From the lab to real life. Join us behind the scenes at MIT to meet the CSAIL researchers spinning out new ventures and commercializing research for maximum impact. From the “aha” moments that sparked the idea to the bold strategies building global establishments, learn how CSAIL faculty and founders are deploying the technology that will reshape our world.
Efficiency has become a central challenge in computing. As AI systems get larger and strategically necessary, there is a growing financial and technological burden on companies.
Sagora is turning more than a decade of MIT research into AI-powered technology designed to make complex software systems faster, more efficient, and less expensive to operate. By teaching AI agents to act as expert researchers and optimizers, Sagora uncovers opportunities for improvement across every layer of the computing stack, from high-level applications to low-level hardware.
Rather than replacing human engineers, Sagora’s system works alongside them, identifying and solving problems that most developers might never see on their own. By tackling difficult optimization challenges, reducing compute costs, and lowering energy consumption, Sagora aims to autonomously and accessibly help all companies push their software performance to new heights.
Sagora is co-founded by two MIT CSAIL faculty members, Mohammad Alizadeh (Sagora CEO) and Hari Balakrishnan.
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Systalyze aims to lower the barrier to entry by cutting and clarifying the costs of AI deployment, maximizing efficiency, and making it possible for any enterprise to create and use private AI systems. Manya Ghobadi, CEO and founder of Systalyze, breaks down how her team is tackling some of the biggest challenges in modern AI, increasing company ROI for these groundbreaking tools, and working with CSAIL Alliances to push the boundary of AI in industry.
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A significant challenge robotics is tactile sensing, or giving the robot the ability to ‘touch.’ Spun out of MIT CSAIL Professor Ted Adelson’s lab, GelSight’s core technology began with tiny cameras placed inside soft robotic fingers to enable robots to sense the world around them. Now the team is developing new approaches for 3D imaging, perceptual modeling, and signal processing.
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Pioneering new possibilities in additive manufacturing, Inkbit is best known for developing the first 3D printer with vision-based feedback control. Based on technology created in MIT CSAIL Professor Wojciech Matusik’s lab, Inkbit is rapidly evolving into a leader in computational design and fabrication.
Founded by one of CSAIL's Turing Award winners Adjunct Professor Michael Stonebraker—along with co-founders Andy Palmer, Daniel Bruckner, and Alex Pagan—Tamr was created to alleviate challenges in data curation, offering a machine-learning based approach to automate the integration of massive datasets.
The world’s leading telematics company, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, was started here at CSAIL by Professors Sam Madden and Hari Balakrishnan. Leveraging MIT CSAIL research in mobile sensors and data analytics, CMT aims to make the roads and drivers safer with technology.
From academic theory to global infrastructure, Akamai CEO and MIT Professor Tom Leighton details the journey of transforming MIT research into the bedrock of the modern internet. Featuring longtime Akamai employees and MIT experts, this video explores Akamai’s strategic expansion into new business areas like cybersecurity and cloud computing.