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  • 7 Sightings That Prove The Robot Invasion Is Already Here

    Bisnow

    Robots may be working behind the scenes building our cars and working in warehouses, but these automated workers are becoming a bigger part of everyday life for humans, especially in commercial real estate. Automation and robots are expected to claim 800 million jobs by 2030, and some robots are even starting to look like humans. Hanson Robotics created Sophia, a human-like robot that can make 62 facial expressions, and Sophia received Saudi Arabian citizenship in 2017. While we may be a long wa…

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  • Exclusive Q & A with #CREtech Sponsor: REthink

    CRETECH

    Our team at CREtech recently caught up with REthink to learn more about their site, strategy and vision.   Can you describe your site? REthink is the leading commercial real estate broker management platform built on Salesforce.com. With a 5-star Salesforce.com rating, our clients sign up with us because we provide an innovative technology solution at an attractive rate. Our clients stay with us because of our customer support.   What problems are you solving for real e…

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  • City’s real estate leaders embracing tech

    Crain’s

    Rapid growth of proptech exemplifies the happy marriage between technology and established New York industries By Greg David  Honest Buildings is one of the proptech startups trying to change the real estate industry. Riggs Kubiak, Brandon Weber and Caren Maio have decided to take on Microsoft—or at least the way real estate professionals use Excel—and change how the hidebound industry does business. They say their endeavor only makes sense if they are in New York. Proptech, as…

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  • My Take On The Winter 2018 Real Estate Tech Meetup – Blockchain & Crypto

    Duke Long Blog

    With a friendly in person and then email invitation from Maria Seredina M&A and Partnerships at Zillow Group and Patrick Janson CEO ProDeal360 I attended the NYC Real Estate Tech Startups Winter 2018 Real Estate Tech Meetup – Blockchain & Crypto Now, I say I get invited to all kinds of stuff and I do but why single this one out? Well, of course, it’s the ever-mercurial topic of Blockchain & Crypto, add in real estate and I’m there. You might want to make sure you scroll all …

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  • Google expansion plans helping to turn NYC into tech hub

    Star Tribune

    NEW YORK — As New York City waits to hear whether it’s been chosen as the site for Amazon’s second headquarters, recent moves by another tech giant, Google, to expand its footprint in the city are helping to legitimize New York’s claim to be Silicon Valley East. Google is reportedly close to a reaching a $2.4 billion deal to add a landmark Meatpacking District building to its already substantial New York campus. The building, a block-long former Nabisco factory named after its ground-floor…

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  • Venture Capitalists’ Real Estate Tech Investments Plummet 74%

    BISNOW

    Venture capitalists invested $192M in real estate tech startups in February, down 74% from $751M in January, according to a report from RETech — an affiliate of investment sales market data provider Falkon Inc. Among the largest recipients of capital in the U.S. last month was New York-based national commercial real estate data provider Reonomy. Co-founded by CEO Richard Sarkis, the startup completed a $16M funding round earlier this month, led by private equity firm Bain Capital. Investors p…

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  • Google is beginning to get serious about the construction business

    The Real Deal – New York

    Google is preparing to build a village in its own backyard. The tech giant is asking a handful of prefab housing startups for proposals to build 10,000 apartments for employees as part of its huge Mountain View Googleplex HQ, according to The Information. The tech giant has solicited at least eight firms and has met with representatives from Katerra, a Menlo Park-based technology company that handles various aspects of the building process. In January, Katerra raised $865 million from Japan’s So…

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  • Roommate-matching startup Roomi acquires third rival

    The Real Deal – New York

    Merger mania in the roommate matching economy continues. Roomi, an online room rental platform, said Thursday that it is acquiring its rival Symbi. Symbi is the third competitor Roomi is acquiring, following deals with Room.me in 2016 and The Room Ring last year. Founded by Ajay Yadav in 2015, Roomi recently raised $11 million in a Series A round. Roomi’s mobile app is a little like Tinder for roommates: users can swipe through profiles of potential roommates or room listings until they hit a ma…

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  • How to Rent a New York City Apartment Without Paying a Deposit

    Wall Street Journal – New York Main

    Owners of some of the city’s largest apartment buildings are signing up for services that allow tenants to pay smaller, nonrefundable fees rather than plunking down hefty security deposits. How to Rent a New York City Apartment Without Paying a Deposit

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  • This startup looks to take on Amazon Go tech (AMZN)

    Business Insider – Retail

    This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here. AiFi, a computer vision startup, has developed its own technology to enable in-store shopping without the need for physical checkout, much like the Amazon Go store, according to a press release. Cashierless store concepts allow consumers to walk in, pick up their items, and walk out knowing that they'll be digitally c…

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