MIT.nano 宣布 2025 年将有 16 家初创公司成为 START.nano 计划的积极参与者,，新公司数量比上一年增加了一倍多。旨在加速硬技术创新向市场的过渡, START.nano 通过折扣使用 MIT.nano 共享设施和引导访问 MIT 创新生态系统来支持新企业。新加入的初创公司正在开发解决方案，以应对世界上一些’健康,气候,能源,半导体,新型材料,和量子计算方面的最大挑战。
MIT.nano has announced that 16 startups became active participants in its START.nano program in 2025, more than doubling the number of new companies from the previous year. Aimed at speeding the transition of hard-tech innovation to market, START.nano supports new ventures through the discounted use of MIT.nano shared facilities and a guided access to the MIT innovation ecosystem. The newly engaged startups are developing solutions for some of the world的 greatest challenges in health, climate, energy, semiconductors, novel materials, and quantum computing.
“ MIT.nano 的独特资源不仅能够促进学术界的基础研究,，还能通过初创公司将研究成果转化为商业创新,” START.nano 项目经理 Joyce Wu SM ’00, 博士 ’07 表示。 “START.nano 加速器为 MIT 及其他地区的早期公司提供成功所需的工具和网络支持。”
“The unique resources of MIT.nano enable not just the foundational research of academia, but the translation of that research into commercial innovations through startups,” says START.nano Program Manager Joyce Wu SM ’00, PhD ’07. “The START.nano accelerator supports early-stage companies from MIT and beyond with the tools and network they need for success.”
于 2021 年推出, START.nano 旨在通过简化硬技术初创公司从实验室到现实世界的旅程来提高其生存率。除了获得进入 MIT.nano的 实验室, 计划的机会外，参与者还受邀参加 MIT 会议, 的初创企业展览以及包括新推出的 PITCH.nano 竞赛在内的独家活动。
Launched in 2021, START.nano aims to increase the survival rate of hard-tech startups by easing their journey from the lab to the real world. In addition to receiving access to MIT.nano的 laboratories, program participants are invited to present at startup exhibits at MIT conferences, and in exclusive events including the newly launched PITCH.nano competition.
“对于处于超导发现前沿的早期初创公司,，基础设施和社区的结合是不可替代的,” Quantum Formatics 的首席执行官兼联合创始人 Jason Gibson, 说。 “START.nano ’不仅仅是一种资源,” 添加了 Cynthia Liao MBA ’24, Vertical Semiconductor 的首席执行官兼联合创始人。 “它’是一种战略优势，可以加速我们的路线图,使我们能够快速迭代以满足客户需求并增强我们的竞争优势。”
“For an early-stage startup working at the frontier of superconductor discovery, the combination of infrastructure and community has been irreplaceable,” says Jason Gibson, CEO and co-founder of Quantum Formatics. “START.nano isn’t just a resource,” adds Cynthia Liao MBA ’24, CEO and co-founder of Vertical Semiconductor. “It的 a strategic advantage that accelerates our roadmap, allowing us to iterate quickly to meet customer needs and strengthen our competitive edge.”
尽管不需要麻省理工学院的隶属关系,，但新一批的 16 家公司中有 5 家是由麻省理工学院校友, 领导的，另外 3 家公司有麻省理工学院的隶属关系。 START.nano 中总共, 49% 的初创公司是由麻省理工学院的毕业生创立的。
Although an MIT affiliation is not required, five of the 16 companies in the new cohort are led by MIT alumni, and an additional three have MIT affiliation. In total, 49 percent of the startups in START.nano are founded by MIT graduates.
以下是 16 家新 START.nano 公司的预期影响:
Here are the intended impacts of the 16 new START.nano companies:
Acorn Genetics 正在开发一款 " 测序智能手机,"，将基因分析的强大功能从缓慢的, 集中实验室中转移到消费者手中，以实现快速, 便携式, 和经济实惠的测序。
Acorn Genetics is developing a "smartphone of sequencing," launching the power of genetic analysis out of slow, centralized labs and into the hands of consumers for fast, portable, and affordable sequencing.
Addis Energy 利用石油, 天然气, 和地热钻探技术来释放富铁岩石的化学潜力。通过注入工程流体,，他们利用地球的 的自然能源来生产丰富且具有成本效益的氨。
Addis Energy leverages oil, gas, and geothermal drilling technologies to unlock the chemical potential of iron-rich rocks. By injecting engineered fluids, they harness the earth的 natural energy to produce ammonia that is both abundant and cost-effective.
