# Hack/reduce

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**hack/reduce** is a 501(c)(3) non-profit created to cultivate a community of [big data](/source/Big_data) experts in the [Boston](/source/Boston,_Massachusetts) area.[1] It is located in the historic [Kendall Boiler and Tank Company](/source/Kendall_Boiler_and_Tank_Company) building in [Kendall Square](/source/Kendall_Square) in [Cambridge, Massachusetts](/source/Cambridge,_Massachusetts).

It was founded by serial entrepreneurs [Christopher P. Lynch](/source/Christopher_P._Lynch) and Frederic Lalonde in May 2012.[2] At its founding, hack/reduce raised more than $500,000 from [local venture capital firms](/source/Atlas_Venture) and [Samuel Madden](/source/Samuel_Madden_(computer_scientist)).[2] It has partnerships with [MIT](/source/MIT), [CSAIL](/source/CSAIL), [Bentley University](/source/Bentley_University). and [Harvard](/source/Harvard).[3] Sponsors include [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft), [IBM](/source/IBM), GoGrid, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, [Dell](/source/Dell), [Atlas Venture](/source/Atlas_Venture), [Bessemer Venture Partners](/source/Bessemer_Venture_Partners), Hopper, Bright Spark Ventures, [Google](/source/Google), and others.[4]

In June 2012, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced the Massachusetts Big Data Initiative which comprised corporate, academic, and government programs as well as a $50,000 grant and the state's support for hack/reduce.[5]

## References

1. [About](http://www.hackreduce.org/about/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121108125940/http://www.hackreduce.org/about/) 2012-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. hack/reduce . Retrieved 2012-11-08.

1. [Big data center opening in Cambridge - Business](https://web.archive.org/web/20121109221822/http://www.boston.com/business/innovation/2012/11/07/big-data-center-opening-cambridge/Suutqva9ORpZ1j2n1URkMP/story.html). Boston.com . Retrieved 2012-11-08.

1. [Hack/Reduce to Open Thursday as Lynch Fires Back at Big Data "Knuckleheads"](http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2012/11/07/hackreduce-to-open-thursday-as-lynch-fires-back-at-big-data-knuckleheads/). Xconomy. Retrieved on 2012-11-08.

1. ['Big data' center hack/reduce getting big buzz - Boston Business Journal](http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2012/11/big-data-center-hackreduce-cambridge.html). Bizjournals.com . Retrieved 2012-11-08.

1. [hack/reduce: Boston Steps Up Its Big Data Game](http://bostinno.com/2012/11/07/no-hacks-allowed-hackreduce-launches-thursday-to-help-boston-step-up-its-big-data-game/). BostInno . Retrieved 2012-11-08.

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