Boston Tech Watch: MIT Epstein, Notarize Cash, New Carbonite Execs
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—MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte reportedly argued it was right to take money from disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein over the years. Reif said accepting the funds was a “mistake of judgment.” Two researchers have left the Media Lab as a result of revelations that the center’s director Joi Ito had deep financial connections to Epstein. —IRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) has created a chief product officer position and hired former HP (NYSE: HPQ) exec Keith Hartsfield to fill the role. Acquia, which in May had 800 employees worldwide, says the addition of Cohesion will help users make sites on the open-source Drupal content management system more quickly. —Robotic furniture startup Ori Living has raised a $20 million Series B led by Sidewalk Labs, Ingka Group and Geolo Capital.
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