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Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston

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Amazon is planning to build a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub near Boston that will result in the creation of 200 tech and manufacturing jobs, Amazon announced in a press release Wednesday (Nov. The 350,000-square-foot facility will be located in Westborough, Massachusetts, which is 35 miles west of Boston.

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Amazon Expands Boston Tech Hub; Adds 2,000 New Tech Roles

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Amazon , announced news on Tuesday (May 1) that it will expand its Boston Tech Hub, creating 2,000 new tech jobs in fields including machine learning, speech science, cloud computing and robotics engineering. According to Amazon, the teams based in Boston are focused mainly on Alexa, Amazon Web Services and Audible.

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MasterCard Adds Boston To ‘Priceless Cities’ Program

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How can one sum up the history of Boston? And that’s exactly what happened this week after MasterCard named Boston on its list of MasterCard Priceless Cities, a program designed to connect consumers with the city through exclusive access options to popular destinations. “Priceless.”

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Second Share Purchase Deal Values POS Startup Toast At $8B

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The secondary offering gives Boston-headquartered Toast a valuation of about $8 billion, up from a $4.9 Founded in 2011 by Aman Narang , Jonathan Grimm and Steve Fredette , the startup closed a $400 million funding round in February at a $4.9 billion valuation pre-pandemic in February. billion valuation. .

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DraftKings To Merge With Other Companies, Go Public

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Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston. DraftKings was founded in 2011.

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DraftKings To Merge, IPO At A $3.3B Market Value

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Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston. DraftKings was founded in 2011.

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One Food-Ordering App To Rule Them All

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It’s a hungry brand, gobbling up three different food delivery competitors in the last quarter alone: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. Foodler launched in Boston in 2005. Grubhub isn’t just about hungry people. The Eat24 deal closed last week on Oct.

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