Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

Renewed products consist of upcycled or recycling materials. The Renewal Workshop is an MIT Solver team that works to save textiles from landfill.

MIT Solve announces 2020 global challenges

Tech-based solutions sought for challenges in work environments, education for girls and women, maternal and newborn health, and sustainable food.

February 25, 2020

(Left to right:) MIT students Kenny Li, Maya Murad, Devin Zhang, Tiffany Fung, Eduardo Rivera, Evan Pu, Taylor Baum, Julian Alverio, and Madhav Kumar participated in this year's MISTI Global Startup Labs program.

Dreaming big in a small country

MIT students teach machine learning and entrepreneurship in Uruguay through MIT Global Startup Labs.

February 24, 2020

PatternEx’s Virtual Analyst Platform uses machine learning models to detect suspicious activity on a network. That activity is then presented to human analysts for feedback that improves the systems’ ability to flag activity analysts care about.

A human-machine collaboration to defend against cyberattacks

PatternEx merges human and machine expertise to spot and respond to hacks.

February 21, 2020

MIT senior Jakub Chudik became interested in medical technology, especially related to cancer, after his younger brother, who was a toddler at the time, was diagnosed with cancer during Chudik’s first year of high school.

An entrepreneur finds his way to MIT

Introduced to the Institute through MITx and MIT Bootcamps, Jakub Chudik is now a senior in EECS and CTO of his own startup.

February 17, 2020

Tagup's industrial equipment monitoring platform is currently being used by energy companies to monitor approximately 60,000 pieces of equipment around North America and Europe. That includes transformers, offshore wind turbines, and reverse osmosis systems for water filtration.

Maintaining the equipment that powers our world

By organizing performance data and predicting problems, Tagup helps energy companies keep their equipment running.

February 12, 2020

Left to right: Joe Chung (Redstar), Ayah Bdeir (littleBits), Nan-Wei Gong (Figur8), Rana El Kaliouby (Affectiva), Eran Egozy (Harmonix), and John Underkoffler (Oblong) participate in a panel discussion about their entrepreneurial paths out of the Media Lab.

Out of the lab and into the world

E14 Venture Summit celebrates the diversity of spinoff companies from the Media Lab.

February 11, 2020

Alchemista co-founder and CEO Christine Marcus MBA ’12 says she sold her house and dipped into her retirement savings to get the company off the ground.

MIT helps first-time entrepreneur build food hospitality company

Led by Christine Marcus MBA ’12, Alchemista is finding success with a human-centered approach to food service.

January 30, 2020

Candorful uses video conferencing to facilitate mock job interviews between volunteer coaches and military personnel to help prepare them for civilian job interviews.

Helping military veterans nail that interview

Interview coaching startup Candorful helps veterans transitioning to civilian life prepare for job interviews.

January 28, 2020

An award-winning startup founded by Maria Hahn (second from right) got its start at an MIT Technology and Innovation Bootcamp.

Health care innovators strive to make a difference

A week of learning with MIT Bootcamps sparked ideas that Jal Panchal and Maria Hahn are taking forward to solve problems in health care.

January 23, 2020

A woman carrying a Khethworks solar panel. The efficiency of Khethworks' groundwater pump enables it to be powered by smaller panels, making the system portable.

A new way to irrigate crops year-round

Startup Khethworks is deploying solar-powered pumps to help poor farmers in India irrigate crops all year long.

January 10, 2020

In 2020, the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge will transition into Solve, powering its Economic Prosperity Challenge to drive increased resources and global awareness to the inclusive innovators who are creating an equitable future of work for all.

MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge drives a more equitable economy

Global tournament for entrepreneurs will transition into Solve in 2020.

December 23, 2019

A study co-authored by an MIT economist shows that an improved, automated language-translation system significantly boosted commerce on eBay’s website.

When machine learning packs an economic punch

Study: After eBay improved its translation software, international commerce increased sharply.

December 20, 2019

MIT Executive Vice President and Treasurer Israel Ruiz

Israel Ruiz to step down as MIT’s executive vice president and treasurer

Driver of “innovative solutions to complex challenges” will chart a new path pursuing opportunities to accelerate innovation.

December 19, 2019

The Engine’s team of 21 full time employees helps the entrepreneurs it invests in commercialize their transformative technologies.

An engine for game-changing innovation

The Engine, a venture firm built by MIT, is investing in companies tackling the world's most urgent problems.

December 13, 2019

Students gather in the Stata Center to hear the 2019 MIT EnergyHack challenges. Participants had 36 hours to come up with a solution to the challenge they were assigned with their team members before presenting to company representatives, fellow hackers, and judges.

Hacking into a sustainable energy future

The 2019 MIT EnergyHack presented opportunities for students and companies to collaborate and solve problems facing the energy sector today.

December 11, 2019

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