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THE BOSTON EDITION 2026

Boston’s
ai industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping ai in Boston. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

AI illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Boston’s ai leaders

17 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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AI company highlights in Boston, snapshot 4 August 2026
Company
Snyksnyk.io$1.32B6 roles1,138Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
DataRobotdatarobot.com$1.05B5 roles453—
Lightmatterlightmatter.co$822.4M—137—
Tomorrow.iotomorrow.io$374M—124—
Berkshire Greyberkshiregrey.com$263M—378—
PathAIpathai.com$254.94M—573—
Lightelligencelightelligence.ai$246.7M—200—
Motionalmotional.com$239.66M—1,500—
Code Metalcodemetal.ai—11 roles——
VideaHealthvideahealth.io—7 roles90—
simerasimera.io—7 roles142—
LinkSquareslinksquares.com—6 roles344—
Daice Labsdaicelabs.com—5 roles——
mablmabl.com—5 roles51—
GenesisAIgenesisai.io——11Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Indico Dataindicodata.ai——100—
Zappizappi.io——119Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
17 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only
THE KEY SIGNALS

AI industry KPIs in Boston

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

4 August 2026
Hiring participation13.6%

28 of 206 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation35.0%

72 of 206 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share46.1%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$8.5M

Midpoint of 190 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 46.1% of disclosed capital, while 65.0% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Boston ai has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Boston ai
$0$415.3M$830.59M$1.25B$1.66B2016: $115.11M20162017: $116.98M20172018: $243.31M20182019: $623.92M20192020: $1.2B20202021: $1.46B20212022: $631.67M20222023: $695.5M20232024: $647.76M20242025: $695.15M2025
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Annual ai funding and company formation in Boston
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$115.11M912
2017$116.98M1310
2018$243.31M1617
2019$623.92M218
2020$1.2B1415
2021$1.46B1620
2022$631.67M912
2023$695.5M2716
2024$647.76M2818
2025$695.15M2313
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Snyk19.0%
  • DataRobot15.2%
  • Lightmatter11.9%
  • Other companies53.9%

Funding by stage

218 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel80 36.7%
Series A–B83 38.1%
Series C+ / PE39 17.9%
Grants, debt & other16 7.3%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
7 rounds

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Seed05/2026
Coworked $1.8M

Backed by Open Opportunity Fund and Two Ravens and others.

Series F02/2026
Tomorrow.io $175M

Backed by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest Partners.

Series B02/2026
Code Metal $125M

Backed by Salesforce Ventures and Accel and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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Series F09/2021
Snyksnyk.io$397.02M

Backed by Sands Capital and Tiger Global Management and others.

Series D09/2020
Snyksnyk.io$200M

Backed by Addition Capital and Accel and others.

Series G12/2022
Snyksnyk.io$196.5M

Backed by Dimitri Sirota and Qatar Investment Authority and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

Exact designated identities and reviewed filing records were checked, but this page has neither a qualifying preview account nor a target cohort meeting the ten-entity aggregate floor.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Boston companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Most-installed apps

12 of these companies (5.8%) publish at least one Android app — 15 apps in all, carrying 1.7M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Tomorrow.io: Weather ForecastTomorrow.io1.4M4.6Weather
Renovate AI : House DesignRenovateai265.9K4.5House & Home
Yogger: Movement Analysis AppYogger43.1K4.6Sports
Tomorrow.io BusinessTomorrow.io8.5K3.3Weather
Linus ParticipantLinus Health2.2K—Medical
InSkillInskill1.4K—Business
CephableCephable1.2K—Productivity
RELAXaHEADIrody9481.9Health & Fitness
NeurableNeurable6284.9Health & Fitness
Neurture: Quit HabitsNeurture220—Health & Fitness

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Artificial Intelligence151.7MTomorrow.io: Weather Forecast 1.4M
Air Pollution Management Tech21.4MTomorrow.io Business 8.5K
Healthcare It53.5KLinus Participant 2.2K
Ai In Healthcare22.4KLinus Health 204
Disease Self Management31.2KRELAXaHEAD 948
Computer Vision21KMRTLE2 Study 52

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Boston ai market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech145
Enterprise software111
Saas87
Deep tech77
Consumer digital36
Native ai in healthcare24
Healthtech24
Native ai in marketing16
Native ai in software development16
Native ai in financial services14
Fintech14
Masschallenge batches10

