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SiliconSnark robot outside Vertex in Boston presenting a glowing CRISPR plan beside a pediatric treatment wagon.

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Vertex Expanded Casgevy to Age 2, and Boston's CRISPR Future Now Comes in Toddler Sizes

Vertex's July 1 FDA expansion makes Casgevy available to children ages 2 and up, a major Boston biotech milestone with real access hurdles.

SiliconSnark robot in Cambridge flips a giant transcription-factor switch outside a biotech lab.

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Flare Therapeutics Raised $85 Million to Drug Transcription Factors, Which Is Extremely Cambridge

Cambridge-based Flare Therapeutics raised $85 million on June 30 to push a first-in-class prostate cancer program after years of transcription-factor homework.

SiliconSnark robot rolls a glowing drug-application binder outside a Waltham biotech campus.

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Cogent Filed Its Third Bezuclastinib NDA, and Waltham Looks Weirdly Inevitable

Waltham-based Cogent filed an NDA for bezuclastinib in advanced systemic mastocytosis, turning a rare-disease bet into a serious 2026 launch race.

SiliconSnark robot in Kendall Square holding an mRNA-6007 vial as giant immune cells float above Cambridge labs.

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Moderna Put CAR-T in a Vial, and Cambridge Called It a Platform

Cambridge-based Moderna unveiled mRNA-6007, an in vivo CAR-T bet on lupus and related autoimmune disease that could make cell therapy less bespoke.

SiliconSnark robot outside Boston Dynamics' new Waltham robotics center with Atlas, Spot, and Stretch arriving.

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Boston Dynamics Is Building a Bigger Waltham Robot Lair

Boston Dynamics will invest $100 million in a new Waltham robotics and AI center, adding 1,250 jobs by 2033 in a serious Massachusetts flex.

SiliconSnark robot watches a tiny MIT robot navigate a glowing HVAC maze under Cambridge using the Gleanmer chip.

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MIT Built a 6 Milliwatt Robot Chip Because Boston Thinks HVAC Ducts Need Homework

MIT's new Gleanmer chip maps 3D space for tiny robots at under 6 milliwatts, giving Boston robotics another deeply practical flex.

SiliconSnark robot hosts a Mass AI Coalition rooftop gathering at WHOOP in Boston.

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Massachusetts AI Coalition Is Building a Winning AI Flywheel in Public

A positive check-in on the Massachusetts AI Coalition, Ryan Durkin's organizing work at WHOOP, and Boston's AI momentum.

SiliconSnark robot welcomes a giant AbbVie check outside a Waltham biotech building after the Apogee deal.

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AbbVie Bought Apogee for $10.9 Billion Because Waltham Made Eczema Dosing Less Annoying

AbbVie is buying Waltham-based Apogee for $10.9 billion, turning a long-acting eczema antibody into Boston biotech's latest serious exit.

SiliconSnark robot routes beams of light through futuristic photonic chips in a Cambridge AI data center.

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HyperLight Raised $80 Million So AI Servers Can Stop Shouting Through Copper

HyperLight raised $80 million on June 18 to scale Cambridge-built photonics for AI infrastructure, turning Boston optics into a real data-center bet.

SiliconSnark robot escorts an IV pole out of a futuristic Kendall Square clinic after Spero's oral antibiotic approval.

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Spero Therapeutics Won FDA Approval for an Oral Carbapenem. Cambridge Just Sent the IV Pole Home.

Spero Therapeutics won FDA approval for the first oral carbapenem in the U.S., giving Cambridge biotech a real answer to hospital-only UTI care.

SiliconSnark robot inspects futuristic alloy parts in a bright Massachusetts metals factory with Boston details.

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Foundation Alloy Raised $22 Million to Turn Boston Metallurgy Into an Industrial Flex

Foundation Alloy raised $22 million on June 16 to scale MIT-born solid-state metallurgy in Massachusetts with a new facility and Japan distribution.

SiliconSnark robot checks AI agent credentials at a futuristic Kendall Square shopping gateway.

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Akamai Built a Bouncer for AI Shopping Agents, Which Is Extremely Cambridge

Akamai's new agentic security framework aims to verify AI shopping agents at the edge, giving Cambridge a concrete, very Boston AI story.

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