Events

*Thank you for your interest in joining us for our upcoming VC Breakfast -- this event is limited to members of CSAIL, our CSAIL Alliances members, and selected guests from the MIT community as space permits. As noted on the registration form, filling the form does not guarantee entry into the event. You will be contacted by a member of CSAIL Alliances to confirm your registration as space permits*

Future Labs Capital (FLC), a Louisville, Kentucky–based venture capital firm with two funds under management mainly focused in early-stage quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies which are rapidly setting the pace for the future of many of the world’s leading business markets, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, information technology, biotechnology, and digital infrastructure. FLC formed a strategic partnership with MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) in 2021 providing the firm with unique access to the most cutting-edge MIT CSAIL technologies and technologists and ability to select the most promising ventures for outside venture investment and early-stage company development. Through its relationship with MIT CSAIL, Future Labs Capital reviews approximately 2,500 opportunities per year for possible investment.

Future Labs Capital is a high-performing venture capital firm with a track record of rapid deployment, strategic exits, and strong investor returns. FLC launched its first fund in 2022, investing in quantum computing and AI companies such as Atlantic Quantum, DeepKinetix, Array Insight, AssayQuant, Untitled, Trilio, and XRHealth, driving 10X returns for investors while successfully helping guide company development and growth.. Future Labs Capital has achieved notable success in the venture and growth equity space, reporting $50M total company investments and $200M in assets under management and supervision to date.

Regarding the MIT CSAIL and FLC partnership, Hugh M. Shwab IV (Mack), Co-Founder and General Partner at Future Labs Capital states, “We continue to build on the foundation we’ve laid with MIT CSAIL to support the next generation of deep tech companies while allocating capital and operating expertise to these early-stage ventures working on practical applications in science, engineering, and computing. We’ve seen firsthand the success we can have in providing early capital and support for these breakthrough technologies and giving these teams the capital and guidance to move from lab to market.”

For more information on Future Labs Capital, visit https://futurelabscapital.com/

Underscore_VC: How VCs Help Ventures Scale 

Moderated by Lily Lyman, Partner @ Underscore_VC, join us for an afternoon discussion with ventures Pagos Solutions, Transfyr, and TetraScience. Questions will range from idea formation, company building at an early stage, seeking VC funds, process interacting with VCs like Underscore, lessons learned, and growing ventures. Come with your own questions and to enjoy a great event! 

Albert Drouart is CPO and co-founder of Pagos Solutions and has over 15 years of experience in payments product, strategy, and partnerships. He’s worked with some of the largest companies in the world making optimized and seamless payment experiences a key part of their product offerings. Albert believes companies can benefit from greater awareness, advice, and support in execution when it comes to aligning their payments strategy to their business strategy and is on a mission to make every company leverage payments to grow revenue, lower cost, and manage compliance! 

Ari Chadda is a Member of Technical Staff at Transfyr—building the API layer for science to improve the distribution of scientific innovations to the real world. He was previously a Senior Data Scientist at In-Q-Tel where he worked on building robust physical and digital autonomous systems. Ari holds an A.B. in Computer Science from Dartmouth College. Patrick Grady serves as the Chairman and CEO of TetraScience, the world's Scientific Data and AI Cloud. TetraScience is committed to solving humanity’s grand challenges by radically accelerating and improving scientific breakthroughs. This begins with replatforming and reengineering the world's scientific data to enable AI-based discovery, development, and manufacturing. 

Jonathan Tushman is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Hi Marley. He is a passionate technology leader and three-time Founder with 20+ years of experience leading world-class Product and Engineering organizations, notably at InsightSquared and ZEFR. Jonathan loves building teams, software and companies. Jonathan has an MBA from Harvard Business School and earned his BSEE degree from University of Rochester. Jonathan is family man and loves spending time with his wife and three kids. When not with them, you can find him playing nerdy board games or in the kitchen cooking and baking!

Please join the Annual AI & Quantum Summit, hosted by CSAIL Alliances and the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering (MIT CQE).  This event is in-person at MIT with a virtual option. 

On October 23rd, 2025, CSAIL and MIT experts will gather to explore how the field of quantum computing is changing, how AI innovation is molding quantum’s trajectory, and what business leaders should keep in mind as theory becomes reality.

We will be covering multiple topics related to quantum and AI with three engaging MIT speakers (CSAIL Director Daniela Rus, MIT CQE Director Will Oliver, and CSAIL Professor Yael Kalai) and two panels with companies in the industry. Topics include:

• Verifying Quantum Computation
• Lab to Reality: Implications for Business and Scientific Research
• Recent Innovations and Research
• And more! 

Register Today!

About CSAIL Alliances:

CSAIL Alliances is your gateway to MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab’s world-renowned researchers, students and startups inventing the future of computing.  CSAIL represents all 5 schools and 11 different departments across MIT.  Our researchers include 7 MacArthur fellow and 9 Turing award winners.

As our Director Professor Daniela Rus notes, CSAIL researchers imagine and build the future by developing fundamental new technologies and conducting basic research that furthers the field of computing and its applications.

Through CSAIL Alliances, we enable a closer connection to the work, startups, researchers and students of CSAIL. Alliances provides organizations with several pathways for a proactive and comprehensive approach to developing strong connections with all CSAIL has to offer. Whether its research, cutting-edge technologies, talent recruitment and development, or startup connections, leading organizations come to CSAIL to learn about our research, to recruit talented graduate students, and to explore collaborations across our ecosystem.

About MIT CQE:

Quantum information science and technology (QIST) uses the basic principles of quantum mechanics to sense, communicate, and process information — with performance that promises to dramatically exceed conventional technologies.

Today, the field is transitioning from laboratory curiosity to technical reality. A new discipline of quantum engineering is emerging, bridging the traditional fields of computer science, mathematics, physics, and engineering.

As QIST enters its next remarkable development phase, the MIT Research Laboratory for Electronics and MIT Lincoln Laboratory are coordinating resources and talent to create the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering (CQE), the future locus of activity for breakthrough education and research in this exciting domain.

 

This is hosted by our colleagues at MIT Technology Review!

For over 25 years, EmTech MIT has been the trusted destination for established senior executives and emerging leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs to stay ahead of change. Curated by the expert editors of MIT Technology Review, our flagship technology event delivers the clarity and insight you need to navigate uncertainty and lead with conviction.

This year’s program dives into the rapid evolution of AI, alongside transformative breakthrough developments in climate tech, quantum computing, robotics, digital trust, decentralized systems, and more—focusing on the technologies most likely to shape the future.

In an era defined by disruption, EmTech MIT equips you to cut through the noise, identify real opportunities, challenge assumptions, and engage with the people who are building what comes next. Will you shape your future or be shaped by it?

CSAIL Alliances members receive 40% off. Please contact your client relations coordinator to learn more.