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

145companies
15.2%have hiring activity

22 companies hiring · $6.72B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription192
Advertising10
Commission on transaction9
E-commerce - service4
E-commerce - product3
Sponsorship2
Physical commerce2
Fee-for-service2
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundscodemetal.ai ↗

Code Metal Scoops Up $125M Series B Round Back to Home BOSTON, MA, Code Metal, the leader in verifiable code translation for mission-critical industries, has announced the close of its $125 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from Accel, B Capital, Smith Point Capital, J2 Ventures, Shield Capital, Overmatch, RTX, and others.

Funding roundstomorrow.io ↗

The Boston-based company raised $175 million in equity funding.

Funding roundsindicodata.ai ↗

Aviva Ventures Completes Strategic Investment in Indico Data to Accelerate AI-Driven Insurance Automation

Funding roundspathai.com ↗

PathAI has raised over $255 million

Funding roundsdatarobot.com ↗

Element AI's ambitions are reminiscent of the work being done by Boston-based automated machine learning company DataRobot, which has raised $111 million, with "significant" additional funding expected in the second close of the round.

Mergers & acquisitionssnyk.io ↗

Snyk acquires Invariant Labs Software security firm Snyk has acquired Swiss company Invariant Labs to accelerate agentic AI innovation.

Funding roundsmavenagi.com ↗

Maven AGI has raised $50 million in Series B funding.

Mergers & acquisitionsmetaplane.dev ↗

Cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog on Wednesday said it has acquired Metaplane, an AI-powered data observability startup.

Funding roundslightmatter.co ↗

Instead of moving information between computer chips as electrical signals, Lightmatter’s technology uses optical connections and what are known as silicon photonics to move the information using light. Mountain View, California-based Lightmatter has raised $850 million in venture funding to date as such optical technologies have kicked off a wave of investments in Silicon Valley amid a search for better ways to string together chips to power chatbots, image generators and other AI applications.

Funding roundsvideahealth.io ↗

That's how I was able to raise my first seed round, which was $1 million.

Full recorded event mix

Top 8 categories among 84 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Leadership moves
27
Funding rounds
23
New products
13
Company announcements
9
Capital infusions
7
Mergers & acquisitions
3
Incorporation
1
Contracts
1
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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

Snyk ↗

IPO1 reports

Leadership moves

6 tracked people moves

Zappi ↗
Aaron Kechley

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Zappi ↗
Steve Phillips

Appointment Executive Chair and Chief Innovation Officer

Snyk ↗
Guy Podjarny

Appointment Director

Snyk ↗
Adam McKay

Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer

Zappi ↗
Barry

Departure

Snyk ↗
Peter McKay

Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

PathAI ↗
AISight Dx

Digital Pathology Platform

Workforce actions

2 companies with reported reductions

Motional ↗

40.0% rolescost reduction

Snyk ↗

Scale not stated roles

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Berkshire Grey→Revolution Acceleration AcquisitionCompleted2025-08-24Not stated in snapshot
Snyk→Invariant LabsAnnounced2025-07-07Not stated in snapshot
datadog→Metaplane ↗Completed2025-05-09Not stated in snapshot
DataRobot→agnostiqAnnounced2025-02-10Not stated in snapshot
liveramp→data plus mathAnnounced2024-06-24$150.0M
veradigm→scienceio2024-05-28Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

511 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 680-posting snapshot covers 48 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Account Executive14
Marketing Lead13
Software Engineer11
Account Director8
Av Test Engineer8
Staff User Experience Researcher7
0 internship postings

77 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

316 postings specify a level.

unspecified
364
senior
132
manager
110
lead
63
intern
7
entry
4

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 680 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Python
47
Aws
38
Gcp
26
Azure
26
Sql
24
Typescript
22
Docker
19
Kubernetes
17
React
16
Node.Js
16
ADVERTISED PAY$157.2K/ year

Median across 46 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

175 founders and chief executives across 99 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

60 profiles with education records.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
27
Harvard University
14
Stanford University
4
Cornell University
3
Wharton School
3
Tel Aviv University
2
Harvard Business School
2
University of Pennsylvania
2

Prior employers

14 profiles with prior-work records.

