Insights
The DeanBeat: Apple v. Epic — a briefing on the antitrust arguments and interesting facts
Epic Games has argued that Apple's actions have stunted Epic's efforts to create the foundations for the Metaverse, or the...
Twitter expands election misinformation rules to include posts that claim victory prematurely
Twitter said it will label or remove misinformation aiming to undermine the U.S. election, including posts claiming victory...
Congress probes how AI will impact U.S. economic recovery
Congress heard testimony today about how the U.S. government should fund and regulate tech like AI that can eliminate jobs in...
Microsoft’s updated DeepSpeed can train trillion-parameter AI models with fewer GPUs
The newest version of Microsoft's DeepSpeed library includes optimizations for training trillion-parameter machine learning...
Riders Republic is Ubisoft’s multiplayer extreme-sports compilation
Riders Republic is Ubisoft's new massively multiplayer extreme-sports game for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC. It is...
Hyper Scape launches turbo mode September 15
Ubisoft announced that its Hyper Scape battle royale game will get a turbo mode that speeds up the gameplay on September...
Google claims its AI is becoming better at recognizing breaking news and misinformation
Google says its automated systems are becoming better at recognizing breaking news and detecting false and misleading...
Immortals: Fenyx Rising (formerly Gods & Monsters) is Ubisoft’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild
We played 2.5 hours of Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and the game is extremely like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in many...
Aiden Pearce returns in Watch Dogs: Legion as playable character
Aiden Pearce, the star of the first Watch Dogs game, will return as a playable character in Watch Dogs: Legion arriving on...
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game is coming back
During its Ubisoft Forward event today, the publisher announced that Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game will become available...
NPA News
Boston produces the most startup founders
Boy, are we late this month, but we were pretty busy. Keep a lookout for some very exciting NPA news. We have been working on this for ~12 months, and it’s finally coming all together.
Lots of fresh dough for Boston startups
If you like tech and independent journalism, you might already have heard of Nicholas Thomson, the CEO at The Atlantic.
Showtime, Awards and Parties- you in?
Join us at the Massachusetts Manufacturing Mash-Up on Friday, Sept. 16th, at Polar Park in Worcester, MA.
Climate-tech startups keep on thriving
Even with the decrease in VC funding in 2022, climate-tech startups raised more in the first six months of this year than they did in the first half of 2021.
Over $3B in new startup funding
Hi all, and happy summer!
I wish you all lots of sunshine and great fun.
Remember IPOs? Companies have raised just $4.9 billion via US IPOs this year, less than 6% of the record sum raised in the first half of 2021.
The solution to Supply Chain challenges
Summer has finally hit the NorthEast, and the various outdoor events we attended around Boston and Western Massachusetts have been fantastic.
China is falling but we got a $1 Billon new fund
The interest in Zero Emission Aviation continues to accelerate. In the past two years, we saw billions of dollars in new investments.
Vulture Capitalism in Supply Chain
We love it when our customers succeed, and we are incredibly honored to be recognized as part of their success story. Thank you Zeptive team for the kind words, and thank you Forge team for connecting us!
Robotics funding, first 2022 exit and more supply chain woes
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $175 million in investments for clean energy technology projects for 68 research and development projects.
2022 NPAs Boston Startups to Watch & more
Cleantech investment exploded in 2021 — the first half of the year alone saw over $60 billion flow to climate-tech startups. That momentum could continue this year. It’s estimated that 14% of VC dollars will go to climate techs.
