Business & Tech AI Data Center Planned In Downtown Oakland, Backlash Sure to Follow An East Bay developer announced plans to build a 20,000-square-foot data center in downtown Oakland, which would support AI and robotics research at a much larger “innovation campus” a block away.
Business & Tech SF Robotics Startup Run By Ex-Cruise CEO Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Unpaid Wages Following an earlier lawsuit over a damaged Airbnb rental, former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt's startup Botco is now facing a class-action lawsuit from former contract workers who allege unpaid overtime and termination pay.
Business & Tech Amazon Robotics Expected to Join Growing Tech and AI Hub In SF’s Design District The Massachusetts-based robotics division of Amazon is close to signing a lease on 250,000 square feet of space in the old Zynga building at 650 Townsend, as SF’s Design District quickly fills up with a variety of AI and tech firms.
SF News Startup Run By Ex-Cruise CEO Accused of Damaging Airbnb While Testing Robot A local Airbnb host says an SF robotics company booked a reservation without telling him that his house would allegedly be used as a testing ground for a robotics prototype, and he claims he was left with an estimated $12,000 in repairs.
Arts & Entertainment SF Fighting Robot Company to Open Gym, Storefront on Van Ness This Summer A local company that makes and sells fighting humanoid robots is opening a permanent location in SF’s Nob Hill in July. While the company's robots are strictly used for entertainment purposes, recent close-calls involving humanoids have raised safety concerns.
SF News OpenAI to Expand to East Bay With Plans For Huge New Robotics Facility OpenAI signed a new lease on a 202,000-square-foot waterfront site near the Richmond ferry terminal in its first East Bay expansion, and it’s believed the company will be opening a robotics facility there.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Tech Company Launches $8,000 Laundry-Folding Robot Asian American communities are celebrating the Lunar New Year across the Bay Area; an SUV driver wearing a boot cast crashed into a Santa Rosa store; and a new $8,000 laundry-folding robot will fold most clothing and small linens.
SF News R2D2 Robot Things Want To Deliver You Stuff While human delivery people may someday face competition from flying Amazon and Google drones, those drones themselves may have a worthy competitor in robots, the likes of which the Chronicle now profiles. “It
