Brian Dowling
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New Deals May Double $240M Funding For MIT-IBM AI Lab, Director Says
When MIT and IBM launched a joint research lab in 2017, the New York-headquartered company pledged $240 million over a decade to chip away at the → Read More
Aliro Technologies Lands $2.7M to Help Developers Go Quantum
It's still a ways off before visions of all-powerful encryption-breaking quantum computers come to pass. But the new quantum technologies here today are → Read More
Boston Tech Watch: Neural Galaxy, Link Ventures, & More Epstein Fallout
The funding deals ramped up this week in Boston, and the drip, drip, drip of details about the MIT Media Lab and Jeffrey Epstein continued to form an → Read More
Shopify Buys 6 River Systems for $450M to Boost Fulfillment Centers
Ecommerce software company Shopify will purchase warehouse robotics startup 6 River Systems in a $450 million deal aimed at improving logistics in its new → Read More
Epstein Fallout: Joi Ito Resigns From MIT Media Lab, Multiple Boards
The ripple effects from a report Friday in The New Yorker about ties between the MIT Media Lab and disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey → Read More
Boston Tech Watch: MIT Epstein, Notarize Cash, New Carbonite Execs
For a week shortened by the Labor Day holiday heralding the coming end of summer, the past few days yielded their fair share of Boston-area technology → Read More
Xconomy: Cogito Raises $20M to Expand Call Center Emotional Intelligence
Cogito CEO Joshua Feast isn’t convinced that artificial intelligence will topple the staffing model for call centers. Customer service is not → Read More
VMware: "We Bought Carbon Black for $2.1B!" Analysts: "Oh... Why?"
The deal VMware unveiled this week to buy cybersecurity firm Carbon Black triggered a heaping share of skepticism. “I'm having a hard time with the Carbon → Read More
Xconomy: VMware Dropping $4.8B to Buy Carbon Black, Pivotal Software
VMware is shelling out big bucks for two companies to fill out its technology stack: developer platform Pivotal Software for $2.7 billion and → Read More
Boston Tech Watch: Jobble, Soofa, Dynatrace, Markforged & DataRobot
The Boston tech scene lands its first IPO of 2019. DataRobot rakes in about $200 million more. Pushback on facial recognition spreads from Somerville, MA, → Read More
Xconomy: Dynatrace Shares Jump, Marking First Boston-Area Tech IPO of 2019
Shares of Waltham, MA-based software intelligence firm Dynatrace hit the public markets for the first time today, and it was a strong debut. Bankers → Read More
Markforged Sues Desktop Metal Over "Dirty Tricks" in 3D Printing War
Markforged is reviving its courtroom battle with 3D printing rival Desktop Metal with a lawsuit that alleges "a campaign of dirty tricks" by the → Read More
Xconomy: DataRobot, Now a Unicorn, Raises Close To $200M for Machine Learning: Sources
DataRobot has raised a Series E funding round in the ballpark of $200 million to advance its automated machine learning and artificial intelligence → Read More
Xconomy: Leaving Carbonite, Mohamad Ali Joins IDG to Make It a Tech Company
Mohamad Ali’s departure from Carbonite’s corner office didn’t follow the usual tech executive roadmap to which even his earlier career had hewn. Ali’s → Read More
Xconomy: Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali Leaves for International Data Group
Carbonite's Mohamad Ali is stepping down as CEO and board member of the Boston-based data protection company to lead International Data Group, a → Read More
Healthtech Investor Flare Capital Raises $255M for Second Fund
Flare Capital Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm investing in healthcare technology, has raised $255 million for its second fund. Co-founder → Read More
Xconomy: Software Intelligence Firm Dynatrace Aims to Raise $427M in IPO
Enterprise software business Dynatrace plans to take in $427.2 million from its initial public offering, the Waltham, MA-based company says in a new → Read More
Boston Tech Watch: Medumo, Zilla, Armored Things, Fortify & More
The week in Boston tech news hit on all the highlights: health technology, 3D printing, crypto, blockchain, CEO moves, fintech, and plenty of venture → Read More
Aura Wants to Take Its $150M and Stock a Consumer Cybersecurity Toolbox
Two recently combined consumer cybersecurity companies are heading off under a new branding to make a run at providing some online peace of mind for → Read More
Lendbuzz, AI Auto Startup That Steps in When FICO Fails, Raises $150M
No traditional credit history? No problem. At least that’s how Lendbuzz, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to underwrite auto loans, sees it. → Read More