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BUSINESSINSIDER
The San Francisco-based DoorDash announced Thursday that it had confidentially filed IPO paperwork with the SEC, the first step toward a public offering. But back in late 2019, the startup became the first food delivery platform in the US to venture into the ghost kitchen market.
CRETECH
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WSJ
Amazon.com Inc. rolled out its checkout-free “Go” technology in a large grocery store and plans to license the cashierless system to other retailers. Amazon Go Grocery opened in Seattle on Tuesday. It uses an array of cameras, shelf sensors and software to allow shoppers to pick up items as varied as organic produce and wine and walk out without stopping to pay or scan merchandise. Accounts are automatically charged through a smartphone app once shoppers leave the store. …
CRETech
DRIVING HEADLINES This week in real estate tech witnessed a high deal volume across a variety of states in North America. The more notable rounds of capital went to companies that focus on driverless cars, smart home technologies, sustainable vehicle systems and high-end furniture rentals. On February 27th, Dealpath received a strategic investment in the form of development capital from the Blackstone Group. The investment amount was undisclosed. Dealpath is a San Francisco-based real estate…
CRETECH
New York, NY (February 28, 2020) —CREtech (cretech.com), the leading global conference and research company devoted to innovation in the built world, has announced that Ginny Miller, VP of Technology and Innovation at Jamestown L.P., and one of the most respected and leading developers in the sector, will be one of the featured speakers in Austin, Texas on April 22nd and 23rd. In a session titled “The Consumer-Productization of Real Estate”, Ginny will shed light on How technology is enabling us…
CONSTRUCTIONDIVE
Construction tech developer Built Robotics’ fully autonomous construction equipment is now available to contractors and heavy machine operators. A software upgrade to excavating equipment will allow the machinery to operate autonomously or be piloted remotely, making it the first of its kind to be offered commercially in the U.S.
BISNOW
Hollywood may love Eddie Redmayne, but the Redmayne star in commercial real estate is the actor’s brother, WiredScore North America Senior Director Tom Redmayne. The U.K.-born PropTech leader got his CRE start at Cushman & Wakefield in London, working on the firm’s global technology team. After four years with C&W, Redmayne moved over to WiredScore after the company expanded to London in 2015.
SDCEXEC
The Dallas Federal Reserve predicts the oil and gas sector to cut capital spending by 15% in 2020, causing a surge of efficiency and overall industry consolidation by 2021. To combat this low-cost crude, Brian Sallade, CEO at Kinsmen Group continuously transforms major oil, gas, and utility companies through adaptation of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. Under the digital transformation umbrella, Digital Twin technology improves operational insights, saves customers mon…
BUSINESSWIRE
NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dealpath, the leading software solution for real estate investment and portfolio management, announced today a strategic investment from Blackstone (NYSE:BX). The partnership will provide Dealpath with the deep industry experience and expertise from Blackstone’s Real Estate and Innovations teams. Blackstone intends to continue building upon the Dealpath platform as a core of its data strategy and architecture empowering maximum value creation from p…
THEREALDEAL
Real estate leaders and tech startup founders converged Monday at the convention center at the Baha Mar resort for a full day of panels on how proptech is changing the industry. To start the day, Stuart Elliott, The Real Deal‘s editor-in-chief, led a discussion on how high-tech amenities are reshaping commercial and residential development. Lee Bienstock, head of enterprise partnerships at Google, and Peter Weiss, the chief real estate officer at Latch, were among the speakers.
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