2026 Summer AI+X Meetup @ The Engine

AI+X Meetup returns to Kendall Square this summer.

​Join founders, investors, researchers, educators, students, and local AI builders at The Engine — home to MIT spin-off tough tech startups — for an evening on how AI is moving from models and demos into real industries.

This summer, we’ll focus on

​Expect short talks, panels, team demos, global student voices, open networking, beverages, light bites, and music.

• ​MIT & Harvard networks Alumni, affiliates, spin-off founders, researchers, faculty, and students across the Kendall Square ecosystem.
• ​Investors & ecosystem partners VCs, angels, accelerators, innovation teams, and partners looking for emerging AI+X talent, projects, and university-born ideas.
• ​Industry experts & educators People applying AI across business, healthcare, finance, cybersecurity, robotics, education, and other real-world fields.
• ​Cambridge AI builders Founders, operators, technical teams, and local AI people building across AI, tough tech, and real-world deployment.
• ​Global student leaders Students, project teams, and club leaders from Boston, Singapore, Korea, the UAE, the UK, Japan, China, and beyond.

​Past speakers have included leaders and experts from SpaceX, Apple, MIT Open Learning, Harvard Innovation Labs, MIT Media Lab, Novartis, LabCentral and beyond.

​Max capacity: 200 seats

​（Raphael Kay PhD @ Harvard | Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science, shared his entrepreneurial journey with in our previous meetup)

​(Seika joined BlendED’s AI+X Learning Program in early 2025 and has since transferred from Tokyo to Boston, where she is continuing her academic and AI+X journey.)

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Beverages + light bites + Music

​BlendED started its AI+X project-based learning initiative in early 2019.

​Working with MIT and Harvard spin-off founders, researchers, faculty, and industry experts, BlendED select ~200 students each year from global universities including the National University of Singapore, the University of Tokyo, UCL, Peking University, and institutions across 20+ countries.

​Through real-world projects, internships, mentorship, and global networking, BlendED helps students build portfolios that are recognized by global leading admissions offices, recruiters, founders, and industry partners.

​The AI+X Global Talent Community, or GTC, is a student-led global ecosystem empowered by BlendED.

​GTC brings together learners, researchers, experts, student clubs, and institutions across 20+ countries to build a more inclusive, interdisciplinary, and globally connected AI future.

​Founding GTC members are based in Korea, Japan, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, Pakistan, Mexico, and beyond.

GTC hosts in-person meetups across Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, London, and Cambridge, alongside global virtual events, student spotlights, research discussions, and university partnerships.

​RSVP and join us for an evening of ideas, demos, conversations, and new connections.

Info: Korea Japan / China / UK / Singapore UAE and beyond

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