Archive for March 2021

Polaris Inc. is partnering with Optimus Ride, an MIT spinout and maker of autonomous vehicle technology, to launch a line of low-speed, electric and self-driving shuttles. Read More

The immunotherapy company will build out a space in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center. Read More

As founder and director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab at Brown University, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan is knee-deep in the minutiae of how innovation economies work — and the ways in which they often fail entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds. Read More

Cue the brass band, please. Three weeks and 4,703 votes later, Rhode Island Inno is ready to crown this year’s Tech Madness champion. Read More

The Bay State’s clean energy sector saw a loss of 19,600 jobs between March and May last year, erasing five years of job growth in the sector as the pandemic-driven restrictions slowed the economy and overwhelmed the country. Read More

Since the pandemic began, the Boston-based bank has notified federal regulators that it plans to shutter dozens of branches across its footprint. Read More

The $50 million boost to Boston’s rental relief fund follows the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extension of a national foreclosure moratorium until June 30. Read More

The online sports betting operator (Nasdaq: DKNG) did not say how much it paid to acquire Vegas Sports Information Network Inc., or VSiN, a Las Vegas-based developer, producer and distributor of up to about 18 hours of live linear sports betting content each day. Read More

The company said the change reflects its recent evolution from radio broadcasting to a multi-pronged audio content provider. Read More