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Cision Canada
11-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
The Boston Globe Names Starburst Cofounder and CEO Justin Borgman to 2025 Tech Power Players 50 List
Among Top Tech Leaders in New England Honored in Globe's Fourth Annual List of Boston's Biggest Innovators BOSTON, June 11, 2025 /CNW/ -- Starburst, the data platform for apps and AI, today announced that its Cofounder and CEO, Justin Borgman, has been named to The Boston Globe's fourth annual Tech Power Players 50, a list of the most influential, accomplished, and interesting people working across technology in New England. This year's list of Tech Power Players honors 50-plus leaders across AI, quantum computing, consumer tech, cybersecurity, health tech, sustainability, and beyond. Eighteen innovators will join the ranks of the region's Tech Power Players for the first time, demonstrating exemplary contributions to the industry and considerable career impact on technology and business in New England. "It's an honor to be recognized alongside so many trailblazers in the Boston tech community," said Borgman. "As the industry pivots toward AI-driven applications, Starburst is playing a foundational role by providing the high-performance, federated data access needed to fuel intelligent experiences, without the cost or complexity of centralizing data. This recognition is a testament to our team's work in redefining what's possible in modern data architecture." Candidates for this year's list were selected based on the impact of their actions and accomplishments in fostering change and growth across the region. The list is vetted and decided on by the Globe's business and technology team, led by Gregory T. Huang, the Globe's business editor. "The Globe is proud to recognize the tech leaders whose forward-thinking ideas and energy for change are making a difference in this moment," said Huang. "Our region is at a crossroads in technology, and these leaders are playing a dynamic role in shaping our future success." In its fourth year, Tech Power Players 50 is a signature project of The Boston Globe's award-winning business and tech journalists. Since 2021, the Globe business and tech team has expanded its coverage to encompass the dynamic and far-reaching influence of The Hub — a region with a distinguished history in tech and an ambitious future in innovation — with offerings that include the Innovation Beat and Trendlines newsletters, profiles of prominent figures in Bold Types, investigations of consumer concerns in The Fine Print, and more. Read and experience the full Tech Power Players 50 list at and in a commemorative issue of Globe Magazine available on June 15. About Starburst Starburst is the data platform built for flexibility, delivering fast, secure access to all your data, wherever it lives. Whether on-premises, across clouds, or in hybrid environments, Starburst provides choice and control to your architecture. Built on an open data stack with Trino and Apache Iceberg, it unifies distributed data without complex or costly migrations, unleashing the full power of the data lakehouse for analytics and AI. With our Lakeside AI architecture, enterprises gain federated access, governed collaboration, and full data lineage, laying the foundation for scalable, compliant AI innovation. Starburst empowers data-intensive and security-conscious organizations to unlock the full potential of their data while ensuring performance, governance, and control. Enterprises in 60+ countries, including Comcast, Citigroup, and 4 of the top 5 global banks, trust Starburst to maximize data value. Our strategic partnerships with AWS, Dell Technologies, and top cloud providers ensures seamless interoperability across environments. From insights to action to AI, Starburst fuels innovation at every level. Learn more at
Boston Globe
10-06-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Can Boston's innovation scene get its mojo back? The Globe's 2025 Tech Power Players say yes.
But the local tech scene has more than a chance to regain its buzz. And the road back to prominence goes through what investors say is the only area in technology that matters right now: artificial intelligence. How — and how quickly — the Boston, however, has an advantage, one captured by the Globe' s Tech Power Players, our annual list of the most consequential leaders in the region's innovation economy. In a word, it's diversity — an exceptional combination of academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and industries, ranging from software to clean energy to health care. Advertisement This diversity provides the talent and opportunity to not only advance foundational AI models that learn from vast troves of data, but also to develop applications that spread the benefits of AI to businesses and consumers — in ways that affect lives. Thanks to key leaders in the scene, that development is underway. Advertisement PathAI, a Boston company that has raised more than $250 million in VC funding, has trained AI models to help pathologists diagnose disease and pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments while improving laboratory workflows; the firm is led by physician-scientist-turned-CEO Andy Beck. Familiar Machines & Magic of Woburn, Boston firm Motional's IONIQ 5 robotaxi parked along the Boston Harbor. Motional The state's biggest industries, meanwhile, are looking to AI — and local tech firms — to make them more efficient, effective, and competitive. Boston Medical Center, for example, is experimenting with AI tools to schedule operating rooms, translate medical records into different languages, and take notes during doctor-patient conversations, allowing doctors to focus on care. 'When you put together health care with all the innovation in Boston,' says Joy Brown, BMC's chief digital information officer, 'you have the opportunity to change health care.' When it comes to emerging technologies, the race often goes to the early, not just the swift. The question is whether Boston, which famously missed the personal computer wave and the interactive, social internet known as Web 2.0 (so long, Facebook!), is embracing AI too late. The Advertisement The Bay Area accounted for 33 of the 50 companies on Mikey Shulman, CEO and cofounder of Suno, in the company's Cambridge office. Barry Chin/Globe Staff 'It's time for Boston to reinvent itself,' says Adrian Mendoza, founder and general partner of the Boston VC firm Mendoza Ventures. 