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Google Selects 11 Startups for Accelerator to Battle Climate Change

Google has announced 11 companies for the second Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change cohort. This ten-week program consists of…

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Ayar Labs Secures $130 Million From Top Chip Companies

SANTA CLARA --Ayar Labs, which specializes in chip-to-chip optical connectivity, has secured $130 million in additional financing led by Boardman…

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TCV Leads $40 Million Round in Syllable

SUNNYVALE -- AI-enabled healthcare automation provider Syllable has landed a $40 million Series C funding round to improve the patient…

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Four Charged With Theft at Lululemon

Palo Alto Police arrested four suspects for organized retail theft last Friday afternoon after shoplifting from a downtown clothing store…

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Elon Musk Buying Twitter for $44 Billion

SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter, Inc. has agreed to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk, for $54.20 per share…

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Instacart Expands Delivery Nationally With Grocery Outlet

Last October, Instacart launched service with Grocery Outlet – the leading extreme value retailer in the U.S. based in Emeryville…

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Panera Adds Sodas, Lemonades to Drink Subscription

National sandwich chain Panera Bread has launched the Unlimited Sip Club, the first-ever nationwide unlimited beverage subscription which now includes…

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PayPal, Venmo Instant Transfer Fees to Go Up

Fees for instant transfer of funds on Venmo and PayPal are both increasing in May and June. Instant Transfer allows…

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Mendel Nabs $40 Million Series B Round

SAN JOSE -- Mendel, a clinical artificial intelligence and natural language processing platform, has raised $40 million in Series B…

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Stanford Employee Pleads Guilty in Stolen MacBook Scheme

SACRAMENTO — Patricia Castaneda, 38, of Redwood City and a former employee of Stanford University, was sentenced to 33 months…

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Upside Foods Shows Potential With $400 Million Series C

BERKELEY -- UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats), a company in the cultivated meat, poultry, and seafood industry, has closed a…

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Netflix Shares Plunge 35% After Subscriber Loss

Netflix, the leading streaming video service, saw its shares plunge 35% Wednesday after it announced its first quarterly decline in…

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