Augmend Health 使用虚拟现实和人工智能为专业护理提供临床数据智能服务，将不完整的文档转化为收入, 合规性, 和更好的治疗决策。
Augmend Health uses virtual reality and AI to deliver clinical data intelligence services for specialty care that turns incomplete documentation into revenue, compliance, and better treatment decisions.
Brightlight Photonics 正在构建芯片级, 高性能激光基础设施，集成钛:蓝宝石增益，为先进光子系统提供宽带, 高功率, 低噪声光源。
Brightlight Photonics is building high-performance laser infrastructure at chip scale, integrating Titanium:Sapphire gain to deliver broadband, high-power, low-noise optical sources for advanced photonic systems.
Cahira Technologies 正在创建脑机共生的新范例，通过自主, 非手术神经植入来治疗疑难疾病和人体增强。
Cahira Technologies is creating the new paradigm of brain-computer symbiosis for treating intractable diseases and human augmentation through autonomous, nonsurgical neural implants.
Copernic Catalysts 正在利用计算模型来开发转化催化剂并将其商业化，以实现大宗化学品和电子燃料的低成本和可持续生产。
Copernic Catalysts is leveraging computational modeling to develop and commercialize transformational catalysts for low-cost and sustainable production of bulk chemicals and e-fuels.
Daqus Energy 正在使用关键的无金属有机阴极来解锁高能锂离子电池。
Daqus Energy is unlocking high-energy lithium-ion batteries using critical metal-free organic cathodes.
Electrified Thermal Solutions 正在重新发明耐火砖，使工业热能通电。
Electrified Thermal Solutions is reinventing the firebrick to electrify industrial heat.
Guardion 正在使分析仪器, 化学探测器, 和辐射探测器变得更加灵敏, 便携式, 并且更容易使用基于纳米材料的离子探测器进行扩展。
Guardion is making analytical instruments, chemical detectors, and radiation detectors more sensitive, portable, and easier to scale with nanomaterial-based ion detectors.
Mantel Capture 正在设计碳捕获材料，使其能够在锅炉, 窑, 和熔炉— 内的高温下运行，从而实现迄今为止不可能实现的高效碳捕获。
Mantel Capture is designing carbon capture materials to operate at the high temperatures found inside boilers, kilns, and furnaces — enabling highly efficient carbon capture that has not been possible until now.
nOhm Devices 正在开发用于量子计算机和传感器的高效低温电子器件。
nOhm Devices is developing highly-efficient cryogenic electronics for quantum computers and sensors.
Quantum Formatics 正在使用专有人工智能加速世界的 下一代超导体的发现。
Quantum Formatics is speeding discovery of the world的 next superconductors using proprietary AI.
Qunett 正在为可部署的量子网络构建基础硬件堆栈，为下一个全球连接时代提供动力。
Qunett is building the foundational hardware stack for deployable quantum networks to power the next era of global connectivity.
Rheyo 正在开发新方法，通过先进的材料和技术使牙科护理更加有效, 高效, 且轻松。
Rheyo is developing new ways to make dental care more effective, efficient, and easy through advanced materials and technology.
Vertical Semiconductor 正在将高电压, 高密度, 高效率垂直 GaN ( 氮化镓) 商业化，为下一个计算时代提供动力。
Vertical Semiconductor is commercializing high-voltage, high-density, high-efficiency vertical GaN (gallium nitride) to power the next era of compute.
VioNano Innovations 正在开发特种材料解决方案，可减少半导体制造, 的变异性并提高精度，使芯片制造商能够制造更小, 更快, 和更具成本效益的芯片。
VioNano Innovations is developing specialty material solutions that reduce variability and improve precision in semiconductor manufacturing, allowing chipmakers to build even smaller, faster, and more cost-effective chips.
START.nano 目前由超过 32 家公司和 11 家毕业生— 企业组成，这些企业已经超越了原型设计阶段,，其中一些已进入商业化阶段。请参阅此处的完整列表。
START.nano now comprises over 32 companies and 11 graduates — ventures that have moved beyond the prototyping stages, and some into commercialization. See the full list here.