Big #AI funding round for a Cambridge startup.... with some coming from NVIDIA Ventures www.wsj.com/business/med...

Can this startup solve fusion? Fusion power doesn’t pump carbon into the atmosphere, and has fewer safety risks compared to traditional nuclear reactors. Commonwealth Fusion Systems — and its investors – think we're on the cusp... www.masslive.com/news/2025/11... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Most people have amassed a shelf full of board games somewhere in their home. But what if the next game you buy is the last one you’ll ever need? That’s the promise behind Board, a new startup aiming to reinvent family game night. www.masslive.com/news/2025/11... — via @masslive.bsky.social

What can a humanoid robot actually do in the real world? Here's what I saw last week on a visit to MIT's new Living Lab... www.masslive.com/news/2025/11... — via @masslive.bsky.social

We love our statues in Boston, as long as they represent historic figures who are now dead and preferably on horseback. But erect something fun that might wind up in someone’s Instagram feed? That’s just not our jam. www.masslive.com/news/2025/10... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Some sudden sprouts of hope in #biotech, with $1 billion in new funding announced last week by just two Boston-area startups, Kaleira Therapeutics in Waltham and Lila Sciences in Cambridge. www.masslive.com/news/2025/10... — via @masslive.bsky.social

As Major League Baseball barrels toward the World Series later this month, one Massachusetts startup has been rooting for the teams using its technology. Founded in 2021, Infinite Sky uses AI to analyze video from baseball games... www.masslive.com/news/2025/10... — via @masslive.bsky.social

The Sec. of Energy came to MA to visit to a fusion reactor startup with @massgovernor.bsky.social. And then his Department cut $466 million of grants in the state. What gives? I spoke with Emily Reichert of the Mass. Clean Energy Center: www.masslive.com/news/2025/10... — via @masslive.bsky.social

You probably can’t say you’ve experienced the strangeness of the job market in 2025 until you have submitted to an interview with an AI human resources “agent." www.masslive.com/news/2025/10... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Great piece on @washingtonpost.com: The Post "examined the history of six important drugs invented over the past few decades. In each case, crucial steps in the development of the medication came from taxpayer-funded research at universities now at risk of losing federal support." wapo.st/4q1M3ly

On a rainy morning in Roxbury this week, the annual economic outlook breakfast organized by Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) did not serve up an especially sunny forecast for the future. 5 insights from the event: www.masslive.com/news/2025/09... — via @masslive.bsky.social

What’s behind a surge in funding recently for startups in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that want to design and build ships? Two words: uncrewed vessels. www.masslive.com/news/2025/09... — via @masslive.bsky.social

NVIDIA just placed a bet on this Boston startup building quantum computers. www.masslive.com/news/2025/09... — via @masslive.bsky.social

With Hasbro moving in soon, I thought it was time to ask: maybe we should stop dissing the Seaport? www.masslive.com/boston/2025/... — via @masslive.bsky.social

From Sputnik to 2025: this country became a scientific superpower over seven decades. How quickly will we destroy that? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o... — via @nytimes.com

A lot of things started to change at HubSpot in 2023. In January, the company opened up an SF office. Then, it announced that an SF-based executive would be taking over as CEO. This week, the annual Inbound conference happens... in SF. www.masslive.com/news/2025/09... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Georgia Tech Is Teaching Other Universities a Fundraising Lesson — via @wsj.com + @nidhisubs.bsky.social www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A new report from MassBio finds shrinking employment in both manufacturing and research and development jobs — and that data doesn’t yet include 2025 layoffs in the biotech biz. Here's what industry veterans say about what's happening... www.masslive.com/news/2025/08... — via @masslive.bsky.social

More than 500 young life sciences entrepreneurs arrived on one of the Boston Harbor islands this week. While they were there for the annual Nucleate Alumni Summit, the vibe was a cross between a summer camp for geniuses and an episode of the reality show “Survivor.” www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...

Looking forward to moderating this conversation tonight (Aug 12th) at the Harvard Book Store, with the author of "Boston and the Making of a Global City." www.harvard.com/event/james-...

Checking out a new solar-powered boat that can cruise along at 6 mph on only the sun's rays. The creator is an MIT alum who helped start the solar car racing team at the university. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Groundbreaking Harvard study — funded by the NIH — finds that lithium reverses brain aging. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m... Key paragraph at the end of this @bostonglobe.com piece by Kay Lazar:

The Boston wearables startup Whoop got a warning letter from the FDA about its latest device. Its CEO was in DC earlier this year meeting with Trump cabinet member Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who oversees the FDA. How will this play out? www.masslive.com/news/2025/08... — on @masslive.bsky.social

This is a good effort by Mass. Gov. Maura Healey... *IF* it gets funding. Trying to use $400 million of state money to preserve R&D jobs and early science, and counter severe federal cuts in the billions. www.mass.gov/news/governo...

