IBM has announced plans to bring its Watson Health team to Boston, Rob Weisman reported in the Globe today. Named after the IBM artificial intelligence platform that bested human contestants in the television quiz show “Jeopardy,” Watson Health will seek …
Venture capitalists open-source new visa approach for foreign-born founders
Don’t expect this kind of zippy action from your Congress…
After having breakfast on Wednesday at the Mandarin Oriental in Boston, venture capitalists Brad Feld and Jeff Bussgang decided to “open-source” a novel strategy for creating more H1-B visas for …
Hello Alfred raises $10.5 million in Series A round for on-demand assistants
Over the past five months, the on-demand butlers working for Hello Alfredhave worked over 40,000 hours, dry cleaned 57,600 shirts, delivered 3,326 pounds of dog food and carefully arranged 1,280 bouquets in homes. Now, the startup has another number it …
Localytics acquires Splitforce, adds machine learning to app marketing software
Localytics, the Boston-based app analytics and marketing company, turned heads last month when it raised $35 million in a Series D round. The influx of cash — it’s raised $58 million in total — made Localytics the most well-funded startup …
Boston women’s venture summit spotlights gender balance, bias in entrepreneurship
The inaugural meeting of Capital W: The Boston Women’s Venture Summit wasn’t just another conference, it was a Silicon Seneca Falls. And if you don’t get my reference, go read about Susan B. Anthony’s conference in 1848 where women met …