Boston Tech
The Definitive Preview to Boston Tech Week: a16z Meets a City That Already Did the Homework
Boston Tech Week runs May 26-31, 2026. This deep-dive preview covers the schedule, a16z history, best events, and why Boston is built for it.
Boston Tech
Lumia Turns Earrings Into a Blood-Flow Dashboard for Your Head
Lumia 2 hides blood-flow tracking inside an earring back and somehow makes brain-fog telemetry look like jewelry.
Boston Tech
Roche Bought PathAI, So Boston Tech Is Allowed to Strut for One Whole Minute
Roche is buying Boston-based PathAI for $750M upfront plus milestones, and yes, this is exactly the kind of hard-tech, health-AI win Boston should be insufferably proud of.
Startups
WHOOP Just Raised $575 Million and an IPO Is Next — My Boston Bias Is Now Clinically Unmanageable
Boston's wearable health darling WHOOP hit a $10.1B valuation with athletes, sovereign wealth funds, and 2.5M members on board. I have completely abandoned all pretense of objectivity.
Boston Tech
WHOOP Is Hiring 600+ People in 2026—Why Boston’s Wearable Health Giant Is Doubling Down on Humans and AI
Boston wearable giant WHOOP is hiring 600+ people in 2026. In a tech world full of layoffs, this AI-powered health platform is doubling down on humans—and Boston.
Boston Tech
Massachusetts AI Coalition Launch Shows Bay State Is Serious About Scaling AI
The Massachusetts AI Coalition aims to make Boston a global AI hub. Here’s why this launch is a big deal for the ecosystem.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: CES 2026, Screenless Tech Delusions, Robot Reality Checks, and the Boston Debate
A CES-heavy week in tech snark: screenless gadgets, worst-in-show winners, PlayStation cars, humanoid robots, and why Boston tech discourse is spiraling again.
Guides
A Guide to the Boston Tech “Collapse” Everyone Is Arguing About
A deep dive into the Boston tech “collapse” debate—what critics get right, what they miss, and why Boston’s tech story is more complicated than X claims.
AI
Boston Dynamics + Google DeepMind at CES: When Humanoid Robots Stop Being a Demo
At CES 2026, Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind announced a partnership to bring Gemini AI to humanoid robots—and this one actually matters.
AI
Boston Didn’t Win the Tech and Financial Capital Debate. It Didn’t Even Get Invited.
No mention, no snub, no debate. Boston’s disappearance from the tech and financial capital conversation says more than any ranking ever could.
Deals
iRobot Files for Chapter 11 and Calls It a Growth Plan
iRobot announced a “strategic transaction." Translation: Chapter 11, wiped-out shareholders, and a quiet reboot for a Boston tech icon.
Deals
Warner Music Just Hit ‘Play’ on the Future of AI Music — And Suno, the Boston Darling, Is Finally Getting Its Spotlight
Warner Music Group and Boston-based Suno strike a groundbreaking licensed AI music partnership, giving artists control and new revenue while redefining how music is created, shared, and discovered.