Does a Cambridge startup have a pill that can treat sleep apnea? Last week, Apnimed, a little-known pharma startup founded in 2017, announced encouraging results from its clinical trial of a new drug. Six things you should know about it, via @masslive.bsky.social: www.masslive.com/news/2025/07...

Innovation will likely not stop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. However, one program designed to foster it was shut down last week after 12 years in existence. www.masslive.com/news/2025/07... — scoop on @masslive.bsky.social

Johannes Fruehauf on @statnews.com: "Unfortunately, it seems that we in the U.S. are questioning our desire to lead a sector that we have traditionally led since the ’70s and ’80s, and Boston took a big role in that..." #biotech #lifesciences www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/15/b...

The new @cnbc.com rankings of the best states for business are out, and... www.masslive.com/news/2025/07... — via @masslive.bsky.social

My latest column for @masslive.bsky.social — and a few bonus pics. The robots have taken over this store at a Cambridge mall www.masslive.com/news/2025/07... #retail #robotics #cambma

Summer is the season of training camps and outdoor workouts — and also a new cohort of fitness and sports startups in MA. I’ve been tracking three startups worth knowing about: HYBRD, Ray, and one so new it doesn't yet have a name. www.masslive.com/news/2025/07... — via @masslive.bsky.social

My interview with Eric Paley of @foundercollective.bsky.social ... just named the new Secretary of Economic Development for Massachusetts. www.masslive.com/news/2025/06... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Dear Gov. Healey: There are not a lot of Trump administration objectives that you may feel like our state can get on board with over these next three-and-a-half years, but here’s one: making more stuff in the U.S. www.masslive.com/news/2025/06... — on @masslive.bsky.social #massachusetts #mapoli

My Q&A with author and BU prof James O'Connell: How Trump administration policies are impacting Boston and the rest of our state. www.masslive.com/news/2025/06... — via @masslive.bsky.social

"The U.S. is sleepwalking into an infrastructure crisis — one that will quietly degrade our quality of life and kneecap our ability to compete in the global economy. It’s not just the older infrastructure... it’s also support for the new systems, such as #AI." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...

The internet. Barcodes. The COVID vaccine... have one thing in common — they were developed thanks to a partnership between the federal government and universities, which boomed after World War II. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/10/m... — via @bostonglobe.com

Richard Florida in the @nytimes.com: “Every dollar of N.I.H.-funded research generates a total of $2.56 in economic activity.” That sounds like smart investment to me…not a gift. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o...

20,000 people are expected to come to Boston next week for the annual Biotechnology Innovation Organization #BIO2025 convention. I spoke with some veterans of the #biotech industry about the five topics that will be on attendees' minds this year. www.masslive.com/news/2025/06...

Manufacturing post #1 for today.... from Steven Rattner in the @nytimes.com Manufacturing Jobs Are Never Coming Back www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...

I always look forward to the MassTLC Unconference, happening June 13th. And it's free for just about everyone! lu.ma/egnkh13x

This week marks a major milestone for the Boston cryptocurrency scene: a crypto company founded here, Circle Internet, will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange. On @masslive.bsky.social: www.masslive.com/news/2025/06... #crypto #USDC #IPOs

"From public health to high-tech innovation to national security, U.S. universities have quietly become the workhorses of national progress and prosperity. But now, further achievement is at risk..." — Carole LaBonne in @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/3ZGoHpS

Trump "is doing grave and possibly irreparable damage to the real sources of U.S. strength, including its long-term investment in scientific research. Trump is declaring war on science, and the casualty will be the U.S. economy." — Max Boot on @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/43Fqdd4

Defense Department official pleaded with superiors not to cut Harvard grant on "biological threats," court records say. An official with DARPA, a military research agency, cited “grave and immediate harm to national security.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/02/m... — via @bostonglobe.com

Make America Healthy Again… Using #AI New White House report includes AI-fabricated citations, according to @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/3HhGIEJ

A dispatch on "The Future of Innovation in Massachusetts," from the @wbur.org festival yesterday. Featuring speakers from Engine Ventures, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Flagship Pioneering. www.masslive.com/news/2025/05... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been collecting examples of Trump’s forgotten contributions to Boston’s universities, hospitals, technology startup scene — and even the Museum of Science. No, not Donald J. Trump. His uncle, John G. Trump. www.masslive.com/news/2025/05... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Worth a read today... @pkrugman.bsky.social on "The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard." "...The Trumpist effort to destroy Harvard and other elite universities...will do vast damage to our nation’s future." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...

@wsj.com editorial: "Is Trump Trying to Destroy Harvard? The order against foreign students turns away the world’s brightest." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

Autonomous vehicle industry veteran Başak Özer shares this photo of a @Waymo vehicle she spotted mapping Cambridge yesterday.

7 things to understand about Waymo's *possible* roll-out in Boston, from people who have toiled in the AV trenches: www.masslive.com/news/2025/05...