Boston New Technology

Last week, in the days following the beautiful chaos and energy of Techstars Startup Weekend Boston 2026, Shweta took part in her first Boston New Technology outreach and service activity post-weekend — serving as a judge for Technovation Massachusetts at Progress.

She came away from it energized, grateful, and deeply hopeful.

There is something profoundly moving about watching young builders stand before a room and share what they’ve made — ideas still fragile, ambitions still forming, courage appearing in real time. It is easy to talk about “innovation ecosystems” in the abstract. It is much harder, and much more meaningful, to actually show up for the next generation of founders, technologists, and creators.

Events like this remind us that Boston’s strength has never simply been its institutions or companies. It has always been its people: mentors who volunteer their time, communities that open doors, and builders who choose encouragement over cynicism.

Immense gratitude to the Technovation Massachusetts organizers, to Progress for hosting, and to every student, mentor, volunteer, and judge who helped create such a welcoming and inspiring environment.

In a first for Boston New Technology, we had the massive privilege and best of times collaborating with the Boston Chapter of Code and Coffee. The purpose? To stage another Startup Weekend Simulation. So much fun and so grateful for our allies and friends in the community. Special thanks to Shweta, Karl Meissner, and all who made this possible!

Shweta recently joined the Massachusetts AI Coalition gathering at WHOOP HQ in Boston, focused on women shaping the future of agentic AI in healthcare. BNT zooms in on events like this for the knowledge and catalytic convos.

Big takeaway: in healthcare, AI cannot just be powerful. It has to be trusted, responsibly deployed, and held in right relationship with human judgment.

Grateful to Massachusetts AI Coalition, WHOOP, micro1, and everyone involved in convening. Link to Shweta’s full post in our profile. More thoughts to come.

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Workbar has become one of the brightest and most priceless gems in the startup community crown when it comes to community and coworking. What an absolute pleasure it was to have our own Shweta on a rockstar panel, which gave us an inside look at the real innovation happening here in Boston!

How did BNT spend the weekend? Making matcha memories with . There is nothing more awesome than creating and connecting with friends who share a passion for making tech fun, accessible, humane, and future-facing.

We are truly honoured, .
The work we do together helps to provide open doors of access and open windows of opportunity for the startup curious and aligned support systems. With a common goal and a kindred spirit, we show up every day to make a meaningful difference. —- Shweta Agrawal, Co-Director of BNT

Coming up on the 31st, Boston New Technology’s 2nd Town Hall of 2026. Join our community in a quarterly update followed by YOUR questions and ideas in a free and open forum. We can only innovate as far as as participate and collaborate.

Link in our profile.

Rutendo Darangwa is the kind of person you hope will join your team —- extremely intelligent, adaptable, curious, and deeply committed to the role. Serving at BNT and Techstars Startup Weekend Boston, you’ll find Rutendo where you need her most — manning the registration desk, crunching the numbers, making sure things get done.

International Women’s Day featured a very special event at the HQ where BNT’s Shweta Agrawal had a chance to build, connect and explore with a ton of talented ladies! Thank you Zuzana Matevossian and team.

Deepanshi Bansal started with an idea to help students navigate their intense and overwhelming environments using real wellbeing and innovative tech — that’s a BNT aligned mission 💯 Fast forward to this moment and .quo is making real progress through Deepanshi’s purpose driven efforts.

BNT is thrilled to welcome her and a whole roster of awesome EIRs as we continue investing in first class programming and event series like Startup Weekend which Call for true founder to founder insights