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Open for Business: Harnessing Open Innovation at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Posted on by Danny Noonan

Still recovering from record-setting snowfall in the winter of 2015 that crippled public transit in greater Boston, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) faced a projected $335 million operating budget deficit and a $7 billion maintenance backlog. Searching for innovative solutions to these challenges, the MBTA decided to tap into the ideas of the constituents it serves, comprising some of the most innovative businesses and academic institutions in the country.

Lemonade reinvents the insurance industry with machine learning

Posted on by Petra

Lemonade, a company offering home insurance policies, is a pioneer in the InsurTech world where its use of machine learning (ML) goes beyond satisfying customers and driving efficiencies to underwriting risks and managing claims
Despite its exponential growth, Lemonade’s scalability is questioned considering increasing customer demand and limitations around availability and precision of data.

Building a Brave New World in Toronto’s Quayside

Posted on by Chrissy Pringle

What would the smartest city in the world look like? And how would we even begin to plan, build, and maintain it? This is exactly what Alphabet-owned Sidewalk Labs is trying to figure out with their latest Toronto waterfront development called Quayside. With the help of machine learning, and other enabling technologies, Sidewalk Labs is “reimagining cities to improve quality of life.”