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  • The Content Funnel Acquires ATYPICAL Creating Premier Full-Service Commercial Real Estate Marketing Agency

    ATYPICAL

    NEW YORK, July 15, 2019 – The Content Funnel, a leading content marketing platform for the commercial real estate industry has announced that they have acquired ATYPICAL, a leader in digital real estate marketing services. The combined entity will be rebranded as ATYPICAL and have offices in New York, New Jersey and South Africa. Sarah Malcolm, former COO of The Content Funnel will assume the role of Co-President of the new division along with Mark Kalkwarf. The Content Funnel was founded in …

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

    NEW YORK TIMES

    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 start-up that is developing self-driving technologies, and for Ford to use electric-car components developed by Volkswagen….

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

    THE REAL DEAL

    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 visitors in just the first quarter, Bloomberg reported. Homeowners in Atlanta and Phoenix who visit Redfin’s site will be given the option of requesting a cash offer from Opendoor, which buys and flips homes after minor repairs, or get an opi…

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  • Google Contractors Listen to Recordings of People Using Virtual Assistant

    WSJ

    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.GOOG 0.01% unit employs contractors around the globe to listen to some recordings of conversations that people have with the Google Assistant, which is available on its Google Home speakers and Android devices….

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

    CRUNCHBASE NEWS

    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 Lime have each raised hundreds of millions of dollars (here, here), totaling more than $1 billion between the pair. The Information reports that Bird is seeking $300 million more, matching a sum raised by Lime earlier this year….

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

    REAL ESTATE WEEKLY

    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 companies in New York City and across the globe continue to respond favorably to Knotel as a great alt…

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

    BISNOW

    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 downtown Boston. With anticipated deals at 95 Berkeley in the South End and 200 Berkeley in Back Bay later this year,…

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  • MyCoop.com Brings Cloud Communications to Small Multifamily Buildings

    GLOBEST

    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.”

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  • AI Is Already Disrupting Apartment Leasing

    GLOBEST

    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 and property owners going through lease up, the benefits are substantial.

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

    TECHCRUNCH

    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 University of Michigan professors Matthew Johnson-Roberson and Ram Vasudevan, calls its REV-1 delivery robot the “Goldilocks of autonomous vehicles.” The pair have a long history with autonomous vehicles. Johnson-Roberson got his start by participating in the DARPA Gr…

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