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Asimov

Biotech

Asimov

Headquartered in Boston, Asimov's mission is to advance humanity's ability to design living systems, enabling biotechnologies with outsized societal benefit. The company is developing a synthetic biology platform – from cells to software – to design and manufacture next-generation therapeutics, including biologics, cell/gene therapies, and RNA. Founded by bioengineers from MIT and Boston University, the company has raised over $200 million from top institutional investors including Andreessen Horowitz, CPP Investments, Horizons Ventures, and Fidelity Management & Research Company. Asimov builds tools to program living cells. By integrating mammalian synthetic biology, computer-aided design, and machine learning, our multi-disciplinary team is advancing the design and manufacture of biologics and gene therapies.

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Descrybe.ai

descrybe.ai is a singular way to search for, and understand, caselaw. Our unique process leverages generative AI to make complex legal information more accessible to professionals and laypeople alike. We are laser-focused on easy access to caselaw research, by lowering cost (it's free!), increasing ease of use, and employing natural language search and summarization capacity.

Activ Surgical

Healthcare

Activ Surgical

Activ Surgical is a digital surgery pioneer, envisioning a future of collaborative surgery, with surgical intelligence empowering scopes and robots to see what humans cannot see. The top surgeons in the world cannot be everywhere, but with Activ Surgical, their data and insights can be. Founded in 2017, Activ Surgical completed the world ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾄﾢs first autonomous robotic surgery of soft tissue and is building hardware-agnostic surgical software that allows surgical systems to collaborate with surgeons.

UNICORN

Healthcare

Consumer

UNICORN

Welcome to Unicorn – the visionary movement that's transforming the landscape of period care, one restroom stall at a time. We're more than just an organization; we're a community committed to promoting health, dignity, and equity. With our innovative, low-profile dispensers, we're making organic tampons and pads readily available in every stall of institutions who share our vision - starting with JPMorgan Chase & Co., the first big bank to adopt our revolutionary concept.

Electra Vehicles

Automotive

Electra Vehicles

Electra Vehicles is an industry leader in AI software for improved battery lifetime, range, and safety. Electra offers active embedded battery pack controls, electric fleet analytics, and design simulation software to address the challenges behind electrification in the automotive industry and beyond. Electra was co-founded in 2015 by Fabrizio Martini, who came to the idea while working as a Principal Investigator on a NASA project. With the latest in Machine Learning and access to over 300 cell models for simulation, Electra is equipped to enable current battery pack technology and support battery innovation for the future. Contact Electra for details about our AI solutions to the e-Mobility market's most pressing issues.

Legacy

Healthcare

Legacy

Legacy is the fatherhood company. We are building a full suite of solutions and services for future, expecting, and new fathers. Our first product allows men to test and freeze their sperm without ever visiting a clinic. We are a Harvard incubated company that went through Y Combinator in the Summer '19 Batch and won TechCrunch's disrupt in Berlin last November.

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July 22nd, 2025

Boston Tech Talks: Arnar Larusson from Tyme Wear

In this edition of Boston Tech Talks, Arnar Larusson, co-founder of Tyme Wear, shares how his background in biomechanics and engineering led to building a wearable tech startup—and why Boston’s unique mix of resources, talent, and community made it the ideal place to launch.