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Apple Spent Two Years Selling 'Apple Intelligence.' At WWDC It Licensed Google's.
PublishedAt WWDC on Monday, Apple unveiled a rebuilt Siri running on a custom 1.2-trillion-parameter Google Gemini model.
Asana, Down 53% This Year, Buys a YC Agent Startup for a Reported $75M
PublishedAsana paid a reported $75 million for StackAI, a no-code AI agent builder that had raised under $20 million, and…
SpaceX Files to Go Public — and Musk Keeps a Lock on the Board
PublishedSpaceX filed an S-1 with the SEC on May 20, registering Class A stock for a Nasdaq listing under "SPCX." The filing's…
Meta Cuts More Than 2,000 Jobs at Menlo Park HQ
PublishedMeta has laid off more than 2,000 employees at its Menlo Park headquarters, according to reporting flagged in r/bayarea.
California Data Centers Are Using Unknown Amounts of Water, and Regulators Don't Seem to Know Either
PublishedA report circulating this week claims California data centers are consuming significant volumes of water for cooling —…
The AI Bubble Didn't Move to SF — It Was Always Here
PublishedA thread on r/bayarea this week asked why the AI bubble feels centered in San Francisco rather than Silicon Valley…
Tech Networking in SF: Where Job Seekers Actually Show Up
PublishedIf you're job hunting in AI or tech and online applications feel like a black hole, in-person meetups in SF are still…
Meta's Bay Area Layoffs Hit 3,200 Workers — The WARN Notices Just Made It Official
PublishedMeta cut nearly 3,200 Bay Area workers in what amounts to one of the larger single-employer job events this region has…
SF Startup SpeedX Secretly Used Airbnbs as Robot Test Sites, Lawsuit Claims
PublishedA lawsuit filed against SF-based delivery startup SpeedX alleges the company booked Bay Area Airbnbs under false…
Mercor Faces Allegations of 'Inhumane Working Conditions' and Leadership Disconnect
PublishedMercor, the AI-powered recruiting startup founded by a pair of early-20s founders who met at Carnegie Mellon, is…
The Vatican Has an AI Ethics Framework. A Few SF Founders Are Paying Attention.
PublishedPope Francis released what the Vatican is calling a formal position on artificial intelligence ethics — a document…
Waymo Unveils the Ojai, a Blue Robotaxi Built With Zeekr — But Riders Have to Wait
PublishedWaymo has pulled the cover off a new robotaxi called the Ojai, a vehicle developed in partnership with Chinese…
SF Startup Allegedly Damaged an Airbnb Testing a Robot Indoors
PublishedAn Airbnb host is claiming damages after an SF-based startup reportedly used a rented property to test a robot indoors…
AI Dev Summit 2026: Free Passes if You Register Before the Door
PublishedWednesday and Thursday, May 27–28, the AI Dev Summit 2026 runs at a South San Francisco venue — full address drops when…
Indian Immigrants Built Silicon Valley's Workforce. The H-1B Backlog May Be Dismantling It.
PublishedA piece circulating on r/bayarea this week asks whether Indian immigrants' decades-long influence on Bay Area tech is…
Micron and Sandisk Stocks Had a Monster Run. Whether Employees Cashed In Depends on When They Were Hired and How High Up They Sat.
PublishedMicron's stock is up roughly 860% over the past twelve months, according to the Reddit thread circulating in r/bayarea…
Meta Files WARN Notices for Nearly 700 Bay Area Workers in Layoffs Already Announced in May
PublishedMeta filed WARN Act notices this week covering nearly 700 Bay Area workers and roughly twice that number in the Seattle…
Cybertruck Spotted in SF Red Zone, Wrapped in AI Ad Nobody Can Parse
PublishedA Cybertruck was photographed parked in a red zone in San Francisco this week, wrapped in what the person who posted it…
Bay Area Family Loses Thousands to AI Voice Cloning Scam Posing as Kidnapping
PublishedA Bay Area mother was defrauded of thousands of dollars after scammers used AI-generated audio to impersonate her…
Bay Area Flashcard Enthusiasts Think Spaced Repetition Will Fix What TikTok Broke
PublishedA small, self-described community of Bay Area tech workers has landed on an old tool — spaced repetition software…
Los Gatos Got Netflix Because Reed Hastings Didn't Want a Long Commute
PublishedThe SF Standard ran a piece this week on how Los Gatos — a quiet, wealthy suburb tucked at the base of the Santa Cruz…
Stanford Still Minting Power Brokers, and a Student Reporter Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
PublishedA student journalist at Stanford named Theo Baker has published a piece examining how the university functions as…
Newsom Signs Executive Order on AI Layoffs, Gives Agencies Up to Six Months to Report Back
PublishedGov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order this week directing state agencies to study artificial intelligence's…
SF Subreddit Claims '996 Culture' Is Here. The Thread Doesn't Really Prove That.
PublishedA post on r/bayarea this week declared that 996 work culture — the Chinese tech industry shorthand for working 9am to…