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Whoop is valued at $10 billion after securing the year’s biggest venture capital deal for Mass startups – The Boston Globe

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Whoop chief executive Will Ahmed (center) recently hosted local tech executives at his firm's Fenway headquarters to discuss how to encourage more startups working on AI applications to come to Boston.

The Whoop deal is worth $10 billion, and while private market valuations can be notoriously fluid, that’s more than the public stock market value of four Boston-area tech companies — online auto site Cargurus, travel service Tripadvisor, cybersecurity firm Rapid7, and software company Progress Software — combined. Get a Starting Point A guide through the … Read more

Boston Reaches Deal with Union to Help Spend GLP-1 Drug

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Boston Reaches Deal with Union to Help Spend GLP-1 Drug

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said her administration had reached an agreement with the City Hall union to limit coverage of the GLP-1 drug for weight loss that would save the city about $10.6 million and reduce “skyrocketing” health care costs. Wu and the Public Employees Committee, which bids for health insurance benefits on behalf of … Read more