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SpadXTech is a Worcester startup devising a new way to make artificial leather. Chief executive Lina Gonzalez (left) with research scientist Azka Siddiq in the company's lab.

Three Mass. startups are finalists in national inventor competition

Diverging from the tech and biotech sectors, the companies are focused on making it easier to turn existing dams into power sources, making artificial leather, and detecting brain swelling.

John Grisham (left) and George R.R. Martin are among more than a dozen authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale.”

Franzen, Grisham, and other prominent authors sue OpenAI

More than a dozen authors are accusing the company of infringing on their copyrights by using their books to train its popular ChatGPT chatbot.

Andrew Bialecki, CEO and cofounder Klaviyo.

Klaviyo breaks Boston tech’s two-year IPO drought. What does that mean for the economy?

In its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Klaviyo’s stock closed at $32.76, giving it a valuation of about $10 billion.

Charlie French, director of smart home at Amazon, spoke during the Amazon Devices and Services event at the HQ2 campus in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday. Amazon previewed a push into generative artificial intelligence with new features for its Alexa voice assistant.

Amazon unveils a ‘smarter and more conversational’ Alexa amid AI race among tech companies

The company showed different interactions through a pre-recorded video and a live demo where Alexa responds to prompts to write a poem, give ideas for a date night, and provide a breakdown of a football game.

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Circle Internet Financial CEO Jeremy Allaire seated in the Boston Public Garden.

Boston’s leading crypto firm Circle keeps shrinking

Amazon sued by FTC and 17 states over allegations it inflates online prices, overcharges sellers

Amazon is making big moves in generative AI.

Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic

Winston Chen (right) and David Trilling have launched Inside Arlington, an online newspaper that uses artificial intelligence to write up reports on city government meetings.

In Arlington, an AI news site takes root

The Core Summit conference, held on Sept. 19 in Boston, featured breakout discussions in which tech entrepreneurs and investors discussed topics such as startup funding.

10 insights into the state of today’s tech sector

Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild members and supporters on a picket line outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 11.

Hollywood studios, writers near deal but AI issue lingers, sources say

TECH POWER PLAYERS 50

Introducing the top New England CEOs, venture capitalists, and founders of 2023
Our second annual list spotlights leaders who have kept the region's technology scene vibrant in a challenging climate, telling a story about where the industry stands, where it’s been, and where it’s going.

What distinguishes Boston’s tech sector is perseverance, determination, and confidence to take the long view — qualities exhibited by the diverse entrepreneurs, financiers, and intellectuals on The Boston Globe’s Tech Power Players 50 list.

The Boston tech sector’s defining characteristic in 2023? Resilience.

From left to right: Steve Fredette, Aman Narang, and Jonathan Grimm.

No. 1: These restaurant-focused entrepreneurs are the Toast of tech

Siyu Huang, founder and CEO of Factorial Energy.

Climate change is a major problem. These Boston leaders have solutions.

Thanks to the local changemakers driving innovation, the tech industry in all its forms plays an outsize role in Boston’s economy, from the flow of venture capital funds to where workers get their paychecks.

By the numbers: A look at jobs, hiring, diversity, and funding in Mass. tech

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No. 3: Yvonne Hao stepped up just in time for Mass. tech

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TECH LAYOFFS

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector
Dozens of companies have reduced their workforces, ranging from the regional offices of the tech giants to startups that have only been in a business a few years.

Unicorn Tracker

The Boston Globe’s tech unicorn tracker lists startups headquartered in Massachusetts that have a valuation of at least $500 million. A “unicorn” is a company with a valuation in excess of $1 billion.

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Yellow pea field fritters being prepared at CommonWealth Kitchen in Dorchester, Mass., on Aug. 16. The nonprofit aims to produce more sustainable, locally-grown, and plant-based menu options.

A new kind of falafel is being developed in Boston. Is it any good?

At CommonWealth Kitchen, a Dorchester nonprofit that serves as home base for food entrepreneurs, chef Kevin Doherty is cooking up a new kind of falafel — with no chickpeas in sight.

From paving commuter rail tracks to Watertown water shuttles, innovators are dreaming up Boston transportation solutions

Can technology fix the broken process of getting around Boston?

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Andrew Bialecki (left) and Ed Hallen founded Boston marketing software company Klaviyo in 2012. The company will debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

In Boston tech’s first IPO since 2021, Klaviyo to start trading on Wednesday

The marketing software firm raised $576 million in the deal, which could signal a reopening of the window for companies to go public. 8:09 p.m.

A wide range of lived experiences is necessary to pinpoint AI’s prejudices, such as racial or gender biases, said Rumman Chowdhury, a responsible AI fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center, during a Globe Summit panel on AI’s diversity problem.

Globe Summit panelists weigh the ‘superpowers’ of AI against its hazards

The path to navigate the promise and perils of artificial intelligence lies in human intervention, panelists said. 6:25 p.m.

Barbara Fried, mother of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrived at court in New York City in 2022. On Monday, lawyers for the cryptocurrency exchange filed a lawsuit accusing Allan Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried of exploiting their access to and influence over their son and the company he funded.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents sued by FTX

The lawsuit seeks to claw back millions of dollars the couple received from their son. 4:33 p.m.

The WHOOP sign in Kenmore Square (top left). The Wayfair office location on Boylston Street (top center). The lobby of the DraftKings Back Bay offices (top right). DataRobot's office in downtown Boston (bottom left). Cambridge software company HubSpot at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (bottom center). A 3-D printer at the Desktop Metal headquarters in Burlington (bottom right). All of these Boston-area tech companies have conducted layoffs in the last six months.

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

Dozens of companies have reduced their workforces, ranging from the regional offices of the tech giants to startups that have only been in a business a few years. 2:29 p.m.

Fortnite "V-Bucks" for sale at a video game retailer in Chicago last year.

Did your kids buy gear in Fortnite without asking you? The FTC says you could get a refund

US regulators are starting to notify more than 37 million people by email that they may be eligible for compensation as part of a legal settlement with Fortnite’s maker, Epic Games Inc. 2:06 p.m.

Klaviyo plans for its shares to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KVYO.

Klaviyo boosts IPO fundraising target to $557 million

The Boston-based company raised the price range for its IPO to $27 to $29 a share, up from $25 to $27 each. 12:08 p.m.

The new John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Kendall Square

New Volpe Transportation Center opens as part of $750 million deal between MIT and feds

The new transportation center is the first building to open in a mixed-use development in Kendall Square that will include research labs, retail, affordable housing, and open space. 9:06 a.m.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to California to meet with Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.

Netanyahu talks to Elon Musk in California about antisemitism on X and artificial intelligence

The Israeli leader told the tech businessman he hopes that within the confines of the First Amendment he can find a way to clamp down on antisemitism and other forms of hatred on his social media platform. 3:12 p.m.