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CRETech July 12, 2019
NEW YORK CITY— “I found most of the technology in the real estate space that focuses on property management really targets the large luxury complexes,” says Alex Norman, the co-founder and CEO of the proptech startup MyCoop Technologies. “Actually there are none for the most part that service smaller buildings that are run by mom and pops or individuals who can be hard to reach.”
CRETech July 12, 2019
Artificial intelligence tools for commercial real estate are already here, and they are disrupting apartment leasing. AppFolio’s new digital leasing assistant Lisa, is one example of what is possible through AI tools. The assistant is able to take a tenant through the early stages of apartment leasing, answering questions and carrying on conversations in real time. For brokers a...
CRETech July 12, 2019

Refraction, a new autonomous delivery robot company that came out of stealth Wednesday at TC Sessions: Mobility, sees opportunity in areas most AV startups are avoiding: regions with the worst weather.

The company, founded by
CRETech July 12, 2019
The incendiary lawsuit Realogy filed Wednesday accuses Compass of “illicit” business practices, “predatory” poaching and attempts at price-fixing. The 68-page suit, filed in New York State Supreme Court, provides a raft of detailed examples for how the $4.4...
CRETech July 12, 2019
Zillow Group and Compass have settled a pair of lawsuits that accused the SoftBank-backed high-tech brokerage of stealing Zillow intellectual property and poaching employees with non-compete agreements. The two companies submitted a “stipulation and proposed order of dismissal with prejudice” in federal court Wednesday morning, agreeing to each pay their own attorney fees.
CRETech July 12, 2019

Real estate computer vision platform startup Matterport is set to acquire Arraiy, an AI startup aiming to automate special effects processing in film.

CRETech July 12, 2019
Legal blockchain company, Integra Ledger, has launched a Blockchain Integration Wizard – which aims to makes it easy to integrate data derived from any source inside a law firm or legal team with a blockchain layer. The launch comes with the news that Elevate Services, the fast-growing law compan...
CRETech July 12, 2019

As automation technology has leapt ahead, workers increasingly worry about losing their jobs to robots and algorithms. Economists dismiss those concerns, by and large, arguing that workers can grab higher-skilled jobs with better wages.

Amazon may soon find out who is right.

The e-commerce giant ...

CRETech July 11, 2019
When an industry is called out in The Wall Street Journal, investors take notice. Last week, the Journal proclaimed that venture capitalists are “pouring money” into startups that leverage technology to make commercial and residential constr...
CRETech July 11, 2019

Sonder, which rents serviced apartments akin to boutique hotels, has raised $225 million at a valuation north of $1 billion, the company announced this morning.

News of the round, which brings
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