By Eli Chavez – Inno Reporter, Boston Business Journal Gov. Maura Healey announced the launch of a new $400 million initiative to grow the research and innovation economy in Massachusetts and create thousands of new jobs as federal research funding is being cut under President Donald Trump. In support of the initiative, Healey is also […]
By Lucia Maffei Google and Massachusetts-Based CFS Advance Commercial Fusion Energy The promise of fusion energy—clean, limitless power—is gaining urgency as AI technologies demand massive computational energy. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), based in Devens, Massachusetts, announced Monday a deepened partnership with Google, which plans to purchase 200 megawatts of fusion power from the MIT spinoff. Google […]
By Eli Chavez PayByCar Lets Drivers Pay for Gas Using E-ZPass Sometimes being stuck in traffic sparks innovation. For Kevin Condon, founder and CEO of PayByCar, a traffic jam on the Northeast Expressway inspired a service that allows drivers to pay for gas using their E-ZPass. The system works two ways: a device installed on gas […]
Hannah Green Foghorn Therapeutics Moves Headquarters from Kendall Square to Watertown Biotech company Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. is relocating its headquarters from Cambridge to Watertown. In a recent securities filing, the company announced it will terminate its lease in Kendall Square early and lease 72,850 square feet at 99 Coolidge Avenue in Watertown for executive offices, […]
Eli Chavez A startup co-founded by a Harvard dropout and his childhood friend is bringing personal AI agents to life science workers. LogicFlo, based in Boston and New York, was founded by Arun Ramakrishnan, who previously led deep-learning projects at Intuitive Surgical, and Udith Vaidyanathan, who left Harvard Business School to pursue the venture full-time. […]
Homegrown rival may try to block contract, arguing it had superior bid Andy Peters Massachusetts is moving forward with a major upgrade of its roadside service plazas, but a local fuel-supply company may challenge the state’s plans. Last month, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) awarded a contract to Dublin-based Applegreen to renovate, rebuild, and […]
Gary Higgins Massachusetts’ tech sector shed more than 8,200 jobs last year, marking the second-worst decline nationwide, according to CompTIA’s State of the Tech Workforce 2025 report released Tuesday. The state’s tech workforce shrank 2.6%, falling from 319,416 jobs in 2023 to 311,165 in 2024. Only California reported a greater loss, with more than 51,000 […]
By Scott Kirsner Raibert Opens Pop-Up Robot Lab to Inspire and Educate Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics and current executive director of the Robotics and AI Institute (RAI), has launched a temporary Robot Lab at CambridgeSide mall. The pop-up isn’t selling robots; instead, it gives the public hands-on experience with robotics to show what they […]
By Lucia Maffei – Reporter, Boston Business Journal AI Insurtech Startup Quandri to Open Boston Office, Expanding U.S. Presence Quandri, a British Columbia-based insurtech company using AI to streamline insurance agency operations, plans to open a Boston office to expand its presence in North America. Founded in 2021 by brothers Jackson and Jamieson Fregeau, the company’s platform […]
Rule change doesn’t affect existing buildings By Andria Cheng New York State to Mandate All-Electric Buildings in Phases Starting This Year New York State will begin phasing in a ban on gas stoves, heaters, and other fossil fuel appliances for new residential and certain other buildings by the end of the year, over two years after […]
