Sophia Kunthara
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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WorkChew Lands $2.5M To Turn Hotels And Restaurants Into Flexible Workspaces
WorkChew, a startup looking to connect remote workers with restaurants and hotels that need to make use of their space, has raised $2.5 million in a seed round of funding. → Read More
Enterprise AI Platform DataRobot Lands $270M At $2.7B Valuation
AI has been a buzzword touted by startups in recent years, and the space has attracted plenty of attention from both companies and investors. → Read More
Austin’s Riders Share Lands $2M Series A
The round, which was led by LiveOak Venture Partners, will help the Austin-based company expand its team and speed up its product development. → Read More
Geneva’s SonarSource buys German code security startup RIPS Technologies
(Editor’s Note: this is an article from Crunchbase News by Sophia Kunthara, syndicated with permission as part of a new content and data partnership.) Geneva-based startup SonarSource is buying German code security startup RIPS Technologies, the companies announced. SonarSource has open-source and commercial code analyzers to help developers manage code quality. RIPS is the company’s first… → Read More
Digitized ID verification startup Onfido lands $100 million
Editor’s note: this is a syndicated article from Crunchbase News, written by reporter Sophia Kunthara Identity verification startup Onfido has raised $100 million in a new round of funding. Onfido uses artificial intelligence to analyze a person’s facial biometrics and compare it to government-issued IDs to verify his or her identity. This round, which was … → Read More
SFO's new robot barista can make up to 100 drinks an hour
Attention undercaffeinated travelers: A robot coffee kiosk has landed at SFO. → Read More
Who needs words when you have emoji?
Emojification, or replacing words with their corresponding symbol, is on the rise as the role of emoji in communication has evolved. → Read More
FCC votes to block part of San Francisco broadband law
The Federal Communications Commission voted to preempt a city law on broadband access that its chairman sees as an “outlier.” → Read More
Mayor London Breed: FCC proposal would hurt SF consumers
Mayor London Breed said the FCC’s attempt to overturn a provision of a city ordinance would “establish a chilling precedent.” → Read More
Federal Communications Commission, Congress spar over San Francisco broadband law
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission called the law “a policy which deters broadband deployment.” → Read More
Famed SF retail store Gump's is coming back. It may just not be in San Francisco.
Under new owners, Gump’s plans to be up and running for the holidays, but it may not stay in its longtime hometown. → Read More
Software firm Xero to close San Francisco office
The New Zealand tech company, which opened its U.S. office in San Francisco in 2012, has shifted its focus to a new headquarters in Denver. → Read More
Shell Oil selling Martinez refinery to PBF Energy for $1 billion
The Martinez refinery will be PBF Energy’s second refinery in California. → Read More
Many conferences aren’t very diverse. One thing to fix: the microphone
A company in the heart of Silicon Valley knocks down a barrier to diversity at conferences. → Read More
Software company MapR, once worth more than $1 billion, to lay off 122
Santa Clara software company MapR Technologies is shutting down and firing 122 employees following financial troubles. Even CEO John Schroeder’s job is being eliminated, along with other senior executives and dozens of engineers, according to a letter sent by the company to California’s Employment Development Department and Santa Clara city officials. The WARN Act notice comes after the company… → Read More
Next week's Maker Faire in San Mateo could be Bay Area's last
The company behind the annual Maker Faire in San Mateo has laid off part of its staff amid financial difficulties. The CEO says the event could end after next week. → Read More
Uber protests in SF: What you need to know, what people are saying
Rideshare drivers in San Francisco and other cities plan to turn off their apps for 12 hours on Wednesday ahead of Uber’s initial public offering, to protest the ride service’s low pay rates. → Read More
San Francisco gas prices jump to nearly $4
The average cost of gas in California is now $3.83, with San Francisco’s even higher. → Read More
HomeShare lets go of majority of staff, leaves some residents scrambling to pay rent
Known for converting living rooms in luxury apartment buildings into extra bedrooms, HomeShare has slashed its staff as it looks to refund customers. → Read More
Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan steps down
Wells Fargo has been under intense scrutiny since it was revealed in 2016 that bank employees opened accounts without customer permission to meet sales goals. CEO Tim Sloan announced Thursday he would step down. → Read More