{"id":60901,"date":"2026-01-12T17:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/?p=60901"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:07:45","slug":"ibsu-mit-%e1%83%9e%e1%83%90%e1%83%a0%e1%83%a2%e1%83%9c%e1%83%98%e1%83%9d%e1%83%a0%e1%83%9d%e1%83%91%e1%83%98%e1%83%a1-%e1%83%a4%e1%83%90%e1%83%a0%e1%83%92%e1%83%9a%e1%83%94%e1%83%91%e1%83%a8%e1%83%98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/ibsu-mit-%e1%83%9e%e1%83%90%e1%83%a0%e1%83%a2%e1%83%9c%e1%83%98%e1%83%9d%e1%83%a0%e1%83%9d%e1%83%91%e1%83%98%e1%83%a1-%e1%83%a4%e1%83%90%e1%83%a0%e1%83%92%e1%83%9a%e1%83%94%e1%83%91%e1%83%a8%e1%83%98\/","title":{"rendered":"IBSU Student Joins the StartMIT Program with Full Funding within the IBSU\u2013MIT Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within the framework of the partnership between the International Black Sea University and the world\u2019s top-ranked university &#8211; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) &#8211; Ani Merabishvili, a Computer Science program student, traveled to the United States with full funding to participate in the three-week, practice-based StartMIT entrepreneurship program held at MIT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process unfolded quite unexpectedly. After learning about this opportunity through an IBSU student group, I successfully passed the selection process and was awarded full funding.<br \/>\nAs a Computer Science student, MIT represents a place of innovation for me &#8211; where technological ideas are transformed into business models.<br \/>\nI have high expectations for this program. First and foremost, my goal is to develop practical skills and refine my startup idea using the world\u2019s leading methodologies. The knowledge I gain about startup development and packaging will help me understand how a technological project turns into a real product that meets market needs.<br \/>\nWorking with MIT\u2019s highly qualified mentors will allow me to view my future plans on a much broader scale. I believe this experience will directly impact my startup, which I plan to continue developing in Georgia after my return.<br \/>\nI am confident that I will gain valuable knowledge that I will gladly share with other students and like-minded peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2981074328749728\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the Video<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the framework of the partnership between the International Black Sea University and the world\u2019s top-ranked university &#8211; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) &#8211; Ani Merabishvili, a Computer Science program student, traveled to the United States with full funding to participate in the three-week, practice-based StartMIT entrepreneurship program held at MIT. \u201cThe process unfolded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":60902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-school-of-computer-science-and-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60901"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60952,"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60901\/revisions\/60952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsu.edu.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}