Boston startup DataRobot wrapped up a new $100 million funding round, injecting more cash into what was already one of the region’s biggest bets on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Palo Alto, CA-based venture firms Meritech and Sapphire Ventures led the Series D investment, with DFJ Growth, New Enterprise Associates, and IA Ventures also participating … Continue reading “Machine Learning Firm DataRobot Gets $100M to Automate Data Science”
Author: Brian Dowling
Brian is a former Xconomy editor. Before joining Xconomy, he reported on Massachusetts government and politics for the Boston Herald and previously wrote as a general assignment reporter covering everything from crime and courts to electoral politics, business, and international politics. Brian earned a master’s degree in newspaper writing from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and started his career at the Hartford Courant writing about manufacturing and energy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Theology from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Boston Tech Watch: IBM, DataXu, Accion, Yottaa, CoachUp & More
[Updated 10/19/18, 5:08 pm. See below.] Rumors of a Boston adtech sale, a top-level departure at IBM’s Watson Health business, more cash to boost A.I. startups, and Boeing backing a space propulsion company dominate the Boston-area’s tech headlines from the week. Read on for more. —Boston firm DataXu is working with a New York investment … Continue reading “Boston Tech Watch: IBM, DataXu, Accion, Yottaa, CoachUp & More”
In Boston, Paul Allen Aimed to Boost Bioscience’s “Tempo of Discovery”
The scientific interests of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen led him to fund a pair of major research centers in the Boston area devoted to cracking mysteries of the human biological code—and aiming to recreate the sort of foundational work he and Bill Gates applied to personal computing in the 1970s. Allen—who died Monday … Continue reading “In Boston, Paul Allen Aimed to Boost Bioscience’s “Tempo of Discovery””