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Boston A.I. Leaders Call for Focus on Diversity, Global Mindset in 2019

Xconomy

It was an eventful year for the artificial intelligence industry. The sector saw more big venture capital deals and acquisitions , while researchers kept plugging away on technology advances. software startups to reflect on the trends that defined the sector in 2018—and where things might be headed in 2019.

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Mark Levin Named Xconomy’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner in Boston

Xconomy

We at Xconomy are excited to announce that we are honoring Mark Levin, co-founder and partner at Third Rock Ventures, with our 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award in Boston. The award recognizes Levin’s extensive contributions to the biotech industry and to the Boston life sciences ecosystem.

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Norwest VC Eyes Waves of Change in A.I., Marketing, Cloud for 2019

Xconomy

Venture capital firms invest in potentially disruptive technologies with the hope of profit, then keep watch for further advances that could overtake their existing portfolio companies. All this is done while they guide startups through other external challenges such as fundraising droughts and overall market downturns.

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Autonomic CEO Gavin Sherry on Mobility, China, and Data Privacy

Xconomy

But looking back from the viewpoint of 2019, it’s worth considering whether the really pivotal, world-changing advances in transportation have not already been launched. It came in relatively quick steps: —The first time a person with a smartphone stepped into a car, that vehicle became, by proxy, a connected device with GPS.

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Bio Roundup: Trump’s Budget, Biogen’s AD Reveal, Hugin’s Run & More

Xconomy

Amid it all, we tried to parse what the Trump administration’s 2019 budget proposal meant for the biomedical and life-science worlds. Another week of White House chaos and American gun violence.

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