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Mung! (like the bean, also a homophone for dream in Chinese) is a leading AgeTech startup dedicated to keeping grandma and grandpa digitally connected. We’re revolutionising AgeTech and building a digitally inclusive future, for ALL ages. 🫒
The world is rapidly digitizing and aging: Being able to use technology has become necessary for surviving and thriving in society (United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4), and older folks make up an increasingly large world demographic. As technology continues to innovate at a pace faster than humans can learn it, it’s imperative that the most marginalized communities are included. Yet the tech industry overwhelmingly serves younger people—perpetuating the digital exclusion of older people. Mung! is here to solve this pressing global pain point.
From providing 24/7 elderly smartphone assistance via our endearing AI-powered 'digital grandchild' app, to helping older folks use virtual reality (VR) and more advanced technologies decades down the line, Mung! is pioneering tech-for-good to address the urgent, irreversible global trends of aging and digitization.
We are generously sponsored by the Oxford Saïd Business School and supported by the Oxfordshire County Council, the Oxford Hub, Live Well Oxfordshire, and AgeUK-Oxfordshire—part of the leading and largest elderly nonprofit in the UK. 💚
Interested in collaborating with us? Contact us today.
Interested in joining us? Apply to become a Mung! Fellow.
Mung!'s first product is a "digital grandchild assistant" app powered by AI. Bespoke for people aged 55+, the Mung! digital grandchild helps users perform basic to complex tasks with a simple voice and/or text command. Rather than relegate older users to a “digital bubble”, the Mung! digital grandchild helps less tech-savvy users integrate themselves into the wider digital world—creating a digitally inclusive future, for ALL ages.
The Mung! Mission is powered by a group of great friends, who also happen to be an unparalleled team of highly (over)qualified, technically advanced, and passionately dedicated University of Oxford PhD scholars. We bring expertise spanning computational sociology, demography, digital gaps, digital health, quantum computing, machine learning, health policy, UX/UI, and corporate/nonprofit consulting. We’re obsessed with our product, madly in love with our customers, and tenaciously committed to our mission.
Linda Hong Cheng is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mung!, leading vision and strategy. Linda is an award-winning researcher and public speaker, Clarendon Scholar and Computational Sociology PhD researcher at the University of Oxford, architect of decolonial computational sociology, and WEAI Fellow at Columbia University. At Oxford, they are pioneering the global framework of ‘digital circularity’—the two-way, symbiotic relationships between raising digital inclusion, offline equality, and economic development. In Linda’s free time, they are an avid long-distance runner, Chinese calligrapher, model & fashion blogger, and Beijing-trained singer. You can find them on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Tongshan Liu is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Mung!, driving product development strategy and operational initiatives. Tongshan is a Material Science PhD at the University of Oxford, Director of CapitOx, Oxford’s premier and most selective consulting group, and alum co-founder of PiggyBack, one of the world’s first peer-to-peer international delivery platforms. She brings expertise in corporate & non-profit consulting, software entrepreneurship, and user experience design. In Tongshan’s free time, she enjoys science, Chinese dance, and outdoor sports.
Marek Rychetsky is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Mung!, leading software development and technological innovation. Marek is a Quantum Computing and Machine Learning PhD at the University of Oxford, independently led website and systems development for a top 5 bank in the Czech Republic, led the design of a storage system in Japan, is an alum software engineer at edison.ai, alum lead software engineer at PCHelp, and a Czech Republic top 10 professional tennis player. In Marek’s free time, he enjoys playing video games, watching science fiction movies, and spending quality time with his friends.
This upcoming August 21, 2024 from 2-4PM at the wheelchair and hearing-aid accessible Oxford Saïd Business School Thatcher Building, Mung! will hold its inaugural community outreach event and Oxford’s first-ever student-led elderly digital skills workshop welcoming over 60 older participants and student-volunteers, generously supported by the Oxfordshire County Council, AgeUK-Oxfordshire, Oxford Hub and generously sponsored by the University of Oxford Saïd Business School.
This exciting event features:
Do you want to understand how your grandchildren use technology? Would you like to communicate with your grandkids whenever you want? Your grandkids live in the digital world; do you want to meet them there when they’re far away? Do you love delicious free food and refreshments? Simply text +44 7478 071173 your name and dietary needs to register!
Do you wish your older relatives had more support to join the digital world? Do you care about the digital inclusion and wellbeing of older people? Do you love delicious free food and refreshments?Interested in being a student-volunteer? Simply register at this link.
Mung! is the leading and fastest-growing AgeTech startup in Oxford. Do you care about building a digitally inclusive society for ALL ages? Do you want to gain exciting, valuable, resumé-building experience in the tech for good space?
Mung! is revolutionising AgeTech. Join our exclusive user waitlist to gain early access to our 'digital grandchild' assistant app and user community. Spots are limited; those accepted to be the first Mung! users will be contacted directly.
Want to partner with us, join us, invest in us, ask about our user waitlist, or simply tell us what you think? Please contact us at contact @ mungtech.com. For press inquiries, please email press @ mungtech.com.