'We've got to create an AI hub here.' Mendoza and others in the tech community say the state should support AI on the scale of the vaunted biotech initiative, which was launched in 2008 and solidified Boston and Cambridge as the premier life sciences cluster. Daniela Rus, director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, says the key is creating compelling opportunities for local university graduates to stay here rather than take their smarts, ambitions, and startups to Silicon Valley and other places. One way to attract and keep talent here, she says, would be to provide startups low- or no-cost access to the massive — and expensive — computing power needed to build and train AI models. Most important, Rus says, the state needs to go big. 'The moment is now,' she says, 'not 10 years from now.' Rus is among those who say the Advertisement Sabrina Mansur, executive director of the Massachusetts AI Hub, the Healey administration's AI initiative, says the $100 million will be a catalyst to encourage partnerships between companies, industries, universities, and government. Massachusetts, she adds, can offer more than just money to AI entrepreneurs; the state presents the opportunity to work with industries such as robotics, clean energy, and biotech. 'This is where you come to change the world,' Mansur says. Just look at the region's clean energy and sustainability sectors, which have some of the world's leading companies. Form Energy, cofounded by MIT materials scientist A computer rendering of a commercial-scale fusion power plant that Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans to build in Virginia, not far from Washington D.C. Commonwealth Fusion Systems Is all this enough to change the trajectory of the local tech sector? Employment in Boston-area startups declined more than 4 percent last year, according to San Francisco VC firm SignalFire, while venture investment in local information technology companies fell to the lowest level in six years, according to PitchBook. Advertisement But local techsters say the region still has the key ingredients: talent and money. Universities, teaching hospitals, and growing companies continue to fight to attract the best and the brightest while venture capital remains a robust industry. Only California and New York have bigger VC sectors than Massachusetts, according to the National Venture Capital Association. What Boston needs to become a stronger innovation hub are more successful home-grown companies, along the lines of tech stars HubSpot ($32 billion stock market value), Toast ($25 billion market value), and Klaviyo ($10 billion market value), says Jeff Bussgang, cofounder and general partner of the Boston VC firm Flybridge. What it will take are determined founders, smart investors, and, ultimately, the approach of Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers. 'We just gotta keep swinging hard,' says Bussgang, 'and connect on one or two pitches.' Explore the list by sector Rob Gavin can be reached at
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Boston Globe to Announce Fourth Annual Tech Power Players 50 List
Top Tech Leaders in New England to Be Honored at Tech Innovation Summit, Featuring Startup World Cup BOSTON, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Globe will announce the fourth annual Tech Power Players 50, a list of the most influential, accomplished, and interesting people working across technology in New England, at Tech Innovation Summit on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. A special online edition of the prestigious list will be published the same week, and the list with special features on select honorees will be available in print in Globe Magazine on Sunday, June 15. This year's list of Tech Power Players honors 50-plus leaders across AI, quantum computing, consumer tech, cybersecurity, health tech, sustainability, and beyond. Eighteen innovators will join the ranks of the region's Tech Power Players for the first time, demonstrating exemplary contributions to the industry and considerable career impact on technology and business in New England. "Boston continues to be a thriving hub of technology and innovation," said Linda Henry, CEO of Boston Globe Media. "This year's list of Tech Power Players tells a broad story that illustrates the vibrancy of New England's tech industry through the diverse and dynamic achievements of the individuals featured in each sector." Candidates for this year's list were selected based on the impact of their actions and accomplishments in fostering change and growth across the region. The list is vetted and decided on by the Globe's business and technology team, led by Gregory T. Huang, the Globe's business editor. "The Globe is proud to recognize the tech leaders whose forward-thinking ideas and energy for change are making a difference in this moment," said Huang. "Our region is at a crossroads in technology, and these leaders are playing a dynamic role in shaping our future success." In its fourth year, Tech Power Players 50 is a signature project of The Boston Globe's award-winning business and tech journalists. Since 2021, the Globe business and tech team has expanded its coverage to encompass the dynamic and far-reaching influence of The Hub — a region with a distinguished history in tech and an ambitious future in innovation — with offerings that include the Innovation Beat and Trendlines newsletters, profiles of prominent figures in Bold Types, investigations of consumer concerns in The Fine Print, and more. This year, the Globe's Tech Innovation Summit will also feature the USA-Boston Regional Startup World Cup. Hosted with Pegasus Tech Ventures, the East Coast Regional Pitch Competition will offer an opportunity for Boston's best and brightest to pitch their most innovative startup ideas to qualify for the Grand Finale in Silicon Valley. Learn more about the Tech Innovation Summit and competing in the Startup World Cup. Read and experience the full Tech Power Players 50 list at and in a commemorative issue of the Globe Magazine available on June 15. Contact: Boston Globe Media Communications, 888-729-4091, communications@ About Boston Globe Media:Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC is a locally owned, award-winning media company serving Boston and New England for over 153 years. Its cornerstone is The Boston Globe, a 27-time Pulitzer Prize-winning news source and one of the most successful metro news organizations in the United States. The Globe is headquartered in Boston with regional bureaus in Washington, D.C., Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. The Globe has been successfully growing its direct subscriber base, today boasting the highest total number of subscribers the organization has had since 2008. The Globe hosts events that connect community members to its journalism and provides a range of digital and home-delivered advertising solutions that reach more consumers than any other New England media brand. Boston Globe Media's portfolio includes The Boston Globe, STAT, The B-Side, Globe Publishing Services, Globe Events, Studio/B, and Boston magazine. View original content: SOURCE The Boston Globe
