Scalable production of RNA for agriculture Andrey Zarur, Cofounder & CEO, GreenLight Biosciences Potassium fertilizer innovation Philip Wender, Managing Director, Advanced Potash Technologies Chemiresistive gas sensing for food safety Merry Smith, Senior Scientist, C2Sense Novel dehumidifying material for indoor farms Sorin Grama, Cofounder, Transaera Probiotics for plants Michael Miille, CEO, Joyn Bio [Joyn is a JV between Ginkgo Bioworks and Leaps by Bayer]
A Complete Cybersecurity Solution for Smart Cities Andrew Surwilo CEO & Co-Founder, Cytex
Cytex is a leading innovator in AI-driven full spectrum cybersecurity platform designed to protect organizations' data and assets. The patented Cytex Unified Resilience Platform provides network security, cloud security, application security, and compliance management, in a single solution. Notably, the Cytex Audify Compliance Verification Platform enables real-time, continuous compliance monitoring across various regulatory frameworks eliminating the reliance on traditional unreliable point-in-time assessments. Additionally, Cytex demonstrates a strong commitment to cybersecurity education by providing free phishing simulation software to businesses, non-profits, and municipalities, aiming to enhance organizational resilience against cyber threats.
Sandro Catanzaro Co-Founder DataXu
P&G wants to further develop their strategic framework for AI-Powered Brand Building to identify opportunities to step change the business. Areas of interest include consumer insights, campaign development, content creation & adaptation across touchpoints (messaging, image, video, animation etc.), Gen AI Brand Visibility and Agentic AI applications across the consumer journey. Deadline for applications is December 31, 2025.
Introduced by Marcus Dahllof, Program Director, MIT Startup Exchange
Recently, Elbit Systems of America has decided to make a new push into the small and medium sized UAV market. Elbit’s Director of Research and Development and several of our Chief Engineers & Scientists will be in Cambridge the afternoon of October 7th for in-person meetings.
P&G is looking for new approaches and technologies that can help them to address key business challenges/opportunities.
xTechIgnite is a competition for eligible small businesses across the U.S. to engage with the Department of Defense (DoD), earn prize money and submit a Phase I or Direct to Phase II (D2PhII) Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposal.