From Idea to Market: Scaling & Operationalizing AI & Robotics Startups with Samsung Next & E14 Fund

​Join us for a dynamic event that will gather a curated audience of 125 investors, founders, students and academics in conversation about advances in AI models and the implications for training, inference and robotics. 

​You'll gain practical insights on overcoming operational hurdles and learn how investors evaluate data moats, compute costs, and go-to-market strategies to cut through the AI hype.

​Panel 1: From Idea to Market: Scaling AI & Robotics Startups
Moderator: Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab

• ​Vaikkunth Mugunthan, Founder & CEO, Dynamo AI

• ​Tim Kraska, MIT CSAIL; Co-founder, Einblick Analytics

• ​Alexander Amini, Co-founder & CSO, Liquid AI

​Panel 2: Investor Perspective: Funding AI-Native Startups
Moderator: Diane Choi, investor, Samsung Next

• ​Tuan Ho, Partner, Xfund

• ​Ali Mahmoud, Principal, Glasswing Ventures

• ​Boaz Fachler, Principal, Link Ventures

​​About the Hosts

​​Samsung Next is a robust venture fund that invests in bold and ambitious founders building in AI, infrastructure, robotics, blockchain, fintech, healthtech, and mediatech.

​​E14 Fund, E14 Fund is the early-stage venture fund officially affiliated with MIT. E14 invests in AI and deep tech startups from MIT and beyond, while also donating a share of profits back to MIT.