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Nex

Nex is helping families reconnect with the joy of movement through fun, social, and interactive content that’s accessible to all ages. Its award-winning Nex Playground console, launched in December 2023, uses cutting-edge AI, mobile and vision technologies to merge digital and physical worlds, immersing players in the experience using their natural body movement. Nex Playground games range from original sports and fitness titles, to educational games and titles in collaboration with Hasbro and Sesame Workshop. Since its founding, Nex has been recognised as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has been awarded the prestigious Apple Design Award. Nex Playground is also kidSAFE+ COPPA certified, highlighting the company’s firm stance on privacy and safety for kids and families. To learn more, visit https://www.nex.inc or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Lightfinder

Lightfinder is revolutionizing how the world harnesses light with next-generation photonic technologies powered by AI—making spectroscopy and imaging smaller, more affordable, and more powerful than ever before. Lightfinder’s visionary team is shaping the future of optical sensing to solve critical global challenges, pushing the boundaries of how we see and understand the world. In doing so, we are redefining the future of precision sensing across healthcare diagnostics, industrial inspection, non-destructive testing, aerospace, telecommunications. Lightfinder is built on cutting-edge MIT & Columbia research ranked among the Top 50 Papers in Physics by Nature communications, spotlighted on the MIT homepage, and awarded honors such as the MIT 100K Finals Audience Choice Award, NSF SBIR Phase I, Mass Life Science NextGen Award. More than technology, our edge is a formidable team driven by an unshakable vision—we won’t stop until we help you find the light.

AIUC-1

AIUC-1 is the world's first standard for AI agents. It covers data & privacy, security, safety, reliability, accountability and societal risks. AIUC-1 was developed by the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company in partnership with Technical Contributors from trusted institutions including Stanford, MIT, Orrick, MITRE, the Cloud Security Alliance, Google Cloud, Cisco, MongoDB, and more. The full standard is available transparently at aiuc-1.com