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SINGAPORE, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Plug and Play, a global innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley has announced its plans to launch a new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to support the Future Malaysia Programme by sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad. Its primary responsibility will be to accelerate the growth of the innovation ecosystem in the country by working with leading corporations and top high-potential startups across the globe through its accelerator progra...

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Founders of 15 IT startups from Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia begin their 5-week acceleration program in the Silicon Valley, Kazinform learned from Astana International Technological Park of IT Startups.

Congo Clothing Company, founded by MIT alumnus Milain Fayulu, is funding job training for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo in partnership with the nonprofit Panzi Foundation.

Genetic engineering and personalized cell therapies could transform health care. MIT Associate Professor Cullen Buie reflects on how his company, Kytopen, has grown and shifted focus in developing safer immunotherapies.

Startups founded by MIT mechanical engineering faculty and alumni solve a variety of health care solutions, from better drug delivery to robotic surgery.

MIT alumnus Dan Gilbert gave $1 million to establish an endowment for the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program. MIT Sandbox will expand its entrepreneurship education offerings to MIT undergraduate and graduate students.

Students from MIT and Hong Kong develop entrepreneurial solutions for the Airport Authority of Hong Kong. The startup tackles real-world problems in the areas of digital service creation for the airport and engaging regional customers to experience the new airport city.

Akasha Imaging, led by founder and CEO Kartik Venkataraman, provides efficient and cost-effective imaging with higher resolution feature detection, tracking, and pose orientation.

MIT Startup Exchange, a program within MIT Corporate Relations, has became the largest university-based platform for startups to connect with corporations.

I hope this will provide our students the know-how for making a head start in the sector, while IT corporate would be encouraged to set up their offices here, he tweeted.