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  • 1 week ago | sacbee.com | Roland Li

    May 27-Salesforce has agreed to buy cloud data firm Informatica for around $8 billion. San Francisco-based Salesforce, the city's largest private employer, is paying an approximately 11% premium over Redwood City-based Informatica's Friday closing price. Salesforce said the deal would enhance its data compliance and security products. It plans to integrate Informatica's tech stack including data integration, governance and other tools into its Agentforce AI products.

  • 1 week ago | sfchronicle.com | Roland Li

    Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said his company’s latest acquisition will deliver “enterprise-grade AI that is safe, responsible, and deeply integrated with the world’s data.”Brontë Wittpenn/S.F. ChronicleSalesforce has agreed to buy cloud data firm Informatica for around $8 billion. San Francisco-based Salesforce, the city’s largest private employer, is paying an approximately 11% premium over Redwood City-based Informatica’s Friday closing price.

  • 2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Roland Li |Laura Waxmann

    May 21-OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and famed Apple designer Jony Ive have joined forces to build the "iPhone of AI," with OpenAI agreeing to buy Ive's new startup Io for $6.5 billion. The purchase would be OpenAI's biggest deal ever, uniting two of the most prominent names in tech and giving San Francisco another economic win in the nascent industry. The team will create a "new family of products" for artificial intelligence, Altman and Ive said in a joint statement Wednesday.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Roland Li |Laura Waxmann

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in 2024. Jason Redmond/AFP/TNSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman and famed Apple designer Jony Ive have joined forces to build the “iPhone of AI,” with OpenAI agreeing to buy Ive’s new startup Io for $6.5 billion. The purchase would be OpenAI’s biggest deal ever, uniting two of the most prominent names in tech and giving San Francisco another economic win in the nascent industry.

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Roland Li

    1 hour agoFamed Apple product designer Jony Ive will now lead creative and design work at OpenAI, the result on an usual deal announced on Wednesday. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Ive have been working on an AI device that will move consumers beyond screens for roughly two years, according to The Wall Street …

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Roland Li
Roland Li @rolandlisf
15 May 25

Nintendo's SF store is now open! This is one of the splashiest openings in Union Square since the pandemic, after dozens of closures: https://t.co/uhzts8zxuC 📸: @gabriellelurie

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Roland Li @rolandlisf
14 May 25

Canadian tourists to SF/San Mateo County could plunge 19% this year amid Trump-related tensions. But hotels are still hopeful this year will see a convention and tourist recovery, and some investors are buying: https://t.co/jtQWavv32f

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7 May 25

RT @sfchronicle: BREAKING: San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott is stepping down after more than eight years on the job, Mayor Daniel Luri…