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Vol. IIINo. 184
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Tech · March 2026 · 13 stories

AI Meets Discount Retail: A Multibillion-Dollar Robotics Firm Just Moved in Above Ross

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If you've ever wrestled through the racks at the downtown Ross Dress for Less, hunting for a $12 blazer that almost…

DowntownMarch 31, 2026

Silicon Valley's Most Organic Perk: Free Psychedelics Growing in the Parking Lot

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Forget the kombucha on tap and the artisanal snack bars.

March 30, 2026

SF Startup Raises $28.5M to Make Your Oscilloscope Obsolete

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If you've ever watched an electrical engineer wrestle with a cart full of expensive, single-purpose test equipment —…

March 29, 2026

The Rumors of SF's Death Were Greatly Exaggerated

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For the past few years, the hot take industrial complex has been churning out the same story on a loop: San Francisco…

March 29, 2026

SF Hackathon Baby 'Agency' Wants to Show You What Your AI Is Actually Doing

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Somewhere between the cold brew and the 2am debugging sessions, a useful company was born.

March 29, 2026

Who's Actually Making Games? SF Devs Push to Rewrite the Industry's Origin Story

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The video game industry generates more revenue than Hollywood and the NFL combined.

March 29, 2026

Tesla Will Now Haul Your 8-Year-Old Around — What Could Go Wrong?

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Tesla quietly updated its terms of service to allow children as young as 8 to ride in its robotaxi service — as long as…

March 29, 2026

Tesla's Robotaxi Will Take Your 8-Year-Old for a Ride (With Adult Supervision, Obviously)

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Tesla quietly updated its Robotaxi terms of service to allow riders as young as 8 years old — provided an adult comes…

March 29, 2026

Cruise's Robotaxis Are Back in the Daylight — Should SF Be Excited or Nervous?

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The Machines Are Back, and Now They're Morning Commuters Cruise has quietly expanded its driverless robotaxi service to…

March 29, 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt Is Back — And This Time It Actually Has Something to Say

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Love it or hate it, TechCrunch Disrupt is one of those events that still manages to pull the right people into the same…

SoMaMarch 29, 2026

Mayor Wants SF to Be a Tech Guinea Pig — This Time, We're Actually Into It

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For once, a San Francisco politician is saying something we can actually get behind.

March 29, 2026

Claude Goes to War: Anthropic's Pentagon Deal Is a Mirror, Not an Anomaly

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San Francisco's favorite "responsible AI" company is learning something the rest of us figured out a long time ago: in…

March 29, 2026

VC's Hangover Is Real, But Don't Write the Obituary Yet

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San Francisco's venture capital machine has been running on fumes for a while now, and nobody's pretending otherwise.

March 29, 2026