Nocturnal is one of at least four local startups that have raised tens of millions of dollars to upgrade the quality of an evening’s slumber — or an afternoon snooze. I dropped by last week to try out their tech-embedded sleep mask. www.masslive.com/news/2026/08... — via @masslive.bsky.social

These Mass. startups want to put you to sleep

Startups like Ozlo Sleep, Elemind, and Nocturnal have raised tens of millions of dollars of capital to upgrade the quality of an evening’s slumber — or an afternoon snooze.

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How to kill America's knowledge advantage in just about every industry... www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation

The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.

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Is this (finally) the summer for a ferry service on the Charles? Watertown entrepreneur Drew Rollert has been working on the project for three years now... @masslive.bsky.social story in the first comment.

Amazing stuff from Prof. Raphael Zufferey at MIT: a robot that can swim + then pop up to the surface and fly. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/s...

New Winged Robot Can Fly and Swim Like a Puffin (Gift Article)

Inspired by the physical feats of diving birds, researchers have created a robot that can plunge into the water and flap back into the air.

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Wow - launching a startup with a unicorn valuation... Walden Robotics raises $300M for humanoid robots designed for logistics and mfgring. Hiring in Cambridge + SF. Key players: MIT's Russ Tedrake, Dave Johnson + several veterans of Toyota Research Institute. www.waldenrobotics.com/news/walden-...

Walden Robotics | Walden Robotics Launches with $300 Million to Put General-Purpose Robots to Work Today

Seed round co-led by Toyota and Deviation Capital values the full-stack Physical AI company at $1.1 billion, with participation from NVIDIA, Boeing, AE Ventures, Samsung Ventures, and other industry l...

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The rent on this new Boston office space is free... The only catches: your startup has to be admitted, and you have to commit to using it at least 3X/week. www.masslive.com/news/2026/07... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Free office space for AI startups opens in Boston's Downtown Crossing

BUILD617, a podcast and community organization for tech entrepreneurs in Boston, is setting up a free shared office in Boston's Downtown Crossing district.

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Whoop hires Nike veteran as CMO, focusing on international expansion, competition with Apple, Oura, and Google... and an eventual IPO. www.wsj.com/cmo-today/wh... — free link via @wsj.com

Exclusive | Whoop Hires Nike Marketing Veteran as Wearables Wars Heat Up

DJ van Hameren will join the screenless health-tracking brand as it works to push its appeal to a global audience as well as women.

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In Ukraine’s battle to defend itself against Russia, a Somerville startup company has been playing an unheralded role. www.masslive.com/news/2026/07... — via @masslive.bsky.social

The Mass. startup quietly helping Ukraine fight back against Russia with 3D printers

After some high-profile failures in 3D printing, all eyes are on Formlabs, a Somerville startup that hit $250 million in revenues last year.

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As a museum nerd, it's always fun when I get the opportunity to check out a new museum that is about to open in Boston. And this one is free. Opening day is Friday, July 3rd. www.masslive.com/ne-where/202... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Boston’s new finance museum offers a journey through America’s money history

Boston’s new finance museum, located in the Seaport, showcases rare artifacts and interactive exhibits on American financial history.

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Sharp piece from the Boston Business Journal on a $100 million expansion + hiring spree at Boston Dynamics in Waltham: www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

Boston Dynamics plans $100 million, 1,250-job Waltham expansion - Boston Business Journal

Robot maker Boston Dynamics is planning to expand to a second property in Waltham in what would be a $100 million expansion in the city, more than doubling its headcount with 1,250 new full-time jobs.

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Love to see @masslive.bsky.social stories show up on Yahoo Finance: finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...

A German CEO just announced over tapas why he's ditching New York for Boston

N8n, an AI automation startup headquartered in Berlin, will use a new Boston office to connect with current and prospective customers around the Northeast.

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Interesting project announced this week by Toast... they want to help a restauranteur launch "a real, high-volume, full-service restaurant in Greater Boston powered by Toast technology." www.linkedin.com/posts/kellys...

Today we are launching Toast Lab! For the first time in our history, Toast is combining funding and expertise to help an experienced restaurant operator build a brand-new restaurant from scratch. Our…...

Today we are launching Toast Lab! For the first time in our history, Toast is combining funding and expertise to help an experienced restaurant operator build a brand-new restaurant from scratch. Our ...

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If you’ve been tracking last week’s initial public offering of SpaceX, and the forthcoming IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic, it’s a little like staring into the sun: everything else looks a little washed out. What does it mean for the MA tech + biotech sectors? www.masslive.com/news/2026/06...

SpaceX worth $2T, OpenAI heading for $1T — Where does Mass. fit in mega-IPO era?

While SpaceX dazzles with a $2 trillion valuation, Massachusetts’ biotech sector is quietly stacking wins that save lives and build lasting value — even if the job numbers lag.

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"The people in this economy will find a reason to worry about every single signal that doesn’t move in the right direction, and they...ignore every single signal that does go in the right direction." — MA Economic Development Chief Eric Paley More of my interview: www.masslive.com/news/2026/06...

Massachusetts had the highest GDP growth in the country in 2025 — so why do businesspeople think the economy is struggling?

