Beijing, China, January 2, 2025 - MathWorks, a leading global developer of mathematical computing software, has announced a partnership with the National Technology Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta (NICE) to offer its MathWorks accelerator program to startups. The program offers MATLAB to startups founded within five years with fewer than 15 R&D engineers. And Simulink? Licenses, comprehensive technical support, and co-marketing opportunities to showcase their technology or products. MathWorks Accelerator programs have worked with more than 500 companies/parks around the world to support the diverse development of technology advancement and industrial integration in local markets.
    The Yangtze River Delta National Technology Innovation Center is a comprehensive national technology innovation center approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology, led by Shanghai and jointly built by Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces. It is committed to building a comprehensive national technology innovation center integrating innovation resources, technology needs and research and development carriers for the Yangtze River Delta region. An industrial technological innovation system and innovation ecology with enterprises as the main body, the market as the guide, and industry, university, research and application deeply integrated. In this cooperation with MathWorks, MathWorks will provide programming and modeling development tools and various resource support to major project companies and R&D carriers incubated by the National Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta. Accelerate technological innovation and project incubation in the fields of digital and intelligent manufacturing, high-end equipment and parts, advanced materials, energy and environment, and biomedicine to help the industrial upgrading of the Yangtze River Delta region.
    Chen Ning, member of the Management Committee of the National Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta, said, "MathWorks is the innovation partner of the National Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta, and we look forward to the two sides leveraging their respective strengths to provide technology innovation services to more technology startups and empower their innovation and development."
    The cooperation between the National Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta and MathWorks aims to accelerate innovation and project incubation in the fields of digitalization and intelligent manufacturing, high-end equipment and components, advanced materials, energy and environment, and biomedicine. Start-ups incubated at NICE are eligible for the following benefits:
    10 free user licenses (MATLAB, Simulink and 100+ additional toolboxes) for 12 months;
    Get technical support from MathWorks experts and access to online training and video content;
    Access to the MATLAB Central community, which brings together over 100,000 users to share knowledge and code;
    The opportunity to market your products through the MathWorks Startup Outreach Program.
    Xinkang Cao, General Manager of MathWorks China, said, "MathWorks' collaboration with the National Technology Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta reflects MathWorks' commitment to technological innovation. For startups aiming to compete with established players by enhancing product development, optimizing performance, and scaling effectively, how effectively MATLAB and Simulink are used is critical. We look forward to working with the National Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta to create a more innovative economic environment for China's technology industry."
    In order to accelerate the speed of technological innovation and project incubation, and help the industrial upgrading of the Yangtze River Delta region, on December 30, The National Technology Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta and MathWorks officially launched the authorization ceremony of the cooperation project "for Start-up Accelerator" and held a special MATLAB technology sharing event with the theme of "Biopharmaceutical and medical devices". At the meeting, MathWorks presented MathWorks to the National Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta. Accelerator Project Chinese Partner "plaque, marking the official launch of the cooperation project.

    The MathWorks Accelerator cooperation program will better serve China's scientific and technological innovation enterprises and help them achieve the rapid development of new quality productivity and new industrialization. With the joining of the National Technology Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta, the two sides will join hands to explore diversified innovation paths in the future, escort the growth of high-tech start-ups, and create a win-win situation for scientific and technological innovation and economic development.
 
About the National Technological Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta
    The National Technology Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta (referred to as the "National Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta") is a major measure to implement the important directives of the central government and implement the integrated development strategy of the Yangtze River Delta. It is a comprehensive national technology innovation center jointly established by the Shanghai Institute of Technology Innovation of the Yangtze River Delta with the main body and relevant institutions in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other places. Officially inaugurated on June 3, 2021, the headquarters is located in Shanghai Zhangjiang Science City. The National Innovation Center of the Yangtze River Delta is positioned to transform from science to technology, organically combine the national strategic deployment with the innovation needs of the Yangtze River Delta region, take the key core technology research in important fields as the core mission, promote the transfer, transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements in collaboration with industry, university and research, and provide source technology supply and transformation services for the industrial development of the Yangtze River Delta region. To provide innovative services for the incubation, cultivation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises in science and technology. (https://nice.org.cn)

About MathWorks
    MathWorks is the world's leading developer of mathematical computing software. The company's MATLAB, known as "the language of scientists and engineers," is a programming environment that integrates algorithm development, data analysis, visualization and numerical computation. Simulink is a modular modeling environment for simulation and model-based design of multi-domain and embedded engineering systems. These products serve engineers and scientists around the world, helping them accelerate the pace of invention, innovation and development in the automotive, aerospace, communications, electronics, industrial automation and other industries. MATLAB and Simulink products are essential teaching and research tools for many of the world's top universities and academic institutions. MathWorks was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, with more than 6,500 employees in 34 locations worldwide.