Hi, I'm Shafi Maahe: Co-founder and Chair of our Imperial AI Group (Imperial AI Society + Imperial-X AI Labs), and previously the President of AlgoSoc. This year, I'll be stepping in more closely to focus solely on Imperial AI, having already set in motion few of the biggest initiatives at Imperial including:
- UK's largest AI Agents Hackathon and Conference
- Inter-Uni Research Team and Project Launchpad: Imperial x Oxbridge x UCL
- Post-hackathon incubator and venture studio: Moment Ventures backed by multiple billion dollar funds
- Partnerships with the biggest of names:
- OpenAI
- Mistral
- Google Cloud
- Venice.ai
- Rothschild & Co
- Virtuals and AI16Z
- Fetch.ai
- Flock.io
- Peri Labs
- Camel.ai and many more
- Guarenteed funding for Imperial's venture builder in partnership with leading universities worldwide
All within 4 months....
- Our founding manifesto: bringing the entire industry directly to you. Executed.
- Education: Spreading the foundational knowledge of AI. Executed.
- Start-up Orientation: Driving the funding into our early stage, venture projects. Executed.
Vision for 2025/2026? Execution
From the fastest growing Imperial society to the largest:
- Annual AI Hack: UK's largest agentic AI hack
- Flagship C-Suite Conference directly with CogX: someone mentioned Sam Altman + The Shard?
- Bring Sillicon Valley to London: Imperial's own, Moment Ventures backed by the largest
The biggest year for AI is yet to come and I'm excited to cement our Imperial AI Group at the centre of it all so we can be at the forefront of the best AI and technological innovations worldwide!