Scott Kirsner

2026年6月9日星期二 上午4:45（台灣夏季時間）








聯邦研究補助金逐漸消失、生技與學術界裁員，以及在科技競爭力上的壓力正在考驗該州，而Healey政 administration 正處於不確定的時期。

兩項關鍵立法正在波士頓山（Beacon Hill）通過：一項名為《Mass Wins Act》的3.05億美元經濟發展法案，另一項名為DRIVE的提案將提供數億美元資金給研究者，以彌補特朗普政府削減所造成的空缺。



Eric Paley，前創業者兼風險資金投資人，現任經濟發展秘書，是Healey州長指定負責此事的官員。他一年前被任命，於去年九月開始職務。

我上週與Paley進行了一次訪談，經過長度與流暢度編輯後如下。

問：上週的波士頓科技週上，聽到Brian Halligan說：Massachusetts被硅谷巨頭尤其是AI公司「launched」以及「被超過」感到遺憾，這很難受。我們不知道是否告訴他停止說這話。

答：他建立了非凡的公司，我們是朋友。 I think through the Massachusetts AI Coalition, he is getting meaningfully engaged in community-oriented ways that are very productive for the community. … I do think the general kind of Eeyore sentiment, which is not reflected in national data, pervades beyond just tech. The number of people who asked me, as I started this job, (was) “Are we in a recession?” Only for the data to show we were the highest-performing growth state in the country last year. For 2025, Massachusetts had the highest GDP growth in the country.

這是一個很 Massachusetts 的現象。 My former partner, Amanda (Herson, from the venture capital firm Founder Collective), comes up from New York, and listens to us wring our hands here, and she’s like, “Oh my god, you have no idea how good you have it.”

If, at the end of the day, it cost nothing that we were so self‑critical, I wouldn’t worry. (But) we want the talent to be here, and I don’t think the talent is going to want … to be here when constantly the leaders in the community are questioning why we’re not doing better.

You once asked me, Scott, “Don’t you want to be (the) number one (innovation ecosystem)?” And I would say, of course, we want to be number one, but we need to be very proud of how high we’ve performed. We rival every other ecosystem in the world, outside of Silicon Valley and China.