News Coverage

BusinessWest published a recap of business news for the year and mentioned the Innovation Institute’s designation of Western Mass. as both a Quantum Technology TechHub and a Food Science TechHub as a “major milestone.”

The Boston Globe wrote about Cyvl's pothole detection technology and mentioned the Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s (CAM) support for the company through the M2I2 initiative.

Somerville startup Cyvl and its AI-powered pothole detection platform were the focus of a Boston 25 story that also noted the company's $90,000 award through the Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s (CAM) M2I2 initiative.

The Telegram and Gazette's weekly business numbers roundup included an item on the Innovation Institute's $5.2 million funding of a BioHub at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, citing the initiative's goals of training more than 500 employees and creating more than 3,000 jobs in Central Massachusetts.

The Innovation Institute's funding of the Quantum Training Academy was front and center in WWLP's coverage of the program's second cohort graduation in Springfield, where students as young as ninth-grade completed a quantum computing curriculum.

Carolyn Kirk, Massachusetts Technology CEO, was a panelist at a fireside chat hosted by Northeastern University where Burlington High School students were given an in-depth opportunity to learn about how life sciences and artificial intelligence interact.

The Massachusetts Municipal Association reported on the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) launch of the Preparing Our Workforce for Microelectronics Resiliency (POWER) program, a $1.2 million initiative to support education, training and workforce development across the Northeast. The program offers grant funding to nonprofits, private companies and local governments to address workforce barriers in the semiconductor sector.

A Semiconductor Digest article covered the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) distribution of $1.37 million to 10 semiconductor firms through its Powering Regional Opportunities for Prototyping Microelectronics (PROPEL) program, which will help companies reduce product development and related costs.

The Quantum Computing Report featured the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) investment in Bridgewater State University's photonics and quantum research hub, the Visible Spectrum Characterization and Packaging Hub (VISPACK). The $1.1 million equipment grant came from the Healey-Driscoll Administration and NEMC.

Boston 25 News examined the 2023 cyberattack on Littleton's electric and water utility and used it as a lens for the vulnerabilities facing small municipalities across the state. The piece cited MassCyberCenter's role in helping businesses and local governments defend against similar threats and linked directly to MassCyberCenter resources alongside state cybersecurity tools.