Events

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! 

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. 

This event is hosted by CSAIL Alliances and the MIT Museum.

Join CSAIL Alliances and the MIT Museum for a live podcast event in the Exchange. 

Join two MIT scholars at the cutting edge of AI research—CSAIL Secior Research Scientist Neil Thompson and MIT Economics Professor David Autor—to understand how AI is reshaping employment.

Moderated by Kara Miller, host of the CSAIL Alliances Podcast. Learn more and listen to past episodes.