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At Aurora Solar, ‘A Spirit of Continuous Experimentation’ Drives Support for Solar BusinessesBrand Studio Logo
Olivia McClure Olivia McClure
Published on March 20, 2025

At Aurora Solar, ‘A Spirit of Continuous Experimentation’ Drives Support for Solar Businesses

Three team members describe the company’s newest solution, Lead Capture AI, and the empowering, innovative culture that fueled its creation.

Olivia McClure Olivia McClure
Updated on March 20, 2025

3 Local Tech Leaders on How to Destigmatize Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Month calls for greater focus on mental wellness in the workplace. Three local tech leaders tell us what their companies are doing to destigmatize these issues. 

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Lucas Dean Lucas Dean
Updated on March 20, 2025

The Tools and Habits of Successful Customer Success Managers

A proactive strategy that empowers CSMs to meet and exceed clients’ expectations is well within reach. Learn how one San Francisco-based professional does it.

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Eva Roethler Eva Roethler
Updated on March 20, 2025

Inside the Tools that Keep the Engine Humming at Cruise

Cruise has a massive engineering team working on autonomous vehicles, and building custom tools to get the work done.

Two Cruise workers look under the hood of a vehicle in Cruise's garage
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Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

Data Labeling Unicorn Snorkel AI Raises $85M, Plans to Hire Across Departments

Snorkel’s software is used to speed up machine learning processes at big name tech companies like Apple and Google. Moving forward, the data labeling platform will focus on expanding its engineering and marketing teams. 

Lucas Dean Lucas Dean
Updated on March 20, 2025

Future-Proofing Tech: How These Engineering Leaders Develop Scalable Software

Three San Francisco engineers proactively build solutions today that meet the demands of tomorrow.

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Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

Varo Money Raises $241M, National Bank Status Pending Approval by the FDIC

The fee-free banking platform will begin adding credit card and loan offerings to its product roster upon approval of its national bank charter application.

Nona Tepper Nona Tepper
Updated on March 20, 2025

Nylas Raises $25M to Expand Communications Platform

Over the next year, the 100-person business aims to double its headcount. It’s hiring engineers, customer success, marketing professionals and more in San Francisco, New York City and Denver.

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on March 20, 2025

Descope Launches Authentication Tech With $53M Seed Round

The company’s cybersecurity solution aims to make implementing passwordless sign-in easier for developers.

Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

CircleCI Raises $100M Series F, Acquires Release Orchestration Platform Vamp

The continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) platform helps developers rapidly release code by automating the build, test and deploy process. Alongside the funding news, the company also announced its acquisition of release orchestration platform Vamp.

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