Mass High Tech News

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.