Tech and Startups

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (202+ words) Frazier Life Sciences has closed more than $1.1 billion in new capital commitments to its Public Fund, pushing the long-only investment vehicle's total committed capital to roughly $2.8 billion. The Palo Alto-based firm announced the raise Thursday, marking one of the largest…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (920+ words) A 27-year-old AI researcher says he resigned from Anthropic over concerns about how powerful AI is being developed, warning that advanced systems could pose catastrophic risks to humanity. Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (406+ words) Berkeley-based Rigetti secures a $100 million CHIPS Act award, giving the U.S. government equity as it races to scale superconducting quantum chips....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (155+ words) Santa Clara County now has 75 data centers, enough to rank second among all U.S. counties, and its 23% growth rate from 2025 to 2026 was the fastest among the five U.S. counties with the most data centers. The surge comes as the county's median home…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (153+ words) Chime, the San Francisco-based financial technology company known for its no-fee mobile banking app, announced it will acquire nationally chartered Stride Bank in an all-cash deal worth $590 million. Shares of Chime jumped nearly 10% in extended trading following the announcement, adding…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (747+ words) Anyone who drives regularly in the Bay Area knows its persistent traffic choke points, from key stretches of Highway 101 and Interstate 880 to the tangled intersection of Octavia and Market streets in San Francisco. It’s a frustrating, time-wasting problem, and Google…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (457+ words) Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. It’s the latest deal by the company, whose processors are integral to the AI boom, and highlights Nvidia's push to champion increasingly popular open-source AI models. Nvidia CEO…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (213+ words) Starbuck Charter Bus has expanded its transportation capabilities through a new strategic partnership supporting larger event and shuttle programs across Northern California. San Francisco, California--(Newsfile Corp. - September 2, 2026) - Starbuck Charter Bus has entered a new strategic transportation partnership that expands…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (196+ words) Investors welcomed the outcome. Alphabet shares rose between 1% and 1.5% yesterday immediately after news broke that Brinkema had rejected the forced-sale bid, according to Seeking Alpha. The stock move reflected relief on Wall Street that Google's corporate structure remains intact even…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (950+ words) LOS ANGELES — Here’s another place the AI frenzy is making itself felt: the market for luxury homes. High-income earners, many of them employees at AI companies, are snapping up multimillion-dollar houses in the San Francisco Bay Area, undaunted by the…...