Startups

Ricult's platform gives smallholder farmers access to seeds and fertilizers, weather forecasts, and insights on improving crop yield to help lift them and their families out of extreme poverty.

Platform helps farmers out of extreme poverty

Social enterprise Ricult uses digital tools to empower rural farmers in developing countries.

November 14, 2018

Cadenza Innovation Founder and CEO Christina Lampe-Onnerud at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions

A novel way to advance a better battery design

Led by “Queen of Batteries” Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Cadenza Innovation is licensing its lithium ion battery cell architecture to manufacturers around the world.

November 7, 2018

Armon Sharei, CEO and founder of SQZ Biotech.

Squeezing cells to cure diseases

Startup SQZ Biotech aims to open a new path in immunotherapy with its cell-compressing technique.

October 31, 2018

MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong welcomes attendees to MITEI’s annual research conference, which featured panels on topics ranging from climate change to energy startups to the critical role artificial intelligence and machine learning can play in developing technology for a low-carbon energy future.

Q&A: Climate change, tough tech startups, and the future of energy intelligence

MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong offers his perspective on the takeaways from MITEI’s annual research conference.

October 25, 2018

Emily Lindemer and her team created the "Hey,Charlie" app for individuals recovering from addiction. As users go about their day, if they approach a place they have signified as risk-related, the app sends a notification: “Hey, I know you’re near a risky area. You can do this.”

"Hey,Charlie" app supports those struggling with opioids

Smartphone app developed by Emily Lindemer PhD '17 uses social contacts and location information to give gentle reminders for staying engaged with recovery.

October 25, 2018

Humon co-founders Daniel Wiese, left, and Alessandro Babini

Monitoring muscles to improve athletic training

Humon’s wearable “Hex” device gives athletes real-time data on muscle oxygen levels to guide workouts.

October 25, 2018

The Infinite Cooling team accepts the $100K Diamond Winner Award at the MassChallenge Awards on Oct. 17 in Boston. Left to right: co-founder Associate Professor Kripa Varnasi, co-founder Maher Damak, co-founder Karim Khalil, and COO Derek Warnick.

MIT spinoff takes top honor at MassChallenge Awards

Infinite Cooling, a startup from the Varanasi Research Group, was a $100K Diamond Winner at the MassChallenge Awards.

October 23, 2018

The Fiat Flux team earned the $10,000 first-place prize for its prototype of a self-cleaning water filtration system. Team members pose with Michael Tarkanian (right), a senior lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) who runs MADMEC. Team members pictured are: (from left to right) Gabriel Loke, Alvin Tan and Zheng Jie Tan.

MADMEC finals spotlight promising materials science prototypes

Prizes went to solutions for improving water filtration systems, metal fatigue resistance, and boron production.

October 11, 2018

Matt Ellis PhD ’17 (left) and Sam Shaner SM ’14 PhD ’18 have designed a nuclear reactor that deploys a molten nitrate salt coolant that allows the reactor to reach higher operating temperatures than current water-cooled reactors.

Powered by idealism and pragmatism

Matt Ellis PhD ’17 and Sam Shaner SM ’14, PhD ’18 launch a startup to develop an advanced nuclear reactor design.

October 11, 2018

Five students were challenged to live and work in a glass cube on MIT's North Court for four days as part of InCube, a global startup competition.

Student entrepreneurs think inside the box

Living and working in a glass cube, an interdisciplinary team of students reimagined the ambulance of the future as part of a global startup competition.

October 5, 2018