Brian Dowling

Brian writes about technology and innovation from Boston. Before joining Xconomy, he reported on Massachusetts government and politics for the Boston Herald and previously wrote as a general assignment reporter covering everything from crime and courts to electoral politics, business, and international politics. Brian earned a master’s degree in newspaper writing from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and started his career at the Hartford Courant writing about manufacturing and energy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Theology from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Bain Capital Ventures Nets $1B Funding to Fuel New Round of Tech Bets
Bain Capital Ventures has raised $1 billion to pour into technology companies large and small across a swath of industries, the largest single round of fundraising in the firm’s history.
The... Read more »
ClearSky Data Raises Another $20M Amid Cloud Arms Race
[Updated 11/13/18, 12:05 pm, with executive comments throughout.] The data storage wars rage on.
Boston-based primary data storage and backup provider ClearSky Data has raised $20 million in new... Read more »
Veritas, Elliott Strike $5.7B Deal for Athenahealth
[Updated 11/12/18, 10:31 am, with deal terms.] Athenahealth has reached an agreement to be bought for approximately $5.7 billion in cash by private equity firms Veritas Capital and Evergreen... Read more »
Boston Tech Watch: Neurala A.I., GE, MaxQ, Threat Stack, Bluefyre
Acquisitions, partnerships, and an FDA approval mark this week’s roundup in Boston technology news. Read on for more:
—Boston University is adding artificial intelligence education to its electrical and computer engineering... Read more »
Google’s Schmidt: 5 Years Before A.I. Is More Than Advisory Tool
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the next five years of artificial intelligence and machine learning will be more like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa than a self-driving sedan or a... Read more »
In Search of Names, Tech Startups Look to Galaxies Far, Far Away
All-seeing orbs, a distant planet and source of a life-giving drug, interstellar faster-than-light space travel, a carbon-freezing technique used to lock away enemies.
The science fiction and fantasy creations—carbonite, palantir, Arrakis,... Read more »
“Don’t Go Nuts With This”: Tech CEOs on What $100M Can Buy
So, your long-scrappy tech startup cashed a nine-figure check from a gaggle of venture capital types.
What now?
Launch a hiring spree? Land a beachhead in Europe? Squirrel some away for... Read more »
Boston Tech Watch: CIC, Zylotech, Freebird, Mavrck, Sheprd
Venture funding rounds, a co-working center opening, and a shuttered ride-sharing service marked the Boston-area technology news this week. Read on for more.
—Freebird, a Cambridge, MA-based flight re-booking service, brought... Read more »
Nurse Staffing Startup Gets $10.8M as Personnel Ratios Hit MA Ballot
IntelyCare, a Massachusetts-based nurse-staffing platform for long-term care, assisted living, and rehabilitation facilities, has raised $10.8 million from venture investors, less than a week before voters weigh in on a new... Read more »
Moonshots, Tough Tech, and Not Falling in Love With Your Robot
Before researchers at Google’s skunkworks labs embark on a new project, they decide when to kill it.
The technical and business teams set parameters for when to walk away from the... Read more »
As Midterms Approach, Notarize Lends a Hand to Absentee Voters in SD
The idea started with online complaints from voters in South Dakota, where applications for absentee ballots require the certification of a notary public.
The response from Pat Kinsel, founder and CEO... Read more »
Boston Tech Watch: Scooter Regs, Threat Stack, iRobot, Teikametrics
Cybersecurity layoffs, higher import tariffs on robotic vacuum cleaners, funding deals, and a push for e-scooter regulations make up the pulse of technology news this week in Boston. Read on for... Read more »
In E-Commerce Marketing Race, Privy Aims to Democratize Online Tools
The push by Boston e-commerce tech startup Privy to become a marketing Swiss army knife for online merchants has fueled a new $4.25 million funding round for the company. The money... Read more »
Machine Learning Firm DataRobot Gets $100M to Automate Data Science
Boston startup DataRobot wrapped up a new $100 million funding round, injecting more cash into what was already one of the region’s biggest bets on machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Palo... Read more »
Boston Tech Watch: IBM, DataXu, Accion, Yottaa, CoachUp & More
[Updated 10/19/18, 5:08 pm. See below.] Rumors of a Boston adtech sale, a top-level departure at IBM’s Watson Health business, more cash to boost A.I. startups, and Boeing backing... Read more »
In Boston, Paul Allen Aimed to Boost Bioscience’s “Tempo of Discovery”
The scientific interests of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen led him to fund a pair of major research centers in the Boston area devoted to cracking mysteries of the human... Read more »

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