Case Study
MIT/PathCheck Foundation
Who is PathCheck Foundation? Founded at MIT, PathCheck Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing robust digital solutions to contain COVID-19 and revitalize economies, while preserving privacy. PathCheck: Community Initiative for Privacy-Centric Covid-19 Contact T racing The chilling story of how ‘patient 31’ managed to infect thousands of people with COVID-19 in a South Korean city brought home the im- portance of effective contact tracing during a pandemic. It was soon clear that technol - ogy would be key to this and around the world different initiatives were launched to achieve this. MIT in Boston, Massachusetts started PathCheck with a small, dedicated team of social entrepreneurs. It soon grew into a community of more than 3,000 individuals, all focused on deli