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How Drones Are Changing CRE

CRETech December 06, 2018

NEW YORK CITY—Camber Creek’s general partner Jake Fingert sees drones as a CRE disrupter.

The venture capital firm solely focuses on investing in real estate technologies. Fingert formerly served as a senior policy advisor in President Barack Obama’s White House and was a senior advisor at the General Services Adminis...

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Airbnb May Start Designing, Building Residences For Short-Term Rentals

CRETech December 06, 2018
Airbnb initiated a transformational change in the hospitality industry when it launched, and the San Francisco-based home-sharing giant is now attempting to do something similar with homebuilding. Airbnb co-founder and Chief Product Officer Joe Gebbia announced to Fast Company on Thursday the 2019 launch of Backyard, a new venture cooked up by the company's futures division called Samara.
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Compass hires AI guru from Microsoft

CRETech December 06, 2018

Compass hired an artificial intelligence expert from Microsoft as its new chief technology officer, the brokerage announced Tuesday.

Joseph Sirosh will report to Chief Ope...

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Facilio raises USD 6.4 million Series A funding led by Tiger Global and existing investor Accel

CRETech December 05, 2018
Strong performance, clear vision and a sharp go-to-market strategy underpin VC’s choice to fund Facilio
  • Facilio is the world’s firstunified IoT & AI-driven facilities optimization software offering end-to-end building maintenance, operations, sustainability & tenant experience, across portfolios.
  • The funds will help Facilio ...
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Robot Janitors Are Coming to Mop Floors at a Walmart Near You

CRETech December 05, 2018
Robots are coming to a Walmart Inc. near you, and not just as a gimmick. The world’s largest retailer is rolling out 360 autonomous floor-scrubbing robots in some of its stores in the U.S. by the end of the January, it said in a joint statement with Brain Corp., wh...
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Tech Companies Aren’t the Only Ones Competing for Tech Workers

CRETech December 05, 2018
The tech-job openings at companies in the Management Top 250 say a lot about how innovative these businesses are. They also speak volumes about the digital transformation taking place in nearly every nook and cranny of the economy. Some of the biggest recruiters of people with robotics expertise aren’t just tech outfits or manufacturers, for instance, but also banks and real-estate firms.
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Real estate VR tech firm Matterport taps former eBay exec as new CEO

CRETech December 05, 2018
Matterport, which provides 3D virtual reality tours of listed homes for buyers and renters, named a former eBay executive and technology veteran as its new CEO. RJ Pittman, the former chief product officer at eBay, will replace outgoing CEO Bill Brown who will continue to serve in an advisory role at Matterport, the company said Monday.
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Oakland’s Building Boom Is Giving Rise To Robots, Virtual Reality And Other Construction Tech

CRETech December 05, 2018
With the building boom in full swing in Oakland, many contractors are using different technologies from productivity software to robots to improve productivity, efficiencies and job-site safety. Contractors that are ahead of the game are using drone technology, 3D modeling and building information modeling, virtual reality, print camera technology and mobile-friendly software, such as PlanGri...
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Knotel Expands San Francisco Presence

CRETech December 05, 2018
Knotel, a flexible office space service provider, has signed new office space leases at three San Francisco buildings, totaling approximately 45,000 square feet. With these trio of leases, the company now operates a total of nearly 200,000 square feet of space at 20 locations throughout the city.
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With Augmented and Virtual Reality, Tour Your Office Before It’s Built

CRETech December 05, 2018
When Avalara Hawk Tower, part of a $350 million development in Seattle that overlooks CenturyLink Field, was still just a vacant lot, prospective tenants could get a view of the city from the top floor, peering 240 feet down into the stadium where the Seahawks and the Sounders play. The vantage point offered views of Pioneer Square, the ferry terminal and Elliott Bay beyond. Snow-capped Mount Rain...
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