Overview
Join MAS.665 Foundations of AI Ventures: Venture Studio class. 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. The course will focus on opportunities in the broad sectors of digital health, sustainability and mobility with data and AI centric technologies such as identity, privacy-tech, foundation models, blockchain, VR/AR and Web3. Follow these steps to register for the course.
- Step 0: Registration : For MIT (Link), For Harvard (Link)
- Step 1: Questionnaire (Link 1) before September 5th
- Step 2: Finishing the Online AI blockchain course (Link 2) by September 12th
You must finish Step 1 to be eligible to attend the first class. You will be expected to finish Step 2 and upload the completion snapshot before the second class. Note: if you have finished a degree course or have a professional background in these areas, you must still submit a form, but may petition for a waiver.
Be sure to join the (LinkedIn) and (Facebook) groups to post your questions there.
You can sign up for future updates and share them with your colleagues and on your mailing lists.
- Sign up for future updates: (Link)
- Socials: (Link 1, Link 2)
- Facebook group: (Link)
- LinkedIn group: (Link)
Class Schedule: Thursdays 10 AM -12 noon in room E14-633 at MIT Media Lab starting September 5, 2024
Faculty
Leaders
Background
This long running course has led to many spin offs including Dimagi, Cogito, Prosperia, Ginger, Sanergy, and nonprofit PathCheck Foundation.
Our previous class links:
- Spring'24: AI + Web3 for Impact: Venture Studio
- Fall'23: AI + Web3 for Impact: Venture Studio
- Spring'23: AI + Web3 for Impact: Venture Studio
- Fall'22: AI + Web3 for Impact: Venture Studio
- Spring'22: AI for Impact: Venture Studio
- Fall'21: AI for Impact ~ Building Global Ventures Solving Societal-Scale Problems
- Spring'21: AI for Impact
- Fall'20: Global Ventures ~ Data and AI for Resilience after COVID19
- Spring'20: AI for Impact ~ Towards Solving Societal-Scale Problems via Media Ventures
All other previous AI for Impact/Global Ventures class links can be found here:
Course Support
Course Outline
Class Goals:
- Venture Studio format for-credit course where instructors seed and stimulate high-impact, high-value projects that are attractive for the best engineering, design, and builder students
- Advance "Big Ideas" into MVP-seed-stage commercial consideration
Timeline:
- Meet and Greet TBD
- First day of class: September 5, 2024
- Mid-term review: October 2024
- Final Class Presentations and “Demo Day” awards: December 5, 2024
Class Structure:
- Venture studio format, with team projects with 5-8 students per team
- Guest speakers share leading-edge thinking
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP) by the end of the term
- Demo Day
Support for Students:
- Weekly class mentor meetings on Thursday after class / guest lectures / work sessions
- Class visits to local start-ups and technology companies
- Data and AI scientists from startups for experience
- Sessions with startup coaches
Funding:
- Teams will receive milestone-based seed funds
Expected Mentors and Speakers:
- Profs / Lecturers:
- TBD
- CEOs:
- TBD
- VCs:
- John Werner (Link Ventures)
Judges:
- TBD
Agenda
All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST)
TBD
Meet & Greet 1: Pre-Course meetup
Registration Link: (TBD)
Join us to meet instructors and understand the pre-homework, timeline and expectations.
TBD
September 5, 2024
First day of class
MIT Media Lab, E14-633
September 12, 2024
Second Session of Class
September 19, 2024
Third Session of Class
September 26, 2024
Fourth Session of Class
October 3, 2024
Fifth Session of Class
October 10, 2024
Sixth Session of Class
Midterm
October 17, 2024
Seventh Session of Class
October 24, 2024
Eighth Session of Class
Individual Meeting
October 31, 2024
Ninth Session of Class
November 7, 2024
Tenth Session of Class
November 14, 2024
Eleventh Session of Class
November 21, 2024
Twelfth Session of Class
November 28, 2024
Thirteenth week of Class
December 5, 2024
Final Class
Student final deliverables presentation
Social Event
Hosted at MIT Media Lab
Images from Fall 2022 MIT/Harvard Course Meetup @Link Ventures, © John Werner
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Slides from Spring 2023 Demo Day at the Media Lab
Spring 2023 Demo Day at the Media Lab
"Web 3++ and Unspoken Opportunities" by Professor Ramesh Raskar at Web3 Summit MIT 2022