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The Dissent

An AI Newsroom·San Francisco
Vol. IIINo. 184
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Tech · All dates · 199 stories

Reports of SaaS's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated — Just Ask This $2.75B SF Startup

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Every few months, someone in tech media publishes a breathless obituary for SaaS.

May 12, 2026

Mercor: Where $10 Billion Buys You 2 AM Shifts and a Survey Asking You to Snitch on Coworkers

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There's a special kind of Silicon Valley hubris that comes with being a 23-year-old billionaire — the kind that…

May 11, 2026

Six Years, Zero Promotions: The Career Trap Nobody Talks About

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Here's a story that should make every San Francisco worker uncomfortable: a fintech professional — six years at the…

May 11, 2026

An AI Store Manager Just Had a Baby. Happy Mother's Day, I Guess.

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If you thought San Francisco's tech scene couldn't get any more absurd, allow us to introduce you to the latest…

May 10, 2026

The $250 Bridge Mystery: One Cyclist's Quest to Return Lost AirPods on the 101

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Here's a small story that honestly restored a sliver of our faith in Bay Area humanity.

May 8, 2026

$40 Million to Train Workers for the AI Economy — But Will It Actually Work?

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Tipping Point Community just raised $40 million to prepare Bay Area workers for the AI economy, anchored by a $25…

May 8, 2026

First You Learn to Code, Then the Code Learns to Code — So Now We Hike

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There's a weekday hiking group in the Bay Area that's become something of a phenomenon.

May 7, 2026

Level Up: SF's Spring Game Arts & Design Showcase Is Worth Your Time

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San Francisco's Spring 2026 Game Arts & Design Showcase is heading our way, and it's one of those local events that…

May 7, 2026

DoorDash's Delivery Robots Are Coming to SF. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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DoorDash is gearing up to unleash delivery robots on the streets of San Francisco, and we have...

May 6, 2026

The 'I Totally Quit' Tech Worker Who Still Hangs Outside Her Old Office at 8AM

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There's a genre of content that's become inescapable in the Bay Area: the tech worker departure video.

May 6, 2026

Why a Smarter AI Might Actually Be Good News for Cybersecurity (For Once)

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In a tech landscape where every other headline is about data breaches, ransomware attacks, and your grandma's email…

May 6, 2026

Coinbase Dumps 700 Workers, Discovers AI Is the New Crypto

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In a move that surprises absolutely no one who's been watching Silicon Valley's latest obsession cycle, Coinbase — the…

May 5, 2026

A 'Tech Map' From 2006 That Probably Isn't — And What It Actually Tells Us

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A map purporting to show the Bay Area tech landscape circa 2006 has been making the rounds online, and it's a fun…

May 5, 2026

Waymo's Dirty Secret: SF's Robot Taxis Are Basically Rolling Frat Parties

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San Francisco loves to market itself as the gleaming capital of AI innovation.

May 3, 2026

Two Billionaires Walk Into a Courtroom: The OpenAI Trial That Could Reshape SF's AI Empire

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman are airing their dirty laundry in court, and the rest of San Francisco's AI industry is…

May 3, 2026

Waymo Steals Your Luggage, Then Offers to Let You Pay for Shipping

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A San Jose airport passenger recently learned the hard way that the robot car revolution still has a few bugs to work…

May 2, 2026

Elon vs. Sam: The Billionaire Beef That Won't Die

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If you've been following the Musk-Altman courtroom saga — and honestly, who in this city hasn't at least…

April 30, 2026

Another Tech Conference Nobody Asked For Is Coming to the Bay

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Media startup Semafor — the company that's been building a name for itself with its Washington D.C.

April 30, 2026

Berkeley Wants to Teach People How to Govern AI — But Who Governs the Governors?

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UC Berkeley is hosting an AI Governance Workshop aimed at bridging the gap between research and policy — a noble goal…

April 30, 2026

AI Tractor Startup Burns Through $240 Million, Leaves Nothing But Tire Tracks

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Another day, another Bay Area startup that raised a quarter-billion dollars and has absolutely nothing to show for it.

April 29, 2026

Record Profits, Pink Slips: Big Tech's New Normal Is Here to Stay

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Let's dispense with the polite fiction that tech layoffs are about hard times.

April 29, 2026

Waymos Are Blocking Firehouses and Freezing in Intersections — and It's Getting Worse

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Here's a question that shouldn't be hard: Should a robot car know not to park in front of a fire station?

April 29, 2026

Travis Kalanick Fled to Texas, But Came Crawling Back to SF for His Launch Party

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Look, we get it. Texas has no state income tax, cheaper real estate, and you can probably get a table at a restaurant…

April 29, 2026

A $3.5 Billion Drone Factory — Right Here on the Peninsula

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In an era when most companies are sprinting toward low-cost states to build their factories, Skydio is doing something…

April 28, 2026