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DC Wants to Regulate AI. San Francisco Already Built It.
PublishedHere's the uncomfortable truth Washington doesn't want to hear: by the time Congress finishes drafting an AI regulation…
When Anti-Tech Rage Turns Physical, Everyone Should Be Worried
PublishedSomeone attacked Sam Altman's home. Let that sink in for a second. Whatever your feelings about OpenAI's CEO — and San…
The Free Speech Champions Who Couldn't Handle Free Speech
PublishedThere's a certain kind of irony so thick you could spread it on sourdough, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation just…
San Francisco's AI Hype Machine Is Exhausting Everyone — Even the Engineers
PublishedThere's a particular kind of fatigue that sets in when you can't drive down 101 without being assaulted by seventeen…
Amazon's One Medical: Move Fast, Break Healthcare, Fire the Whistleblower
PublishedHere's a fun corporate playbook: acquire a healthcare company, cut costs to the bone, and when a doctor raises safety…
SF Blue Tech Happy Hour: Where Ocean Innovation Meets Open Bar
PublishedSan Francisco is hosting a Blue Tech Happy Hour — a networking event bringing together entrepreneurs, engineers, and…
Another Tech Networking Event? Startup Valley Wants You to Press the Flesh
PublishedStartup Valley is hosting a tech networking event here in San Francisco, and look — we're not going to pretend this is…
Deepfaking Sam Altman: When AI's Biggest Cheerleader Becomes Its Best Case Study
PublishedThere's a certain poetic irony when the CEO of OpenAI — the man who arguably did more than anyone to put generative AI…
Tesla's Cybercabs Spotted on 280 — And Nobody Asked for a Two-Seater Taxi
PublishedA pair of Tesla Cybercabs were spotted cruising Highway 280 this week, outfitted with sensor rigs and turning heads —…
One Developer Built a Real-Time Fog Tracker and It's the Most Bay Area Thing Ever
PublishedIf you've ever driven from the Mission to Ocean Beach and felt personally betrayed by the weather, someone finally…
The Emperor Has No Code: Sam Altman's Technical Cred Takes a Hit
PublishedIn a twist that will surprise approximately no one who's been paying attention, reports are emerging that OpenAI CEO…
Oracle Dumps 500+ Silicon Valley Workers — But Can You Blame Them?
PublishedOracle just handed pink slips to more than 500 workers across Silicon Valley, part of a broader wave of over 700…
The AI Land Grab: SF's Biggest Players Ranked by How Much Office Space They're Hoarding
PublishedForget market caps and funding rounds for a second.
Waymo's New Ride Just Dropped — And It Actually Makes Sense
PublishedLove them or hate them, the Waymo robotaxis aren't going anywhere — except, well, everywhere.
Anthropic Keeps Gobbling Up SF Office Space — and We're Cautiously Here for It
PublishedAnthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude, just leased two more office spaces in San Francisco, continuing a trend…
Move Over, Chatbots: SF's Next Real Estate Gold Rush Has Arms and Legs
PublishedSan Francisco's AI-fueled commercial real estate revival just entered a new phase — and this one comes with actuators.
That Giant Airship Over the Bay Isn't a Fever Dream — It's the Future (Maybe)
PublishedIf you looked up over the San Francisco Bay recently and thought you'd accidentally time-traveled to 1935, relax —…
That Giant Blimp Over the Bay Is Real, and It's Spectacular
PublishedIf you looked up this week and thought you'd time-traveled to 1937 — relax.
Apple's Love Fest: Tim Cook Says 'I Love You,' Then Wheels Out a Beatle
PublishedWhen Corporate Pep Rallies Go Full Rock Concert Tim Cook told Apple employees he loved them.
Google's Military AI Dilemma: Why Walking Away Is the Easy — and Wrong — Answer
PublishedThere's a comfortable narrative in Silicon Valley that goes something like this: AI companies should stay far, far away…
Sam Altman Wants to Own the News Too — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
PublishedSam Altman isn't content with building the most powerful AI on the planet.
Stop Blaming AI for Your Bad Business Decisions
PublishedTech layoffs are piling up, and the industry has found its favorite scapegoat: artificial intelligence.
Block Cuts 4,000 Jobs and Can't Even Tell Us How Many Are Local
PublishedHere's a fun exercise in corporate transparency: Block Inc., the Oakland-based payments giant run by Jack Dorsey…
Silicon Valley's AI Anxiety Industry: Tech Workers Are Paying Therapists to Process Their Feelings About… Being Employed
PublishedHere's a sentence that could only come out of San Francisco in 2025: tech workers are flooding therapists' offices…