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Dispensed: uBiome gets dumped by CVS, Jeffrey Epstein's wacky plan to sell...
Happy Friday, Sept. 6th!Bringing you this week's fresh batch of healthcare and biotech news is me, Erin Brodwin, subbing for the fabulous Lydia Ramsey while she wraps up her honeymoon festivities.While...
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Brex, the buzzy credit card startup valued at $2.6 billion, is opening a...
Brex, the buzzy credit card startup with a $2.6 billion valuation, is opening a restaurant in San Francisco's South Park neighborhood. The venture-backed startup decided to revive a neighborhood...
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A Silicon Valley stylist reveals which women's brands she's choosing right now
Victoria Hitchcock, a fashion "lifestylist" based in Silicon Valley, styles clients including tech entrepreneurs and CEOs.While New York Fashion Week kicked off on the East Coast this week, we're...
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Zestful is helping startups compete with Google and Facebook in the...
Zestful, a startup that lets other small startups offer employee benefits and perks, announced on Tuesday it raised $5 million in seed funding led by Thrive Capital.Zestful founder and CEO Mat Vogels...
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I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here are 10 things I wish people...
I've lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost all my life, and there are many things outsiders get wrong about it.For one, San Francisco is really only home to a small number of Bay Area...
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The most incredible perks Silicon Valley workers can take advantage of, from...
Employees at Silicon Valley technology companies have access to some of the most extravagant employee perks around.Complimentary catered meals have become almost standard as tech giants compete to have...
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Over 1,200 students at 17 universities including Stanford have pledged to not...
Students at schools including MIT, Wellesley, and Brown have signed a petition agreeing not to work for Palantir.Palantir provides software for ICE, which has been used for workplace raids and...
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San Francisco's fastest-growing neighborhood didn't even exist two years ago....
San Francisco'sEast Cut is the fastest-growing neighborhood in one of the fastest-growing cities in America— and it didn't even exist until two years ago.This part of town houses some of San...
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Over 250 tech industry leaders were asked which skills are in highest demand...
Skilled tech workers are in high demand, even as the industry undergoes major shifts.Software development, data analytics, and engineering are among the most valued skills in the eyes of tech...
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Silicon Valley held a secret fundraiser for Trump
President Donald Trump's Silicon Valley donors traveled to a secret location in Palo Alto, California, on Tuesday to attend a fundraiser for the president where tickets cost as much as $100,000 a...
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'Silicon Valley' star Thomas Middleditch says swinging saved his marriage:...
HBO's "Silicon Valley" star Thomas Middleditch revealed in a new interview that swinging "saved" his marriage. "We have different speeds, and we argue over it constantly, but it's better than feeling...
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A $1.4 billion biotech wants to trade its 'organism engineering' expertise...
This week, the startup hub Y Combinator and the $1.4 billion company Ginkgo Bioworks unveiled a new partnership aimed at giving startups access to tools to make materials from living things.Ginkgo was...
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The 20 highest-paying companies in Silicon Valley in 2019
Glassdoor just released its list of the highest paying companies in 2019.Several of the highest-paying companies this year can be found in Silicon Valley, California.The highest-paying Silicon...
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The founders of Lunchclub, a startup for making better professional...
Lunchclub is a San Francisco-based startup that wants to change the way networking happens. Using data inputs, like public information from Twitter and LinkedIn, Lunchclub matches users who are looking...
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Meet Masayoshi Son, the Japanese billionaire whose SoftBank mega-fund has...
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of the Japanese holding company SoftBank, is worth an estimated $15.3 billion, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.SoftBank has "lost faith" in...
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San Francisco real estate agents reveal most requested features tech workers...
San Francisco is home to tech millionaires and billionaires, and they want high-end homes to go with their high-paying jobs.Real estate agents who work with these luxury clients say that San Francisco...
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The precarious path of e-cig startup Juul: From Silicon Valley darling to $38...
E-cigarette company Juul, which won an investment from tobacco giant Altria at a $38 billion valuation, faces an uncertain future.Analysts have credited Juul with single-handedly resurrecting the...
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We tried to pay $1 in cash for a soda at Amazon’s cashier-less convenience...
San Francisco's"cashless" stores are cashless no more.The city recently placed a ban on cashless businesses after it decided that only accepting electronic payment methods and not cash discriminates...
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E-cig company Juul raised billions to pursue global domination, but a rash of...
E-cigarette company Juul faces an uncertain future as it brings on a new CEO with a long track record in the tobacco industry.In the US, Juul is confronting challenges that include warnings from...
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What Silicon Valley looked like during the early days of the tech boom
Silicon Valley wasn't always synonymous with app developers and venture capitalists — but it sure attracted them.Even before the '60s, the region was home to dozens of companies developing silicon...
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