Mass High Tech News

This year was supposed to mark fertile ground for a fresh wave of initial public offerings. Could a small number of giant debuts take an outsized share of the capital?

To Provost David Quigley, AI needs to be confronted and discussed by every student at Boston College. And a new AI institute at the school is the perfect home base for provocative thought.

AI data centers are facing a growing backlash — and jobs are one of the focal points.

The Back Bay firm was the first institutional investor in Chewy. It typically invests in software, internet and consumer companies with revenue between $5 million and $50 million.

The company is backed by automakers such as Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Hyundai and Kia, which are interested in its technology's potential to power their electric vehicles.

The facility targets near-term technology development, while researchers three floors above work on projects a decade out. The new Serendie Street Boston facility will employ 120 people across engineering and development roles.

The majority of the top 10 public companies in Massachusetts now explicitly mention artificial intelligence in their annual reports. Two years ago, AI was much less prominent.

A team at Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro's biggest profit engine, wants layoff protections, remote work options, and guardrails on artificial intelligence use.

Two technology companies based in the Bay State have raised massive late-stage rounds of funding, sending their valuations soaring, as the expected monster IPOs of Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX could create challenges for other tech firms to go public.

The new CEO was one of three board members added last year after activist investor Jana Partners pushed for a sale.

The price tag for a lack of accountability can be huge, but there are ways business owners can be on guard.

AI is changing the game for how job applications are submitted and for how successful the submissions are.

The facility will be open to researchers across Massachusetts and is expected to house 220 permanent jobs. Construction starts this summer.

The move is part of a three-phase strategic plan aimed at becoming profitable. Investor Murchinson Ltd. has launched another campaign for control.

The deal includes a base price of $650 million plus up to $400 million in contingent consideration. The firm has invested over $80 billion since 2001.

Despite that Boston Tech Week was started by a Silicon Valley VC firm, the idea of a week dedicated to the tech-business community is worth celebrating — and copying. Can the state's new economic development bill help fund it?

The former CEO of HubSpot is worried about Boston and its ability to compete against California companies.

The event is one of more than 670 across Boston Tech Week. Organizers will form teams day-of to mix disciplines and backgrounds, then send participants on an evening cruise.

Drivers won the right to unionize in a 2024 ballot measure. They remain classified as independent contractors under a $175 million settlement reached that same year.

The genetic information of Mort, the plush toy Titan Casket started selling in 2024, is bound for space. CEO Scott Ginsberg also hopes to have his ashes leave Earth someday.