Google
5
McKinsey
2
Microsoft
2
Morgan Stanley
1
Cisco
1
Facebook
1
Apple
1
Boston Consulting Group
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

10,716 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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10,716articles in the measured year
2,924articles in 2026Q1
78.2%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

AI coverage tagged Boston · articles per complete quarter

01,4482,8974,3455,7942021Q2: 2,0992021Q22021Q3: 2,2252021Q4: 2,0012022Q1: 2,4052022Q2: 2,4152022Q22022Q3: 2,1312022Q4: 2,4632023Q1: 2,4012023Q2: 3,0222023Q22023Q3: 2,5062023Q4: 2,7182024Q1: 3,3252024Q2: 3,2352024Q22024Q3: 2,8312024Q4: 3,3202025Q1: 5,0382025Q2: 3,4332025Q22025Q3: 3,0302025Q4: 2,2662026Q1: 2,9242026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q22,099
2021Q32,225
2021Q42,001
2022Q12,405
2022Q22,415
2022Q32,131
2022Q42,463
2023Q12,401
2023Q23,022
2023Q32,506
2023Q42,718
2024Q13,325
2024Q23,235
2024Q32,831
2024Q43,320
2025Q15,038
2025Q23,433
2025Q33,030
2025Q42,266
2026Q12,924

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
5,827 positive · 41 neutral · 1,659 negative
2022
7,394 positive · 59 neutral · 1,949 negative
2023
8,194 positive · 65 neutral · 2,376 negative
2024
9,736 positive · 79 neutral · 2,877 negative
2025
10,739 positive · 109 neutral · 2,886 negative

Leading coverage topics

AI coverage tagged Boston · ranked by full-period article count.

Cryptocurrency Impact On Forex Markets54,305 articles in the full recorded period
22,827 recent · 12,224 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations45,975 articles in the full recorded period
14,848 recent · 11,133 prior
Technology Adoption And Digital Transformation41,410 articles in the full recorded period
12,996 recent · 10,185 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations37,461 articles in the full recorded period
12,664 recent · 8,717 prior
College Athletics News33,026 articles in the full recorded period
6,730 recent · 16,535 prior
Artificial Intelligence Advancements32,181 articles in the full recorded period
12,544 recent · 8,935 prior
Executive Leadership Changes And Appointments27,800 articles in the full recorded period
8,273 recent · 6,061 prior
Sports History And Legacy Stories24,526 articles in the full recorded period
19,331 recent · 1,659 prior
International Political Relations22,380 articles in the full recorded period
6,617 recent · 4,334 prior
Security And Defense Policies21,442 articles in the full recorded period
6,674 recent · 4,637 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

United States comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
responsible ai5,2743,39355%
ai regulation compliance4,9243,23552%
stablecoin fx impact3,241932248%
artemis program2,5042081104%
startup news2,178574279%
quarterly results1,9981,30753%
quarterly financials1,9951,30053%
decentralized forex1,977680191%
ceo change1,9271,12671%
financial report1,8591,26048%
college playoffs9275,847-84%
college football finals3671,965-81%
ncaa championship game2741,762-84%
national championship game3211,649-81%
mlb team standings4431,418-69%

Event and signal lenses

United States comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

748,659 classified articles

ai regulation compliance, responsible ai, stock performance

52.5% critical · 37.8% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

212,572 classified articles

neural network ventures, ai infrastructure financing, ai chip investments

45.0% critical · 56.0% positive
Rising

Growth

305,305 classified articles

earnings report, quarterly results, quarterly financials

43.6% critical · 49.4% positive

AI coverage tagged Boston. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What AI research is working on

5,214 papers in the recorded india scope.

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5,214papers
37,758worldwide comparison pool
5,214India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Breakthrough
2,507
Descriptive
942
Promising
844
Problem-identifying
422
Cautionary
180
Comparative
166
Critical
153

Contribution mix

Methods-led
2,872
Empirical
1,251
Reviews
557
Theoretical
326
Position pieces
208

Tone counts: 4,650 positive · 418 neutral · 146 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
575 papers · 11.0% of this field
  • Cognition37 papers
  • Software deployment25 papers
  • Architecture17 papers
  • Product17 papers
  • Applications of artificial intelligence15 papers
  • Robotics14 papers
  • Perception14 papers
  • Constraint14 papers

Landmark: "Why Should I Trust You?"

