8,007
MIT students from California since 2020
23,248
MIT alumni in California
192,505
MITx learners in California
Read more about MIT’s ties to California
Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe
California native Randall Pietersen, a US Air Force engineer and MIT PhD student, is using AI and next-generation imaging to detect unexploded munitions.
MIT economist Joshua Angrist shares Nobel Prize
MIT’s Joshua Angrist won the 2021 Nobel Prize in economics with David Card of the University of California at Berkeley and Guido Imbens of Stanford University.
Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories
Charge Robotics, a San Leandro startup founded by MIT alumni, has created a system that assembles and installs completed sections of large solar farms.
A software platform streamlines emergency response
MIT researchers developed a software platform that enhances emergency response coordination, with successful pilot programs in California.
Exposing biases, moods, personalities, and abstract concepts hidden in large language models
Researchers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego uncovered hidden biases, moods, and personalities within large language models.
MIT’s Mason Estrada to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Mason Estrada, an aeronautical engineering student and the star pitcher for MIT’s baseball team, signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Scientists discover compounds that help cells fight a wide range of viruses
Researchers at MIT and the University of California at Santa Barbara identified new compounds that enhance cellular defenses against a broad range of viruses.
A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, MIT study finds
Scientists at MIT, Stanford University, and the University of California at Santa Cruz found that a subtle wobble in Mars’ rotation may be evidence of dark matter.
MIT works with California employers
MIT is engaged with these employers that have a significant presence in California:
- Amazon
- Amgen
- Apple
- Bain & Company
- BCG
- Caltech
- Intel
- McKinsey & Company
- Meta
- NVIDIA
- Rivian
- Salesforce
- SpaceX
- Stanford University
- Toyota
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Southern California
- US Air Force
- US Army
- US Coast Guard
- US Marine Corps
- US Navy
- US Space Force
- Walmart
MIT alumni make a difference in California
California organizations where MIT alumni hold key positions include Dropbox; Rivian; Khan Academy; Zetta Venture Partners; Okta; Amazon Web Services; RedSeal; Sierra Point Capital; Surlamer Investments; Founders Capital Partners; Sutter Securities; Stanford University; the University of California, San Francisco; and the University of California, Los Angeles.