SAN FRANCISCO — Bird, a start-up that rents out electric scooters, is being valued at $2.5 billion in a new funding round led by the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, according to three people with knowledge of the deal.
The funding puts Bird’s valuation slightly above the $2.3 billion that it was pegged at last year. At th...
Data, the fuel on which so much of the technology and appraisal of real estate runs, is up-to-date and in abundant supply in Gotham, but still living in the dark ages in the rest of the country.
SAN FRANCISCO — As the waitress approached the table, Sam Altman held up his phone. That made it easier to see the dollar amount typed into an investment contract he had spent the last 30 days negotiating with Microsoft.
Amazon this morning announced its intentions to open a pair of robotic-powered fulfillment centers in Ohio. The two warehouses — both larger than 700,000 square feet — will be located in the north of the state, in Akron and Ros...
CHICAGO, July 18, 2019—Moderne Ventures, a venture investment fund focused on technology and innovation, announced today the names of the seven companies accepted into its 2019 Midyear Passport Program, a 7-month industry immersion program designed to help companies accelerate growth and build meaningful partnerships within Moderne’s multi-trilli...
NEW YORK CITY—There’s a Big Bang Theory at Reonomy. It’s that understanding space of the galaxies in the universe is similar to understanding space on the surface of the earth—at least in terms of creating models to rapidly compare, analyze and reconcile massive amounts of data. (See slideshow at the bottom of the article.)