Cautions
180 papers · 3.5% of this field
  • Software deployment9 papers
  • Robustness8 papers
  • Perception8 papers
  • MEDLINE8 papers
  • Pattern recognition8 papers
  • Benchmark7 papers
  • Generative grammar7 papers
  • Random forest7 papers

Landmark: Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California’s Tobacco Control Program

Opportunities
3,351 papers · 64.3% of this field
  • Pattern recognition166 papers
  • Convolutional neural network162 papers
  • Benchmark148 papers
  • Robustness123 papers
  • Scalability100 papers
  • Cognition94 papers
  • Representation93 papers
  • Interpretability88 papers

Landmark: ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks

Leading institutions

Google
825,421
University of California, Berkeley
417,458
Stanford University
333,419
Microsoft
265,602
University of Washington
189,131
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
184,308

Leading researchers

Ross Girshick
191,435
Kaiming He
153,194
Christian Szegedy
126,224
Ilya Sutskever
124,743
Koichiro Tamura
108,834
Glen Stecher
108,834
Richard Socher
107,709
Jian Sun
106,182

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks75,550 citations
  • Scikit-learn: Machine Learning in Python63,388 citations
  • ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database60,625 citations
  • Faster R-CNN: Towards Real-Time Object Detection with Region Proposal Networks52,930 citations
  • MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.047,711 citations

Common problems researchers identify

1,460 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Cognition / Generative GrammarCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Cognition / Generative Grammar

405 papers

27.7% of this theme group

Cognition (22) · Generative grammar (12) · Pattern recognition (9) · Deep neural networks (9)

Matching Methods for Causal Inference: A Review and a Look Forward

Multimodal Machine Learning: A Survey and Taxonomy

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YearShare index
2022123.6
2023135.8
2024149.5
2025216.9
Cloud Computing / ScalabilityCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Cloud Computing / Scalability

311 papers

21.3% of this theme group

Cloud computing (276) · Scalability (40) · Operating system (23) · Provisioning (15)

Cloud Computing: Distributed Internet Computing for IT and Scientific Research

Big data and cloud computing

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2022380.5
2023360.6
2024361.8
2025368.2
Applications Of Artificial Intelligence / Big DataCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Applications Of Artificial Intelligence / Big Data

212 papers

14.5% of this theme group

Applications of artificial intelligence (17) · Big data (32) · Automation (21) · Software deployment (24)

Real-Time AI-Powered Predictive Analytics in Cloud-Based Healthcare Platforms: From Concept to Implementation

The Intelligent Ledger: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Cloud Power to Revolutionize Finance, Credit, and Security

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YearShare index
2022160.9
2023163.5
2024179.4
2025335.6
Integrated Circuit / TransistorCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Integrated Circuit / Transistor

196 papers

13.4% of this theme group

Integrated circuit (29) · Transistor (20) · Electronic circuit (18) · Mixed-signal integrated circuit (13)

Reliability- and Process-variation aware design of integrated circuits — A broader perspective

Robust and resilient designs from the bottom-up: Technology, CAD, circuit, and system issues

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YearShare index
202246.7
202345.8
202436.5
202537.3
Computer Security / Cloud Computing SecurityCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Computer Security / Cloud Computing Security

188 papers

12.9% of this theme group

Computer security (75) · Cloud computing security (56) · Cloud computing (156) · Internet privacy (16)

Security and Privacy Challenges in Cloud Computing Environments

An analysis of security issues for cloud computing

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YearShare index
2022579.3
2023573.4
2024604.3
2025446.5
Aerosol / Atmospheric SciencesCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Aerosol / Atmospheric Sciences

90 papers

6.2% of this theme group

Aerosol (23) · Atmospheric sciences (15) · Climatology (12) · Cloud computing (59)

Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system

Review of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions: Mechanisms, Significance, and Challenges

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YearShare index
202239.2
202339.8
202438.2
202537.0
Enhanced Data Rates For Gsm Evolution / Edge ComputingCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Enhanced Data Rates For Gsm Evolution / Edge Computing

58 papers

4.0% of this theme group

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (33) · Edge computing (31) · Edge device (19) · Cloud computing (46)

Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges

The Promise of Edge Computing

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YearShare index
202263.1
202362.2
202463.7
202586.3

Cautions

509 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Pattern Recognition / BenchmarkCautions · 01

Pattern Recognition / Benchmark

119 papers

23.4% of this theme group

Pattern recognition (7) · Benchmark (8) · Random forest (6) · Statistical analysis (5)

Double/debiased machine learning for treatment and structural parameters

Making better M <scp>axent</scp> models of species distributions: complexity, overfitting and evaluation

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YearShare index
202261.3
202366.5
202450.8
202594.5
Cloud Computing / Operating SystemCautions · 02

Cloud Computing / Operating System

107 papers

21.0% of this theme group

Cloud computing (98) · Operating system (14) · Virtualization (11) · Scalability (14)

On the Use of Cloud Computing for Scientific Workflows

A survey of risks, threats and vulnerabilities in cloud computing

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YearShare index
2022379.7
2023359.8
2024362.1
2025368.1
Atmospheric Sciences / AerosolCautions · 03

Atmospheric Sciences / Aerosol

83 papers

16.3% of this theme group

Atmospheric sciences (29) · Aerosol (24) · Meteorology (23) · Climatology (15)

Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed‐phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed‐Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. I: single‐layer clou

Exposing Global Cloud Biases in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) Using Satellite Observations and Their Corresponding Instrument Simulat

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YearShare index
2022134.8
2023132.1
2024122.7
202596.1
Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit / Integrated CircuitCautions · 04

Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit / Integrated Circuit

59 papers

11.6% of this theme group

Three-dimensional integrated circuit (12) · Integrated circuit (12) · Interconnection (11) · Electronic circuit (11)

Design automation and testing of monolithic 3D ICs: Opportunities, challenges, and solutions: (Invited paper)

Assembly challenges in developing 3D IC package with ultra high yield and high reliability

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YearShare index
202214.6
202313.5
202410.6
202516.1
Medline / Generative GrammarCautions · 05

Medline / Generative Grammar

58 papers

11.4% of this theme group

MEDLINE (6) · Generative grammar (6) · Transparency (4) · Applications of artificial intelligence (4)

Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative con

Students’ perceptions and responsible adoption of artificial intelligence in education: Ethical considerations, impacts, and academic perfor

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YearShare index
202269.5
202386.6
2024108.7
2025168.2
Radiative Transfer / Cloud ComputingCautions · 06

Radiative Transfer / Cloud Computing

53 papers

10.4% of this theme group

Radiative transfer (13) · Cloud computing (32) · Satellite (11) · Radiative forcing (5)

Effects of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity and drizzle on remote sensing of cloud droplet effective radius: Case studies based on large‐eddy

Experimental Investigation of Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer to a Dilute Particle Cloud in a Subatmospheric Environment

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YearShare index
202248.9
202349.5
202446.5
202544.8
Adversarial System / ExploitCautions · 07

Adversarial System / Exploit

30 papers

5.9% of this theme group

Adversarial system (5) · Exploit (4) · Training set (3) · Covert (3)

Ensemble Adversarial Training: Attacks and Defenses

Invisible Leaks: Covert Channel Exploitation in In-Sensor Computing System

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YearShare index
202287.5
202382.7
202459.6
202599.0

Opportunities

9,438 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Cloud Computing / ScalabilityOpportunities · 01

Cloud Computing / Scalability

1,434 papers

23.9% of this theme group

Cloud computing (1,211) · Scalability (269) · Distributed computing (145) · Edge computing (128)

AI-Driven Automation and Reliability Engineering: Optimizing Cloud Infrastructure for Zero Downtime and Scalable Performance

Seamless Integration of Edge-Cloud Computing and Distributed Artificial Intelligence: A Comprehensive Framework for Next-Generation Applicat

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YearShare index
2022226.6
2023225.8
2024186.1
2025260.8
Cognition / Generative GrammarOpportunities · 02

Cognition / Generative Grammar

1,184 papers

19.7% of this theme group

Cognition (40) · Generative grammar (46) · Language model (28) · Natural language processing (33)

A unified architecture for natural language processing

InfoGAN: Interpretable Representation Learning by Information Maximizing\n Generative Adversarial Nets

