MiT Newsletter Issue #29
Careers of the future goes to another school and make sure you fill in your application for startup spotlight before the submission deadline!
Muslims in Tech and Cofuture had the great pleasure of launching and expanding our hands-on tech sessions across multiple year levels at both Australian Islamic Centre College and Islamic College of Melbourne.
From coding fundamentals to robotics, our tailored programs are designed to make students future ready by equipping them with skills not typically available in most classrooms, like programming, debugging, and tinkering with real hardware!
In our sessions, Year 5/6 students explored Programming through fun, bite-sized activities, while younger students amazed us with their enthusiasm and curiosity during an 80-minute journey into creative coding.
At ICOM, students even built and tested their own Freenove 4WD robot cars — learning how to assemble, wire, and code the robots to move. A snapshot of real STEM in action!
Our experienced tutors made sure students had clear guidance throughout, and we’re excited to continue these sessions in the weeks ahead. We believe the ability to build, tinker, and understand both software and hardware is essential for thriving in the careers of the future.
If you'd like to bring a similar initiative to your school or community, reach out to Rashid Elhawli.
Let’s help make more students #FutureReady
For advertisement inquiries, contact rashid@muslimsintech.org/marjan@muslimsintech.org
Announcements
📢 Startup Spotlight Reminder - Final Call for Muslim Founders in Melbourne & Sydney!
Been meaning to apply? This is your nudge. Applications for Startup Spotlight are closing June 8, and we don’t want you to miss the chance to take the stage!
We’re on the lookout for 3 standout startups from Melbourne and 3 from Sydney to pitch live in front of investors, operators, and our buzzing community of entrepreneurs.
If you're building something amazing, this is your moment to get seen, heard, and supported.
🔗 Apply now: Startup Spotlight Application Form
Let’s spotlight your story and your startup, we’re excited to see what you’re building, In Sha Allah!
Tick Tock, Tech Talk
OpenAI’s Codex, a powerful autonomous coding agent capable of writing new features, fixing bugs, and submitting pull requests within secure, isolated cloud environments. Companies such as Cisco and Temporal have already adopted Codex to manage entire codebases, allowing their engineers to concentrate on more strategic tasks. The agent can handle multiple assignments at once, perform tests, and document every modification it makes with precise citations.
Following a private beta in December, Google has publicly released Jules, its AI coding agent powered by Gemini 2.5. Jules can clone full repositories and independently handle tasks such as writing tests, fixing bugs, and developing new features, freeing developers to focus on other priorities. This marks a shift in the agentic coding space, where tools now range from real-time pair-programming assistants to fully autonomous agents.
Anthropic has released its latest AI models, Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, which set new benchmarks in coding performance, advanced reasoning, and autonomous AI agents. Built to handle intricate, long-duration tasks lasting several hours, these models are touted by Anthropic as their most powerful coding tools to date.
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- Reach 1000 members
- Expand our Careers of the Future program to 5 schools
- Launch a startup accelerator
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If you know someone interested in joining or who can benefit the community, send them our trusty registration form. We now have members in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and even Toronto, Canada! Let’s introduce you to our Chapter Leads:
Melbourne: Marjan Rahman
Sydney: Umair Shakoor
Brisbane: Revsan Ahmetoglu
Toronto: Hamza Ali
Best Regards,
Team Muslims in Tech
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