Events

TNT Events

Fireside chats, community dinners, demo days, and more for MIT & Harvard founders

Upcoming

8 events
Apr 17
Mixer

Cross University Student Innovators Mixer (CUSI) @ MIT

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM MIT Campus

Cross-university mixer bringing together student founders from MIT, Harvard, Tufts, BU, BC, Babson, and more. Cofounder matching, pitch sessions, and networking across AI, ClimateTech, FinTech, HealthTech, and more. Co-hosted by TNT, CUSI, and Startup Boston.

Apr 23
Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat with Suno CEO Mikey Shulman

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Harvard Campus

Mikey Shulman co-founded Suno, one of the most exciting companies at the intersection of AI and music. A former physicist, he's building cutting-edge generative audio technology that allows anyone to create music using AI.

Apr 27
Cofounder Matching

Serendipity @ MIT/Harvard - Cofounder Matching for Builders

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM MIT Campus

For builders looking for co-founders. Meet technical and non-technical founders from across MIT and Harvard in a structured matching format.

Apr 28
Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat with Tulip Interfaces CEO Natan Linder

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MIT Campus

Natan Linder came out of MIT Media Lab and built Tulip into the leader in frontline operations technology, transforming how people work in manufacturing, life sciences, and beyond.

Apr 29
Mixer

Boston Founders Mixer with Stanford Entrepreneurs & StartX Boston

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Cambridge, MA

Founder mixer co-hosted with Stanford Entrepreneurs and StartX Boston. Food and drinks covered by JP Morgan.

Apr 30
Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat with Akamai CEO Tom Leighton

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MIT Campus

Tom Leighton co-founded Akamai out of MIT in 1998. Today it delivers over 30% of global web traffic. An MIT professor turned entrepreneur who built one of the foundational companies of the internet.

May 4
Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat with Fireflies.ai CEO Krish Ramineni

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Zoom

Krish Ramineni co-founded Fireflies.ai in 2016. Today it's one of the most widely used AI meeting tools in the world, helping over 20 million people across 500,000+ organizations. Used by 75% of the Fortune 500 and valued at $1B+.

May 5
Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat with Kayak Co-founder Paul English

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM MIT Campus

Paul English co-founded Kayak and served as CTO, building it from a Boston startup to a $1.8B acquisition by Booking Holdings. A serial entrepreneur and one of Boston's most respected builders.

Past Events

Apr 7 2026
Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat with Boston Dynamics Founder Marc Raibert

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Harvard Campus

Marc Raibert founded the MIT Leg Lab, pioneered self-balancing robots, and spun Boston Dynamics out of MIT in 1992. He built Spot, Atlas, and BigDog, and now leads the Robotics and AI Institute. Named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in AI.

Apr 8 2026
Community

Community Build Night | with TNT

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Cambridge, MA

Build alongside founders and operators across different stages. Meet members of the TNT team and broader community. Exchange ideas, get feedback, and find potential collaborators. Dinner and drinks provided.

Apr 1 2026
Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MIT Campus

Matthew Prince discussed his journey transforming a Harvard Business School class project into a $70B+ publicly traded company powering 20% of internet traffic.

Mar 29 2026
Cofounder Matching

TNT Cofounder Matching at the HBS Entrepreneurship Summit

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Harvard Campus

70+ founders, engineers, and operators from MIT and Harvard came together for a curated cofounder matching session at the HBS Entrepreneurship Summit.

Mar 4 2026
Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat with Formlabs CEO Max Lobovsky

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Cambridge, MA

Max co-founded Formlabs from MIT Media Lab in 2011 and grew it into a $2B+ leader in professional additive manufacturing. A candid conversation on building a hardware company from scratch, scaling manufacturing, and navigating deep tech.

Feb 28 2026
Poker Night

TNT x MIT Capital Partners Poker Night

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM Boston, MA

A casual poker evening at Orrick's penthouse office bringing together MIT's top builders and founders. Professional dealers, food, and networking. Sponsored by Rho and Orrick.

Feb 19 2026
Community Dinner

C House x TNT Community Dinner

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Cambridge, MA

An intimate dinner bringing together the people in Boston who are building. Honest, unfiltered conversations with a small, high-signal group of founders and friends from Harvard and MIT.

Dec 4 2025
Mixer

TNT Founders and Tech Mixer

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM MIT Campus

Structured networking uniting MIT and Harvard's entrepreneurship communities. Sector-based discussion circles, speed-dating rotations, and guest speakers from Bessemer and NFX.

Oct 2 2025
Demo Day

TNT Demo Day at MIT (TNT x Boston AI Week)

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Cambridge, MA

Summer accelerator showcase featuring 20+ teams from MIT and Harvard building across energy, consumer, climate, manufacturing, education, and more.

Apr 4 2025
Startupathon

MIT x Harvard: MBA Startup-athon

9:30 AM - 6:00 PM Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

First-of-its-kind student-run event where teams of 3-5 built functional AI-powered products in a single day. Mentors, industry leaders, and sponsor-provided prizes.

Mar 4 2025
Demo Day

DEMO DAI 2025

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Cambridge, MA

Exclusive showcase featuring AI-driven startups from MIT and Harvard. Rapid-fire prototypes built in just one month to ambitious AI ventures, with 10 startup presentations.