Posted by Alumni from MIT
February 25, 2026
With the impact artificial intelligence is having on how companies operate, the environment for how MIT students are learning entrepreneurship and choosing to create new ventures is seeing rapid changes as well. To address how these student startups are being built, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship undertook a months-long series of discussions with key stakeholders to help shape a new direction for delta v, MIT's capstone entrepreneurship accelerator for student founders. Two of Boston's most successful tech entrepreneurs have stepped forward to fund this growth of new MIT ventures through a combined $6 million gift that supports the delta v accelerator run out of the Trust Center. Ed Hallen MBA '12 and Andrew Bialecki, co-founders of Boston-based customer relationship management firm Klaviyo, are providing the donation to support the next wave of innovation-driven entrepreneurship taking place at MIT. 'In the early days of Klaviyo, we learned almost everything by... learn more