Scott Kirsner

Angle is raising a first round of funding for Familiar Machines & Magic, a Boston-area company that will develop a new kind of home robot focused on health and wellness.

Angle is raising a first round of funding for Familiar Machines & Magic, a Boston-area company that will develop a new kind of home robot focused on health and wellness.

A conversation with prominent members of the innovation community reveals concerns about climate, society, and China.

Economic development in this new era is about making the case to individuals that your state is the best place to work, start a company, buy a house, or raise a family.

No one would argue that we’re living through a golden age of manufacturing in Massachusetts, but you might be surprised what actually gets made here these days.

The songs generated by Suno often sound like they are written by a composer on a tight deadline — but occasionally, you can strike gold.

Programs that get kids excited about STEM — science, technology, engineering, and math — top the list over any drugs, software, patents, or startups.

Flux Marine has developed a clean, quiet battery-powered outboard motor that it hopes will convince boaters to give up their gas guzzlers. But electric boats face many of the same challenges as electric vehicles.

Even for Amy and Pierre Villenueve, a couple hardened by years of starting, running, and working in tech startups, winemaking presented a new set of risks.

Applied Invention is working on mind-boggling initiatives such as a mechanical clock designed to last 10,000 years, or torpedo-like underwater drones to gather data from the ocean.

Boston startups that are likelier to have diverse founders are harder to get off the ground here.

Boston startups that are likelier to have diverse founders are harder to get off the ground here.

Governor Deval Patrick bought us a Ferrari in 2008, when he signed a law allocating $1 billion to the industry over a decade. Now Beacon Hill needs to insure, maintain, and gas up that Ferrari.

Flagship scours labs, research hospitals, and universities for cutting-edge science and builds companies around that science.

Along the Mystic River, Boston Boatworks continues a tradition that reaches back centuries to the construction of the USS Constitution and the clipper ships built in Donald McKay’s shipyard.

After building a $6 billion company that employs 1,500 and generates $700 million in annual revenues, Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen have taken an unusually benevolent perspective on Klaviyo employees who strike out on their own.

There are reports that the Cambridge company could be bought by Google. Here’s what that would mean.

Cuban, a tech and health care investor, sold his majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks in December but still oversees basketball operations.

Mainvest helped more than 100 companies in Massachusetts raise money, including Nightshade Noodle Bar, Top Shelf Cookies, and restaurant chain Mike and Patty’s.

The design of delivery apps encourages drivers to double park and block bike lanes. The city needs to hold them accountable.