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Mile-High disruption: Why Denver should be on your tech radar next year

The Next Web

Stuart Wall, CEO of Signpost , a local advertising platform funded by Spark Capital and Google Ventures. Roughly 1,200 miles away in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is pushing for restrictions that will shutter many of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. city), restaurants and nightlife.

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Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Comes to London!

Amy Sample Ward

I’m so excited to see a Mobile Tech 4 Change event coming to London - but super disappointed I can’t be here to participate (I’ll be at N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference in San Jose). What is Mobile Tech 4 Social Change? More information is below - REGISTER here. Each event includes. hands-on-demos.

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Bookshare International’s Viji Dilip Profiled in Magazine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Washington Square Magazine, which is published by Viji’s alma matter San Jose State University, included a profile of Viji in their most recent issue. After receiving an MBA and CPA from San Jose State in 1995, and working for Hewlett-Packard and several tech startups, Viji received an unexpected diagnosis from her doctor.

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Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days

TechCrunch

Abodu began installing homes through a pre-approval process back in 2019, when the city of San Jose created a program that allowed developers of alternative dwelling units to submit plans for pre-approval to cut the time for homeowners. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar Photo via Abodu.

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Chasing Cruise and Waymo, Chinese AV company AutoX plans to begin testing in San Francisco

TechCrunch

The company, which has been testing its vehicles in the greater San Jose area since 2016, shared plans to launch robotaxi operations and build an operations center in the Golden City. AutoX is moving into San Francisco at a time when others like Cruise and Waymo are actually spinning up commercial operations.

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Abodu raises $20M to build prefabricated backyard homes

TechCrunch

Cities and local agencies have to quickly approve or deny ADU projects within 60 days of receiving a permit application. The company claims it can deliver an ADU in as little as 30 days in San Jose and Los Angeles thanks to the cities’ pre-approval process. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

As Austin’s skyline expands, the city continues to solidify its standing as a tech hub. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Austin is also home to secondary offices of many of the largest tech companies in the world, including Google, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, Facebook and SpaceX. And the numbers are there to back it up.

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