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Practical Considerations for PLM Vendor Selections - Insights from a CIO Andreas Lindenthal, Founder and Managing Partner of PLMadvisors and Joseph Frascati, former VP of IT at Proterra and CIO at Archer discuss real life experiences and lessons learned from PLM software and implementation partner selections. https://lnkd.in/gRjQiDmw https://lnkd.in/gAc-PisK

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AI is helping make huge advances in materials discovery, BUT the next bottleneck is manufacturability: can new materials be made reliably, cost-effectively, and at-scale; and are the supply chains robust enough? James Stephenson offers some insights on this topic, based on his experience bringing innovative materials (MOFs) to market as CEO of Promethean Particles. Link in the comments!

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55% A MHI and Deloitte March report suggests 55% of #supplychain leaders are in fact increasing their supply-chain technology and innovation investments. 60% are planning to spend more than $1 million and 19% are planning to spend more than $10 million. We will see increased investments in: •                Inventory and Network Optimization - 92% •                Cloud Computing and Storage – 91% •                Sensors and Automatic Identification – 88% •                Predictive Analytics – 87% •                Robotics and Automation By 83% •                Artificial Intelligence – 82% •                The Internet of Things – 77% •                Wearable and Mobile Technology – 72% •                Autonomous Vehicles and Drones By 64% •                3D Printing – 57% •                Blockchain – 54% Even with changing market conditions, there are still opportunities all around us to improve our businesses. What are you seeing? Are there still great opportunities? How can we prepare for them? https://lnkd.in/ei5Rn2SA Monica Miller Brown Alan Amling Adhish Luitel Ian Wing Heather Ashton Manolian Shyam Varan Nath 

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Hot Off The Presses! Swapt and Boston New Technology (BNT) Announce Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Founder Engagement and Ecosystem Innovation Boston, MA – April 8, 2025 — Swapt, a cutting-edge engagement and analytics platform, and Boston New Technology (BNT), one of Boston’s most influential startup innovation networks, are proud to announce a strategic alliance designed to redefine how startups, local businesses, and innovation leaders collaborate and grow in Boston. The alliance is rooted in a shared vision: building real tools for real founders. With Boston’s startup landscape becoming increasingly fragmented, BNT and Swapt are joining forces to create tactical, high-impact experiences where innovation is not just seen but activated. Two cornerstone initiatives will define the early phase of this partnership: 1. The BNT AI Showcase – April 24, 2025 Debuting as a flagship event in Boston AI Week, the BNT AI Showcase will feature Boston’s leading-edge AI startups alongside a powerhouse lineup of speakers and organizers including Paul Baier, Judah Phillips, and Joseph Wehbe and more. Swapt will power the Showcase’s interactive infrastructure, enabling live engagement tools. The Showcase will also preview a broader coalition effort to position Boston as a national hub for practical, ethical, founder-first AI innovation, with Boston AI Week as the central theme. 2. Techstars Startup Weekend Boston – May 30 to June 1, 2025 As one of the most anticipated startup events in the region, Techstars Startup Weekend Boston will receive Swapt’s full support to enhance founder experience, mentor engagement, and local business collaboration. From dynamic QR-driven startup profiles to a citywide “Startup Passport” initiative featuring Boston restaurants and local sponsors in conjunction with Jackie Ireland and BBB's efforts, Swapt will help bring Startup Weekend to life—on the ground, in real time, and beyond the venue. Why this partnership matters Swapt is the missing puzzle piece in how we activate founders and partners in the room and out in the city. Their tools give us the power to go from event to ecosystem, from pitch to platform. Additional activations, product integrations, and community initiatives will be announced in the coming weeks. The partnership between BNT and Swapt is long-term, iterative, and designed for impact—not headlines. This is just the beginning.

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2025 wasn’t the “lost year” for US clean energy M&A While a few segments clearly slowed, there were still pockets of sustained activity that are worth paying attention to. A few quick insights that stood out to me from our annual M&A report: --> NYISO saw ~60% YoY growth in solar deal activity --> BESS resilience: ERCOT alone recorded 10 storage transactions --> Community solar and C&I remained a bright spot On 22 January, I’ll be joining the panel for the Enerdatics webinar to show what happened in 2025 and, more importantly, what it signals for 2026. We’ll cover the areas where deal flow held up, what buyers are prioritising, and where the fundamentals look strongest going into the year ahead. If you’d like to join the discussion, you can register here: https://lnkd.in/gQJPx5dJ #EnergyStorage #CommunitySolar #EnergyTransition

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In 2021 a language-model demo that drafted a decent press release felt newsworthy. Two short years later production systems schedule supply chains and approve loans with minimal human input. Progress in AI isn’t incremental, it’s compounding. Our latest article at Greenfield Partners, “Building at the Dawn of AI Superintelligence,” takes a measured look at what that acceleration means for builders and investors alike. We explore in-depth the shifting momentum towards the application layer, the sector-specific agents, orchestration frameworks, and still-unnamed categories that will translate superintelligence into everyday utility. As the piece notes, models improve update by update; advantage accrues to founders prepared to redesign the entire workflow rather than retrofit yesterday’s processes. That rewiring mindset underpins AI Disruptors 60, our joint initiative with TechCrunch Disrupt to identify the early and early-growth companies whose core AI is already operating in production. I invite you to read our take, and if you’re building in this space—or know a team that is—follow the link inside to nominate a company for AI Disruptors 60. #Disruptors60

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Sriram Narayan continues his article on impact intelligence by outlining five actions that can be done to improve impact intelligence: introduce robust demand management, pay down measurement debt, introduce impact validation, offer your CFO/COO an alternative to ROI, equip your teams. https://lnkd.in/etXq29hq

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