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Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Electric Cars

CRETech July 15, 2019

Ford Motor and Volkswagen said Friday that they would team up to develop self-driving cars and share electric-car components. The move broadens an existing alliance and shows how automakers are putting aside rivalries to manage the cost of new technologies.

The agreement calls for Volkswagen to purchase a stake in a Ford-backed sta...

Opendoor and Redfin want to ramp up instant homebuying through new partnership

CRETech July 15, 2019

Opendoor, the $3.8 billion SoftBank-backed instant home buyer, and its competitor Redfin Corp. are teaming up to gain an edge in the new home-selling segment. The new partnership means Opendoor can get a piece of Redfin’s web traffic — 31 million monthly v...

Google Contractors Listen to Recordings of People Using Virtual Assistant

CRETech July 15, 2019

Google said contractors are listening to customer audio recorded by the company’s virtual assistant, a disclosure prompted by a media report that adds to privacy concerns associated with the technology. Belgian public broadcaster VRT NWS said in a report this week that the Alphabet Inc.

Bird’s Leaked Numbers Detail The High Price Of Scooter Growth

CRETech July 12, 2019

Bird, one of the two leading American scooter companies, is losing money at a terrific rate according to a recent report in The Information. The scooter company and its best-known rival

Flexible office provider Knotel reaches 100 building milestone in New York City

CRETech July 12, 2019

Knotel, the flexible office provider, announced that it has recently finalized five new locations in New York City, bringing its total footprint in the city to 100 buildings and almost 2.5 million square feet. The announcement comes following completed transactions at more than 24 locations in New York City, London, Paris and San Francisco over the month of May alone. “Owners, brokers and ...

With WeWork Expected To Be Boston’s Largest Office Tenant, Experts Assess Coworking’s Risk Factor

CRETech July 12, 2019

WeWork is on track to have Boston’s largest office footprint by year’s end, the latest benchmark in coworking’s rapid ascent in New England’s largest city. Since first arriving in Boston in 2014, WeWork has quickly grown to be one of the largest tenants in the city. Deals this year include a 250K SF, 11-story lease at One Lincoln Street and a 29K SF lease at One Milk Street in downtow...

MyCoop.com Brings Cloud Communications to Small Multifamily Buildings

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.”

AI Is Already Disrupting Apartment Leasing

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...

This new autonomous startup has designed its delivery robot to conquer winter

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