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Get your marketing emails into customer inboxes with Kirim Email
SPONSORED JOBS: Email marketing has been around just about as long as email itself has. Ever since there has been an inbox,...
Sonic the Hedgehog marks 30th birthday with an encyclo-speed-ia and other merch
Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating his 30th birthday next year, with 2021 marking the milestone anniversary of his 1991 debut for...
Idriverplus raises over $14.6 million for autonomous street cleaners and cars
Beijing-based self-driving startup Idriverplus raised $14.6 million in funding to further develop its autonomous robot and...
Boston Dynamics CEO talks profitability and the company’s next robots
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter discusses profitability; Spot, Pick, Handle, and Atlas; the company's broader roadmap,...
Nvidia researchers detail AI-powered clinical speech transcription system
In a new paper, Nvidia researchers describe a system that automatically transcribes speech from clinical patients and maps it to...
August 2020 NPD: Madden and UFC supercharge U.S. game sales
Consumers spent $3.3 billion on video game hardware, software, and accessories in August, according to industry-tracking firm...
The promise of voice AI in game development
AI voices are sounding more realistic today than ever before in the history of synthetic voice technology -- and this could be a...
Conductive VC raises $150 million for (mostly) enterprise software and hardware startups
Conductive Ventures has raised $150 million for its second venture capital fund with a focus on funding enterprise software and...
Airtable raises $185 million to grow its low-code app platform
No-code development platform Airtable raised $185 million at a $2.5 billion valuation, which the startup plans to use to expand...
NPA News
Who needs innovative Power ICs or quick wins
I found this overview of the major Power IC leaders created by Matt Lo from Richtek quite insightful.
Great robotics news and events
The team at MassRobotics announced the launch of the MassRobotics Accelerator, powered by Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
Human Cyber Warriors in the making
What a September it was!
For the 6th time, we spent a fun afternoon with friends at the Mass Robotics Robot Block Party.
Amazing Startup Events
Naah, summer is not over, at least not in New England! September is shaping up to be a fantastic month, with the best startup events of the year. I hope we see you there!
Let’s accelerate clean tech
Hi all!
According to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), Massachusetts needs 38,100 workers to transition to a clean energy state.
Their webinar forecasts thousands of new jobs by 2030 to meet the state’s decarbonization goals.
Tiny robots and lots of exciting new startups
I hope all my American friends are enjoying their Independence Day Holiday. We are off to a great barbecue with friends.
Barbecue and beer aside for a moment, this is pretty exciting. A group of MIT engineers are developing new Soft Robots made of fiber-based actuators and magnetic elastomer composite helical structures that move when exposed to unidirectional magnetic fields. I can think of some pretty interesting applications.
Summer fun and Boston startups are doing great in exits and raising money
Summer is coming, and we started celebrating it with some of our Boston team. Can’t wait to do it more often and with more of our colleagues.
Big manufacturing investments
Has it stopped raining yet? I am digressing, here is some good US news!
Need funding, look at these Solo GPs
Hi all!
Come and meet the NPA team at the FORGE Spring Startup Showcase on Apr. 13 at 3DEXPERIENCE Lab at Dassault Systèmes in Waltham, MA.
Let’s get past the SVB drama
Hi all!
Given all the SVB hype over the past few days, let’s focus on what we can control and celebrate the Boston Startup Ecosystem for what it is. It’s incredible, it’s resilient, and they want to make the world a better place!
