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Alphabet’s Wing drones to start Silicon Valley deliveries this year
1+ week, 5+ day ago (185+ words) By Julia Love, Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.s drone delivery company Wing will begin delivering parcels to homes in the San Francisco Bay Area this year, marking its latest expansion in a small but fast-growing market. Wings efforts are part of…...
Poverty simulation offers ‘eye-opening’ experience for Silicon Valley leaders
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (449+ words) In the echoing expanse of a Sunnyvale food bank, Silicon Valley leaders scrambled across a warehouse floor, making a dull cacophony as they ran to different tables where they begged for work, bargained for groceries, sought housing, and bailed their…...
Silicon Valley-based drone delivery startup Zipline hits $7.6 billion valuation
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (354+ words) By Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg Zipline, a drone delivery and logistics startup, has raised more than $600 million in new funding, boosting its valuation to $7.6 billion, as it expands commercial deployments. The firm's fundraising round included backing from Valor Equity Partners and…...