MIT Foundations of AI Ventures mixer with Two Lanterns VC
Join Foundations of AI Ventures on Wednesday, Sep 25th at the Media Lab, 3rd floor Atrium, for a mixer sponsored by Two Lanterns Venture Capital. The topics will be around building a scalable company in AI and advice for AI founders (e.g., what early mistakes to avoid, which industries are ripe for disruption, etc.).
Samara Gordon (GP at Hyperplane), Elad Katav (CEO & Founder of Cupixel), and Osher Perry (CEO and Co-Founder of Shipin), both 2LVC portfolio startups, confirmed for tomorrow’s panel, which will be moderated by John Harthorne, Two Lanterns Venture Capital.
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Foundations of AI Ventures: A Studio Approach
MAS.665 / 15.375 / EC.731 / IDS.865
---------------------------------------------------------------Instructors: Ramesh Raskar (Media Lab), Pulkit Agrawal (CSAIL), Sertac Karaman (LIDS)
Leaders: David Blundin, John Werner, Sandy Pentland, Hossein Rahnama, Beth Porter, Mark Weber, Santanu Bhattacharya, John Harthorne, and more
Website: https://aiforimpact.github.io/
Video summary of Fall 2023 course: Welcome to MIT AI Venture Studio
Prerequisites:
Step 1: Questionnaire (Link 1) complete before Sept 5th
Step 2: Finishing the Online AI and blockchain course (Link 2) by Sept 12th
The rapid developments in AI can enable or accelerate major positive impact throughout the world. This semester’s course will be structured as a “Venture Studio” with mentors and engagement with Scientists, VCs, CEOs, and Academics. Companies include DeepMind, Google AI, Cohere, Hugging Face, Meta, etc.
MIT co-instructors include Pattie Maes, Daniela Rus, Roz Picard, Devavrat Shah, Cynthia Breazeal, Hari Balakrishnan. Previous guest speakers included Peter Diamandis, Lex Fridman, Vinod Khosla, Grace Isaford, Neha Narula, Steve Jurvetson, Paul English, Calvin Chin, Jason Pontin, Bilal Zuberi, and more.
The course will focus on data and AI-centric technologies such as identity, privacy tech, foundation models, LLMs, CV, blockchain, VR/AR, and Web3. See the demo day video and projects from previous editions of this class on the website https://aiforimpact.github.io/
Course formerly known as (AI for Impact, AI Venture Studio, Global Ventures)
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