Boston is buzzing with start-up potential across a wide spectrum of technologies, from AI to cloud, fintech and the internet of things. The Massachusetts capital is often compared to Silicon Valley but, in truth, Boston has always had its own thing going on. The city boasts some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world, and Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) need no introduction. Facebook emerged from a dorm room at Harvard and fast-growing tech firms such as HubSpot came from founders doing MBAs at MIT.