Neural Magic helps organizations deliver AI through software rather than expensive and inefficient hardware like GPUs. MIT Professor Nir Shavit and his PHD student Alex Matveev were doing deep learning research at an MIT Lab in 2016 but didn’t have access to the same high powered hardware resources their corporate counterparts had to do traditional neural network computer science research.
FeatureByte is a “modern AI data platform for data scientists”. They are on a mission to scale enterprise AI by building a SaaS solution that helps simplify the creation, serving, management and monitoring of machine learning features. Founded in 2022 by Xavier Conort & Razi Raziuddin, the FeatureByte team knows data science and machine learning.
Snyk, which stands for “So Now You Know” and is pronounced like sneak, is the inventor and now leader of the growing developer security space. Back in 2015, Snyk founder Guy Podjarny recognized that the future of cybersecurity depended on one thing: developer adoption.
What a great quarter! Yes, it’s a lot of writing. Yes, I do all of the writing. But I’ve come to appreciate the tremendous privilege it is to hear the stories of all you talented operators, founders, ecosystem builders & companies trying to make a dent in this vibrant Boston startup ecosystem and the world beyond. I feel a deep responsibility to do you all justice and I’m working at it every day!
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oncoverycare is the first virtual survivorship clinic with a mission to help survivors lead happier, healthier lives. If we’re going to talk about oncoverycare, first we need to talk about its co-founder, Hil Moss.
Markit Social is “software for creators and event marketing”. Founded in 2021 out of the Tufts Venture Accelerator and a recent graduate of the Techstars Boston accelerator program, Jonathan Chang and his team are on a mission to reinvent events for creators and Gen Z attendees.
In 2011, Oracle acquired Boston based Endeca for $1.075B. The acquisition ended an 11 year journey spanning the Dot-com bubble, 9/11, the Great Financial Crisis, 3 Super Bowl wins, 2 World Series titles, 1 NBA Championship, 1 Stanley Cup and the punishing drumbeat of technological progress.
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Swapt is “software that helps increase brand awareness and help you track return on investment of your in-person campaigns and activations”. Founded in 2022 by former Klaviyo engineer Andrew Smith & Co-Founder Trevor Brown, Swapt is on a mission to help customers make sense of their offline data and make e-commerce into, well, commerce. They’re backed by Klaviyo founders Andrew Bialecki & Ed Hallen with additional seed capital from Asymmetric Partners & Perkins Cove Partners.
Elucid offers software to aid in“cardiovascular disease diagnosis and prevention.” Founded in 2013 (commercially) by Andrew Buckler, they’re shining light on a better way to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in pretty much every developed country and leads to 17M deaths worldwide. Every year.
Herald is “the easiest API for commercial insurance”. Founded in 2021 by Matthew Antoszyk & Duncan Crystal, these Co-Founders began their startup journey built on the infrastructure of a 20 year friendship. They met as kids at summer camp, a slightly more blissful environment than the crucible of early stage startups. If you want to know what someone’s really like there’s no better way than roasting marshmallows together. Oh and by the way CTO Jacob Barnett went to the same camp too! Maybe someone should turn this camp into an accelerator.. Anyway, back to Herald.
