Author Archives for James Falkoff

Hyperganic’s CEO Lin Kayser featured on Additive Insight podcast episode and guest speaker for 3D Printing with Generative Design Panel Discussion and Q&A

May 30, 2021 3:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Hyperganic’s CEO Lin Kayser featured on Additive Insight podcast episode and guest speaker for 3D Printing with Generative Design Panel Discussion and Q&A

Hyperganic’s CEO, Lin Kayser, was a featured speaker for the Panel Discussion and Q&A on NAMIC x SGInnovate: 3D Printing with Generative Design. Kayser was also a guest on an episode of TCT’s Additive Insight podcast in which he discussed the modern 3D printing industry and the challenges which surround it.


Converge in Robotics Business Review: Startups Powering New Era of Industrial Robotics

May 7, 2021 11:56 am Published by Comments Off on Converge in Robotics Business Review: Startups Powering New Era of Industrial Robotics

This article by Converge’s James Falkoff originally appeared in Robotics Business Review. Over the last decade, annual installations of industrial robots have increased more than threefold. Yet, while this figure certainly signals the growing importance of automation to the manufacturing sector, startups and investors see something more to this market than the headline number suggests.... Read More


Rize 3D Printing launched their new RIZE 7XC large-format 3D printer

April 19, 2021 3:30 pm Published by Comments Off on Rize 3D Printing launched their new RIZE 7XC large-format 3D printer

Rize 3D Printing launched the RIZE 7XC large-format 3D which, according to a Rize spokesperson, enables “the rapid creation of large parts and complex geometries on demand, far faster and at a lower cost than molding, milling, and casting.” Rize’s 3D printing technology is also now being used in a partnership with Little You, a custom... Read More


Maia Heymann interviewed by InkHouse

August 31, 2020 10:54 am Published by Comments Off on Maia Heymann interviewed by InkHouse

Maia Heymann was interviewed by Beth Monaghan, CEO of leading PR agency InkHouse. View the interview HERE.


Converge In VentureBeat: Four Things You Need to Understand About Edge Computing

April 28, 2020 7:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Converge In VentureBeat: Four Things You Need to Understand About Edge Computing

This article by Converge’s James Falkoff originally appeared in VentureBeat. Edge computing has claimed a spot in the technology zeitgeist as one of the topics that signals novelty and cutting-edge thinking. For a few years now, it has been assumed that this way of doing computing is, one way or another, the future. But until... Read More


Spotting Clouds: Our Investment in Serverless Computing Startup Nimbella

July 18, 2019 12:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Spotting Clouds: Our Investment in Serverless Computing Startup Nimbella

This post originally appeared as part of our newsletter. Nimbella was founded by an experienced, rock-star team led by Anshu Agarwal, Dr. Perry Cheng, Dr. Rodric Rabbah, and Eric Swildens. Serverless computing, while growing at a rapid pace, is still nascent and lacking the abstractions, automation, and integrations that have proven necessary to accelerate the... Read More


Democratization of Automation

January 30, 2018 1:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Democratization of Automation

  This post originally appeared in Xconomy.  The Next Generation of Industrial Robotics  In the coming years, artificial intelligence will have many transformative impacts, but the one perhaps most resembling science fiction will be the rise of autonomous physical systems: real-world systems that can make decisions for themselves. Of these autonomous systems, self-driving cars have captured the most attention. But the field of manufacturing, which... Read More


A Primer for Building a Kickass, Remote Organization

December 20, 2017 6:00 am Published by Comments Off on A Primer for Building a Kickass, Remote Organization

Cursory discussions about remote work – and workers – abound (live your life! hire great people! be diverse!) but practical explanations of how, exactly, to translate this virtual promised land into a well-functioning organization are few and far between. Enter Help Scout. Right here in Boston(ish), Converge portfolio company and leading customer support tech company,... Read More