News Coverage

A Boston Globe profile of LabCentral's leadership transition references the Innovation Institute's $1.9 million grant to establish an AI BioHub through the Sector Spark Program. The piece frames the grant as part of LabCentral's recent efforts to adapt amid a broader slowdown in the life sciences sector.

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center announced proposals for compute infrastructure as part of the Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub)'s "groundbreaking" push to expand access to advanced AI resources across Massachusetts.

MassLive put a regional spotlight on the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) Residential Retrofit Program, reporting that roughly 1,600 Pioneer Valley affordable housing units across Holyoke, Springfield, Amherst and Longmeadow will receive upgrades to their broadband infrastructure.

BusinessWest covered the Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s (CAM) Manufacturing Cybersecurity Program (MCP) grants, noting that four of the 20 recipients were Western Massachusetts companies. The piece quoted CAM Director Lily Fitzgerald on the program's role in helping small and medium manufacturers grow and build resilience.

AdvancedManufacturing.org detailed the Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s (CAM) Manufacturing Cybersecurity Program (MCP), which distributed $540,473 to 20 Massachusetts-based manufacturers to fund cyber infrastructure upgrades. The piece included a quote from CAM Director Lily Fitzgerald on how the program is strengthening the state's manufacturing ecosystem.

The Innovation Institute's Sector Spark grant program landed in the Boston Business Journal with the piece focusing on the $1.95 million award to LabCentral and C10 Labs to build an AI BioHub in Kendall Square. The article notes the program will directly support more than 70 startups.

The Eagle Tribune covered the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) $10.4 million Residential Retrofit Program from a hyper-local angle, highlighting over 600 units that will receive upgrades in Salem and Gloucester. The article references past awards from MBI through the Residential Retrofit Program and Gap Networks Grant Program to tackle connectivity gaps throughout the state.

The New Bedford Guide covered the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) $10.4-million Residential Retrofit Program announcement and provided a detailed account of providers and public housing operators which received awards. New Bedford was among the 26 communities statewide set to receive infrastructure upgrades to public and affordable housing units.

Government Technology focused on how Massachusetts is leveraging more than $10 million through Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) Residential Retrofit Program and linked to our expression of interest form to drive additional interest in the program

The Boston Business Journal posted an opinion piece by Rudina Seseri, a member of the AI Task Force, championing the Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub).