Chennai: VIT Chennai’s startup company, ‘MEDxAI Innovations,’ is developing new innovations in the medical field by using artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing technologies.
The company’s Chief Executive Officer and VIT Chennai professor, Sheena C. Pravin, introduced their startup’s new innovations to Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Vijay at the inauguration ceremony of the Chennai Porur–Poonamallee Metro Rail Project on the 11th.
Sheena explained two technological products: Cervilens, an artificial intelligence-based cervical cancer early screening device, and Quantum PharmX, an artificial intelligence-based computer-aided drug discovery platform.
The Prime Minister and the Chief Minister, who listened with interest, praised her. “In the coming years, AI’s contribution in the medical field will be significant. Therefore, research on these should continue,” Prime Minister Modi advised.
Metx AI Innovations, a medical technology startup established at VIT Chennai, will focus intensely on developing artificial intelligence and quantum computing intelligence solutions for the fields of medical testing and next-generation drug discovery, VIT Chancellor G. Viswanathan and VIT Vice President G.V. Selvam have said.