Economic development chief Eric Paley talks about some of the challenges the state faces — and why it may be time to better appreciate its strengths.

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A couple reflections on the inaugural Boston Tech Week: On @masslive.bsky.social - www.masslive.com/news/2026/06... On @wbur.org - www.wbur.org/upnext/2026/... #BOSTECHWEEK

Boston Tech Week is over. Now the real work begins — and the stakes couldn't be higher

What did we learn after six days and more than 660 events held in Boston and Cambridge?

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“I check our AI bill every morning like it’s a heart monitor,“ one Boston entrepreneur wrote recently on LinkedIn, worrying about unchecked AI usage costing him $100,000 before lunchtime. Here's what's happening… www.masslive.com/news/2026/05... — via @masslive.bsky.social

A startling 500% surge in AI costs has Boston startup leaders rethinking every token they spend

Boston-area startups are facing steep, fast-growing AI costs, forcing tighter controls to avoid runaway spending and profit challenges.

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The Dept. of Commerce announced on Thursday that it will dole out $2B in grants to nine companies in the field of quantum computing, including IBM and several startup companies. One Boston company was conspicuously missing from the list. www.masslive.com/news/2026/05... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Why did this Mass. company say ‘no thanks’ to money from the Trump administration?

The Department of Commerce just doled out $2 billion in funding to advance the field of quantum computing in the U.S. One high-profile Boston startup, backed by Google and NVIDIA, wasn't on the list.

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⚓ Ahoy there! Two recent @masslive.bsky.social columns hit the water to focus on a rescue drone and a new AI-enabled hydrophone: www.masslive.com/news/2026/05... www.masslive.com/boston/2026/...

Can this Mass. startup help save lives at sea?

Gander Robotics is working to develop an autonomous

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Boston startup Path.ai, focused on "AI-powered precision pathology," will be acquired by Roche for up to $1B: www.wsj.com/business/dea...

Robotics entrepreneur Colin Angle was in New York this week to reveal his new startup’s first product. He’s taking on one of the hardest challenges in the robotics market: creating a robot that millions of people will want to live with. www.masslive.com/news/2026/05... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Can robots — and a new approach to modular building — help Massachusetts add housing? www.masslive.com/news/2026/04... — via @masslive.bsky.social And @wbur.org Morning Edition segment in the first comment below...

Can robots — and a new approach to modular building — help Mass. add housing?

An Andover startup, Reframe Systems, is trying to prove that building housing in pieces in a factory can be faster and cheaper than traditional methods.

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Here in MA, we don’t think we need to shape a brand and a marketing message for people considering coming here to work, staying here after graduation, or moving their business here. We just assume they all know about our merits. www.masslive.com/news/2026/04... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Massachusetts urged to hire a chief marketing officer to stem talent loss

Experts say the $305 million Mass Wins Act doesn't mention marketing the state, even as graduates and businesses continue to leave. We just assume they all know about its merits.

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Just 15 runners lined up at the starting line for the first Boston Marathon in 1897. David Grilk hopes to get nearly that many robots to participate in a race he’s planning for Sunday in Boston’s Seaport. There are two categories: humanoids and quadrupeds. www.masslive.com/news/2026/04...

As the Artemis II crew rockets back to earth after a record-setting journey around the moon, there’s a gray box in the capsule that contains technology made by a Boston biotech startup that has hit some important milestones of its own. www.masslive.com/news/2026/04... — via @masslive.bsky.social

In the @wsj.com: Cambridge venture capitalist Dave Blundin spent $5.4 million of his own money last year to buy six-unit apartment building near MIT to house some of the founders his firm, Link Ventures, has backed. (Link pays half the rent.) www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-c...

These AI Whiz Kids Dropped Out of College and Got Investors to Pay Their Bills

Venture capitalists are stepping in to cover expenses like rent while dropouts from Harvard to Stanford chase their startup dreams.

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The only candy factory in the state that is still mass-producing candy on a national scale is just outside Central Square in Cambridge... and it seems like change is afoot in the executive ranks of that company. www.masslive.com/boston/2026/... — via @masslive.bsky.social

More secretive than Wonka? Mysteries abound at the biggest candy factory in Mass.

The only candy factory in the state that is still mass producing candy on a national scale is just outside of Central Square in Cambridge. And change is afoot in its executive ranks.

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Whoop co-founder John Capodilupo is focused on a new challenge: tracking health indicators with a device that attaches to the rim of a toilet. He’s a co-founder of Throne, a Texas startup that describes itself as “Whoop for your poop.” www.masslive.com/news/2026/03... — via @masslive.bsky.social

Wrote about BOS-based Merlin Labs, working on autonomous tech for aircraft, earlier this year on @masslive.bsky.social. The company just started trading on NASDAQ this week, raising $200 million in a SPAC deal: www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...

This past Saturday, when I should have been cleaning up the yard and folding some laundry, I was instead gazing into my laptop in the kitchen, finishing up a (free!) certificate program in artificial intelligence. Here's what I learned: www.masslive.com/news/2026/03...

The underground student group at Harvard and MIT that VCs are desperate to access

The underground student group at Harvard and MIT that VCs are desperate to access

College students are leading five new initiatives that have already produced successful startups, drawing no‑questions‑asked investments from venture capital firms.

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