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  • Top Proptech News of 2019

    SHARPLAUNCH

    As 2019 draws to a close, we wanted to take a look at the biggest proptech news headlines over the past year. Below is a round up of some of the good, bad and ugly stories that shaped the proptech sector in 2019.  PropTech firm SquareFoot, a commercial real estate brokerage, announced the acquisition of PivotDesk a subletting platform formerly owned by coworking provider Industrious, which enables office tenants to rent out their unused desk and office space to smaller companies. SquareFoot says…

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  • Airbnb Takes Halting Steps to Protect Its Users

    WSJ

    Airbnb Inc. employees had a proposal in 2017 for making the home-sharing platform safer for both hosts and guests. Everyone who signs up, they suggested, should have to provide a government identification such as a driver’s license. The company had suffered through a string of embarrassing safety problems, including prostitution, theft and voyeuristic hosts using cameras to watch guests. An ID requirement might deter bad actors, the employees argued. It wasn’t the first time members of A…

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  • Tech Giants Hunt for AI Startups—and the Brains Behind Them

    WSJ

    Technology giants are opening their checkbooks to keep pace in the hot field of artificial intelligence, where some of the best ideas and most sought-after talent reside in small startups and academia. Intel Corp. ’s purchase of Israeli startup Habana Labs for $2 billion this month is the biggest AI deal in a year when those transactions have already hit a record. Other tech giants, including Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. , have made acquisitions in recent years to strengthen their abil…

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  • Inside ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s secret ghost kitchen startup

    BUSINESSINSIDER

    Travis Kalanick, the ousted Uber cofounder, has pivoted from the ride-hailing industry to another kind of shareable market: “ghost kitchens.” Part of Kalanick’s acquisition of the real-estate company City Storage Systems, CloudKitchens — a startup he’s been rather hush-hush about — rents commercial space to offer delivery-only restaurants and chefs a place to prepare food without having to worry about maintaining the dine-in portion of a brick-and-mortar location.

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  • Q&A: AI-based tool helps Mace to improve planning and efficiency

    BIMPLUS

    Mace is rolling out the AI-based project monitoring tool Disperse across its business. Paul Connolly, director of technical services at the major contractor, and Felix Neufeld, founder and CEO of Disperse, explain how it has boosted construction efficiency and lightened the burden on project planners.  What is Disperse? FN: Disperse is an artificial intelligence-powered issue detection system. 360-degree images taken of every room across all floors of a project each week are processed using comp…

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  • PropTech Trends 2019

    NINEFOURVENTURES

    Since everyone seems to define PropTech differently, the trends mentioned here run the risk of appearing incomplete, out of left field, or outside of scope. Based on the plethora of ‘PropTech’ definitions I’ve seen through the years, I believe Nine Four defines it a bit more broadly than most: We believe PropTech refers to technology companies that impact the people, processes, and ecosystems that interact with the built world. Our definition spans real estate asset cla…

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  • Proptech Witnessed a Watershed Year in 2019, Will it Maintain?

    GLOBEST

    The commercial real estate property technology sector witnessed big gains in 2019, having a watershed year with the most invested capital on record. And 2020 is expected to keep up that momentum as investors focus on valuations and revenue as oppose to scalability and growth, Ashkán Zandieh, chief intelligence officer at CREtech, a global real estate tech-focused media, event and advisory platform, tells GlobeSt.com. “2019 was a breakthrough year for the proptech industry,” he said.

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  • CREtech Austin 2020: Join The Biggest Commercial Real Estate Tech Event In The Industry

    CRETECH

    Everything’s bigger in Texas, especially CREtech. Join us as we kick off our 2020 conference lineup on April 22-23, 2020 at the Austin Convention Center. Over 1,500 professionals from around the world are expected to attend this extraordinary two-day event. Take advantage of the lowest rate today for your chance to network and hear from the brightest minds in the business.

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  • RE data startup CrediFi to shut down following failed sale

    THEREALDEAL

    CrediFi, a venture-backed startup that jostled for supremacy in the commercial real estate data and analytics space, is shutting down, The Real Deal has learned. Employees at the startup, which has raised $29 million to date, were informed of the company’s decision to close on Tuesday, according to sources. A meeting was held at the company’s Tel Aviv headquarters, and employees in the New York office were informed via a virtual meeting.

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  • Is real estate’s Bitcoin buzz just getting started?

    THEREALDEAL

    The real estate industry — much like the rest of the world — is still trying to figure out exactly how its connection to cryptocurrency should work. Since virtual money first broke through a decade ago, with the launch of Bitcoin, buyers and sellers of property are increasingly using crypto as a form of payment. And the range of digital coins has exploded in recent years, with about 3,000 different types being traded as of October, some specific to real estate….

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