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Lauren August 13, 2021
Backed by state funding, a tech company is installing 120 electric vehicle chargers at apartment complexes throughout California in an effort to remove obstacles that prevent lower-income renters and residents from owning EVs.
Lauren August 13, 2021

Agora, a startup that has built a materials management platform for contractors, has raised $33 million in a Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. 8VC, Tishman Speyer, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Michael Ovitz, DST, LeFrak and Kevin Hartz also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total r...

Lauren August 13, 2021
Airbnb Inc.’s second-quarter revenue nearly quadrupled, rebounding from the lows of the pandemic and exceeding pre-pandemic levels, as domestic travel lifted the home-sharing company’s fortunes.
Lauren August 13, 2021
The California Energy Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to adopt changes to the state building energy efficiency standards that in part heavily encourage the use of electric heat pumps over gas alternatives. The state updates the code every three years...
Lauren August 13, 2021
The Rocket Companies subsidiary plans to launch its own iBuying program in the coming months. The company will hire on-staff real estate agents who will begin assisting sellers in the fourth quarte...
Lauren August 13, 2021

In the latest corporate reactions to the highly infectious Delta variant, Lyft said on Wednesday that it would not require employees to return to the office until February, while Twitter said it would close its newly reopened offices in San Francisco and New York and indefinitely postpone other reopening plans.

Lauren August 13, 2021
Two new AI models out this week show the power of artificial intelligence to read text, write it — and even convert it into computer code. Why it matters: Natural language processing (NLP) is one of the most exciting areas in AI research, with major implications for how we'll communicate and work in the years ahead.
Lauren August 13, 2021
Miranda Massie, Director of the Climate Museum in New York, sits down with CREtech’s CEO Michael Beckerman to discuss what led to the founding and development of the Climate Museum. Through the in-depth conversation, Massie unpacks how she hopes the Climate Museum will help to educate and inspire leaders from across the globe to address the world’s biggest challenge - climate change.
Lauren August 13, 2021
Miloš Halečka, Innovations Director at MiddleCap, discusses the transition to making data-driven decisions for property maintenance and raising the bar for sustainability.
Lauren August 13, 2021
Proptech startup Divvy Homes scored another big round of fundraising, bringing the company’s valuation to $2 billion.