cell and gene therapy. The company was established by world-class cell therapy & AI scientists, and exited healthcare entrepreneurs. The team aims to transform the current landscape of immune cell therapy manufacturing, which faces significant challenges in product cost and quality. Our first innovative product has demonstrated a 5-10x increase in yield while enhancing quality significantly, including both in vitro and in vivo efficacy.
Milk-derived Extracellular Vesicles: Bovine milk exosomes are food-borne nanocarriers that are edible and affinity for the gastrointestinal tract while possessing multiple functional microRNAs. It has been shown that regular oral administration of cow's milk exosomes has a normative effect on the homeostatic regulation of the enterohepatic axis and healthification. Freshly extracted bovine milk exosomes are effective in inflammatory modeling, antioxidant aspects, and metabolic disorders. Therefore, extracting bovine milk exosomes in large quantities and commercializing them using advanced nanoformulation may benefit some chronic disease populations, and their health effects also have high potential commercial value.