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YearShare index
2022141.9
2023161.0
2024167.1
2025241.3
Integrated Circuit / Electronic CircuitOpportunities · 03

Integrated Circuit / Electronic Circuit

981 papers

16.4% of this theme group

Integrated circuit (149) · Electronic circuit (113) · Chip (85) · Three-dimensional integrated circuit (71)

A Test Integration Methodology for 3D Integrated Circuits

Hierarchical Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuit Optimization Under Process Variations and Tuning

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202244.1
202342.5
202434.6
202533.9
Convolutional Neural Network / Pattern RecognitionOpportunities · 04

Convolutional Neural Network / Pattern Recognition

829 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Convolutional neural network (120) · Pattern recognition (105) · Segmentation (59) · Image (35)

Faster R-CNN: Towards Real-Time Object Detection with Region Proposal\n Networks

Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Computer-Aided Detection: CNN Architectures, Dataset Characteristics and Transfer Learning

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YearShare index
2022248.0
2023246.6
2024194.1
2025272.9
Cloud Computing / EncryptionOpportunities · 05

Cloud Computing / Encryption

760 papers

12.7% of this theme group

Cloud computing (573) · Encryption (105) · Computer security (124) · Access control (38)

Optimizing Cloud Security with Machine Learning: Predicting and Preventing Vulnerabilities in Distributed Systems

Privacy-Aware AI in cloud-telecom convergence: A federated learning framework for secure data sharing

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YearShare index
2022505.5
2023509.1
2024541.5
2025414.2
Point Cloud / Cloud ComputingOpportunities · 06

Point Cloud / Cloud Computing

481 papers

8.0% of this theme group

Point cloud (111) · Cloud computing (314) · Meteorology (48) · Aerosol (47)

Near-real time cloud retrievals from operational and research meteorological satellites

Opinion: Inferring process from snapshots of cloud systems

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YearShare index
2022159.3
2023158.1
2024141.5
2025114.3
Energy Management / Energy Management SystemOpportunities · 07

Energy Management / Energy Management System

331 papers

5.5% of this theme group

Energy management (118) · Energy management system (76) · Microgrid (59) · Smart grid (55)

Energy Management of Multiple Microgrids Based on a System of Systems Architecture

Operation and Coordinated Energy Management in Multi-Microgrids for Improved and Resilient Distributed Energy Resource Integration in Power

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YearShare index
202230.0
202330.6
202429.5
202528.9

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Breakthrough48.1%26.4%
Descriptive18.1%17.9%
Promising16.2%36.8%
Problem-identifying8.1%9.5%
Cautionary3.5%4.4%
Comparative3.2%3.9%
Critical2.9%1.0%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceFake News Detection on Social Media4012.99%87 (21.7%)2.59%
Energy & datacenter footprintEnergy aware consolidation for cloud computing1431.07%19 (13.3%)1.09%
Safety & misuseWhy do humans reason? Arguments for an argumentative theory390.29%13 (33.3%)0.29%
Water useAI-Optimized Cooling in Cloud Data Centers: A Feasibility Analysis; Environmental Strategies of the Cloud Computing Indu340.25%4 (11.8%)0.16%
Carbon & emissions of computeMeasuring the Carbon Intensity of AI in Cloud Instances130.1%2 (15.4%)0.08%
Bias & fairnessDouble/debiased machine learning for treatment and structural parameters120.09%5 (41.7%)0.09%
Concentration of compute powerGeopolitical ecologies of cloud capitalism: Territorial restructuring and the making of national computing power in the 90.07%4 (44.4%)0.04%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainToo many bits: tackling the waste epidemic in digital medicine80.06%2 (25.0%)0.03%
Labour & data workRobots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets40.03%1 (25.0%)0.03%

Research orientation and citation rankings describe the covered collection. Its recorded publication dates do not support an overall publication-volume trend.

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.

INNOVATION SIGNALS

Who files AI patents in Boston

Published patent filings in the recorded source window.

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30filings 2016–2025
4assignees
9peak annual filings

Filing momentum

0358102016: 220162017: 120172020: 520202021: 320212022: 920222023: 420232024: 520242025: 12025

Who files the most

Toast
20
Iron Mountain
6
John Hancock Financial Services
6
Bay Cove Human Services
4
UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

AI in Boston: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 4 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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