SoFi Put Kraken Behind Its Bank. The Stablecoin Loop Is Closed.

SoFi and Payward linked Kraken liquidity, 24/7 bank settlement, and SoFiUSD, showing how crypto and regulated finance are merging underneath.

Superluminal Medicines Raised $60 Million to Make an Appetite Switch Pick a Lane

Boston biotech Superluminal Medicines raised $60 million to take an AI-designed oral drug for rare genetic obesity into its first human trial.

The Complete Guide to Personal AI Assistants—and the Price of Being Understood

A brutally complete guide to personal AI assistants: Instinct’s $2.5B frenzy, Circleback’s free tier, the giants, startups, benefits, and risks.

Razer Prio Turns Your Phone Into a Foldable Console With No Battery Drama

Razer’s $99.99 Prio folds to credit-card size, skips Bluetooth, and makes mobile gaming look suspiciously prepared.

Physical Superintelligence Raised $58 Million to Give Physics a Night Shift

Cambridge startup Physical Superintelligence raised $58 million to build AI virtual physicists, starting with data-center power and cooling.

TabaPay Raised $155 Million to Put a Bank Inside Its Payment API

TabaPay raised $155 million and plans to buy Transact Bank, bringing payment rails and a national bank charter under one increasingly regulated roof.

Sonos Ace Ultra Finally Joined the Sonos System. That Took $449.

Sonos Ace Ultra adds direct speaker handoffs, stronger ANC, and 35-hour battery life for $449. The obvious upgrade is also the right one.

Transfyr Raised $25 Million to Give Lab Experiments a Replay Button

Cambridge startup Transfyr raised $25 million to turn lab work into machine-readable data for reproducibility, training, and scientific automation.

Diffraqtion Raised Over $10 Million to Give Satellites Smaller Glasses

Somerville startup Diffraqtion raised over $10 million to build quantum cameras for sharper, faster space and defense sensing with smaller optics.

Grok Bot Is OpenClaw in a Company Polo. That May Be Enough.

Grok Bot did not invent autonomous agents. It packaged OpenClaw’s hardest chores into a slick app—and that convenience may be the real breakthrough.

Tennis Tech in 2026 Can Call Every Line. It Still Can’t Fix Your Forehand.

A definitive 2026 guide to tennis technology, from US Open AI and electronic line calling to smart courts, wearables and amateur coaching apps.

Julia Grew Up at MIT and Now Wants to Build the Plane Too

MIT-born Julia now serves over one million users and powers JuliaHub’s physics-aware Dyad tools, a serious Boston bet on engineering software.