How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco
The city has become the crucible of an experiment - are robotaxis ready for the streets?.....»»
How Expensify shed Silicon Valley arrogance to realize its global ambitions
Expensify may be the most ambitious software company ever to mostly abandon the Bay Area as the center of its operations. The startup’s history is tied to places representative of San Francisco: The founding team worked out of Peet’s Coff.....»»
Affirm spinout Resolve raises $60M for its B2B ‘buy now, pay later’ platform
Buy now, pay later is everywhere these days, mostly focused on the consumer. Resolve — a San Francisco-based startup in the space specializing in “buy now, pay later” capabilities for B2B transactions — announced today that it.....»»
Germany gives greenlight to driverless vehicles on public roads
Germany has adopted legislation that will allow driverless vehicles on public roads by 2022, laying out a path for companies to deploy robotaxis and delivery services in the country at scale. While autonomous testing is currently permitted in Germany.....»»
Billboards? Nah, just buy a media company instead
Startups used to be obsessed with billboards. It was the first thing I noticed when I moved to San Francisco: venture-backed companies including Eaze, Airbnb, and notoriously, Brex, would post large billboard advertisements all over the city to grab.....»»
Study on bizarre rodent genetics solves a mystery and reveals another
Open up Scott Roy's Twitter bio and you'll see a simple but revealing sentence: "The more I learn the more I'm confused." Now the rest of the scientific world can share in his confusion. The San Francisco State University associate professor of biolo.....»»
Roofr just nailed down a second seed round to make new roofing sales a cinch to close
Roofer Pro. Roof Snap. Acculynx. There’s suddenly no shortage of companies offering software to make the lives of roofers and their customers easier. Among these is Roofr, a five-year-old, San Francisco-based, 31-person sales platform for roofi.....»»
Endace Honored with Four Global InfoSec Awards During RSA Conference 2021
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Cybersecurity–Leading packet capture company Endace today announced that it had won the following four Global InfoSec Awards from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic infor.....»»
Autonomous robots deliver in college town
Russian self-driving tech company Yandex started testing robotaxis in Ann Arbor last year. Now, the company is using the same self-driving systems to launch delivery bots on the city's sidewalks......»»
Real robotaxi service gets a step closer in San Francisco (Updated)
Waymo and Cruise have both applied for permits to deploy a commercial service. Enlarge / One of Waymo's sensor-studded Jaguar I-Paces observes a pedestrian crossing the road in front of it. (credit: Waymo) Update 12:07pm: Waymo reached out to.....»»
Tesla owner arrested after repeatedly riding in the back seat while it was on autopilot
A motorist who was spotted in the back seat of his Tesla as it travelled down a San Francisco Bay Area freeway has been arrested for reckless driving......»»
Moogsoft Enhances Observability Cloud Platform With New Features to Streamline Workflow and Increase User Productivity
Leader in observability with AIOps releases new product features, adding simplicity and optimizing user experience SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Moogsoft, the observability with AIOps leader, today announced the launch of new product feat.....»»
Brazil’s Divibank raises millions to become the Clearbanc of LatAm
Divibank, a financing platform offering LatAm businesses access to growth capital, has closed on a $3.6 million round of seed funding led by San Francisco-based Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV). São Paulo-based Divibank was founded in March 2020, righ.....»»
Waymo, GM"s Cruise seek permits to charge for self-driving rides in San Francisco, report says
Permission to charge for rides and delivery would set the stage for the biggest tests yet of both companies' technology in a dense urban environment......»»
CX Newsbyte: Acquisitions Abound, Google Cloud & LivePerson Partner up and More News
Demandbase acquires InsideView and DemandMatrix, TGP and Francisco Partners set to acquire Boomi, Google Cloud Partners with LivePerson and more. Continue reading........»»
Dear Sophie: How does the International Entrepreneur Parole program work?
I’m the founder of an early-stage fintech startup. We really want to move to San Francisco to be near our lead investor. Can we use International Entrepreneur Parole? How does it work? Sophie Alcorn Contributor.....»»
CX Newsbyte: Acquisitions Abound, Google Cloud & LiveView Partner up and More News
Demandbase acquires InsideView and DemandMatrix, TGP and Francisco Partners set to acquire Boomi, Google Cloud Partners with LiveView and more. Continue reading........»»
Coinbase To Close San Francisco Offices For Good, Will Have No Headquarters
The biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has announced it will close its San Francisco offices for good. SFGate reports: The company -- founded in June 2012 by former Airbnb engineer Brian Armstrong -- has had a speedy rise to the top in t.....»»
Turkey’s Ace Games raises $7M to develop casual and ‘hyper casual’ games
Ace Games, a Turkish mobile gaming company founded by a former Peak Games co-founder, has raised a $7 million Seed funding round led by Actera Group. Co-investment has come from San Francisco’s NFX. Former gaming entrepreneurs Kristian Segerstrale,.....»»
Chime has agreed to stop using the word ‘bank’ after a California regulator pushed back
Chime can apparently call itself the “fastest-growing fintech in the U.S.,” but it has agreed to stop referring to itself as a “bank,” per a new report out of American Banker. Evidently, the eight-year-old, San Francisco-based.....»»
TGP and Francisco Partners Acquiring Boomi From Dell Technologies for Estimated $4B
Francisco Partners and TPG Capital have entered into an agreement with Dell Technologies to acquire Boomi, a cloud-based iPaaS provider. Continue reading........»»