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Mae Rice Mae Rice
Published on March 20, 2025

Inside Zillow’s Dog-Friendly San Francisco Offices

Ever since Zillow burst on the real estate scene back in 2006, its products have connected with consumers.

Delilah Alvarado Delilah Alvarado
Updated on March 20, 2025

Chargebee Raised $250M, Cruise Got $1.35B, and More Bay Area Tech News

Here’s what you may have missed in the world of San Francisco tech.

Quinten Dol Quinten Dol
Updated on March 20, 2025

How Fintech Can Help Boost Consumer Financial Health

Updated on March 20, 2025

How These UX Pros Navigated the Challenges of Building a Design System

2 companies share how they built a design system, the challenges they faced and their best tricks of keeping systems up to date and bug-free.

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Joe Erbentraut Joe Erbentraut
Updated on March 20, 2025

Weekly Refresh: Apple’s COVID-19 Surprise, Scale AI’s First CTO, and More

Apple’s iOS 13.7 update offers a new “exposure notification express” option. This, plus more San Francisco tech news, in the Built In SF weekly refresh.

Nick Babich Nick Babich
Updated on March 20, 2025

Should You Prioritize Quantitative or Qualitative Data?

Quantitative and qualitative research methods are often treated as opposites. But to make the best possible product, you need both.

Should You Prioritize Quantitative or Qualitative Data?
Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on March 20, 2025

Thumbtack Raises $275M to Bring Home Maintenance ‘Into the 21st Century’

This funding brings Thumbtack’s valuation to $3.2 billion, and CFO Larry Roseman says it is on the “path” to going public. The company is also now hiring, with more than 50 open tech positions.

Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

Ouster Raises $42M to Expand Its Autonomous Driving Tech

Ouster works with over 800 clients across 15 different markets, including food delivery platform Postmates and self-driving vehicle startup Coast Autonomous.

Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on March 20, 2025

Snapchat Announced It Will No Longer Promote President Trump’s Account

In response to a series of aggressive tweets the president leveled at the George Floyd protests, Snap Inc. announced it will no longer be including Trump’s account on its Discover page.

Charli Renken Charli Renken
Updated on March 20, 2025

Firework Got $150M, Monte Carlo Became a Unicorn, and More SF Tech News

Here’s what you missed in the Bay Area tech scene last week.

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