Boring Boston Tech Companies That Are Actually Interesting

A company that I think many consider less than interesting on HN is "ITA Software," who is solving the age-old O(n) problem of a million ways to purchase a ticket and have made traditional travel agents obsolete (e.g there are 400 x 400 different combinations for BOS to SFO round trip, so 160,000 different ways to fly a round trip ticket, plus 10,000 for fare conditions and booking classes, resulting in 1.6 billion possible combinations). They're the people that power Orbitz, United, Continental, Southwest, Air Canada, and so forth. And they also power HN beloved Hipmunk.

What's with the sudden surge of Boston tech scene cheerleading articles on HN? I'm new to Cambridge (just moved here a few months ago), and so far have nothing but love for the area (even compared to 8 years in Bay Area). But it's starting to feel like there is ugly duckling syndrome in the air.

Winter's almost over. Hold it together people. We're almost there.

j/k

My company fits that description.

Ostensibly, we make medical devices that serve the diabetic population.

Realistically we've developed the first FDA cleared medical device that works with iOS and have a pipeline of awesome "mHealth" products.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662351/blood-glucose-monitor-fo...

Boring? Perhaps, but we are hiring 50 people. There is something to "Unsexy" markets. Everyone wants to work on the next great music startup, but if you can grit your teeth and handle medical software there is huge opportunity to make cool stuff and serve BIG markets.

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