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Treble Announces Creation of Artificial Intelligence Practice Group

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Security, Data Management, Other Communications, Technology, Public Relations, Investor Relations, Finance, Consulting, Fintech, Communications, Professional Services, Artificial Intelligence, Other Technology, Software, Internet, Mobile, Wireless, Marketing communications, Sambanova, News, AI, Marketing, Traction, SmartBear Software, API, Artificial intelligence, Cohort, Intelligence, VMware, History, IPO, Cision, Constructor, StackEngine, Silicon, Privacy, Initial public offering, LP record, Communication, Multimedia, Traffic light, San Francisco Bay Area, Partnership, Organization

Treble , a boutique public relations agency with 26 successful exits across its client portfolio, announced the formation of an Artificial Intelligence Practice Group today.

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  • Treble , a boutique public relations agency with 26 successful exits across its client portfolio, announced the formation of an Artificial Intelligence Practice Group today.
  • Treble Vice President Will Kruisbrink will lead up the new practice for the agency out of San Francisco.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430651200/en/
    Will Kruisbrink, AI Practice Group lead at Treble (Photo: Business Wire)
    Treble collaborates with B2B technology-centric venture-backed companies, from seed-stage to pre-IPO and publicly traded companies.
  • “Artificial intelligence is foundational tech that will permeate nearly every industry,” said Ethan Parker , Founder and CEO at Treble.

Curator Hotel & Resort Collection Members Recognized in the Inaugural MICHELIN Key Hotels Guide

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Residential Building & Real Estate, Lodging, Urban Planning, Destinations, Construction & Property, Vacation, Travel, Interior Design, Tourist Attractions, Other Construction & Property, Other Travel, Relaxation, Personality, Architecture, Denver Union Station, Character, Sunset Boulevard, Oracle Park, Multimedia, Collection, San Francisco Bay Area, Hotel, Sleep, Chamberlain West Hollywood Hotel

Curator Hotel & Resort Collection (“Curator”) proudly announces the recognition of four of its esteemed members – 1 Hotel San Francisco , Chamberlain West Hollywood , The Crawford Hotel , and Bernardus Lodge & Spa – in the first ever MICHELIN Key Hotels Guide .

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  • Curator Hotel & Resort Collection (“Curator”) proudly announces the recognition of four of its esteemed members – 1 Hotel San Francisco , Chamberlain West Hollywood , The Crawford Hotel , and Bernardus Lodge & Spa – in the first ever MICHELIN Key Hotels Guide .
  • “We are incredibly proud of our members' exceptional achievement in being selected for the prestigious MICHELIN Key Hotels Guide,” said Jennifer Barnwell, President of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection.
  • Having four of our members be part of the first ever MICHELIN Key Hotels Guide is a true honor.”
    Curator Hotel & Resort Collection members recognized in the MICHELIN Key Hotels Guide include:
    1 Hotel San Francisco - One Key (San Francisco, CA): Discover the essence of Northern California's stunning landscape intertwined with sustainable design and unparalleled hospitality at 1 Hotel San Francisco.
  • For more information on Curator Hotel & Resort Collection, visit www.curatorhotelsandresorts.com .

CRB's new St. Louis office emphasizes collaboration, focuses on employee and client experiences

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
CRB, Workplace, Transport, Restaurant, Engineering, Food, San Francisco Bay Area, Architecture, Management

ST. LOUIS, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CRB, a leading global provider of engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting solutions to the life sciences and food and beverage industries, today announced the opening of its new St. Louis office. Located adjacent to its previous site, this new space builds on the same accessibility to transportation and restaurants with a remodel emphasizing natural light, abundant and flexible collaboration space, and amenities to elevate the employee and client experience.

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  • To take full advantage of the top floor where the office is located, the team retained an open plan that preserved open views to exterior windows.
  • The lowered workstation walls also allow more natural light to reach all employees regardless of where they sit in the office.
  • CRB's St. Louis office opened in 1990 as the company's second location.
  • Each of these projects elevates CRB's presence in these global strategic markets in their own individual way, while maintaining the company's primary purpose – to deliver remarkable employee experiences and powerful solutions to clients.

Redfin Home Price Index: Price Growth Stabilizes in March, With Prices Up 0.6% From a Month Earlier

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Residential Building & Real Estate, Communications, Construction & Property, Public Relations, Investor Relations, Sale, Redfin, Federal Reserve, San Francisco Bay Area, Fell, Real estate

On a year-over-year basis, prices rose 7.3%, also little changed from the prior month’s 7% annual increase.

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  • On a year-over-year basis, prices rose 7.3%, also little changed from the prior month’s 7% annual increase.
  • This is according to the Redfin Home Price Index (RHPI), which uses the repeat-sales pricing method to calculate seasonally adjusted changes in prices of single-family homes.
  • The RHPI measures sale prices of homes that sold during a given period, and how those prices have changed since the last time those same homes sold.
  • It’s similar to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indices but publishes more than one month earlier.

Flashfood Reaches Milestone of 100 Million Pounds Diverted from Landfill and Announces B Corp Certification

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Online Retail, Retail, Apps, Applications, Technology, Supermarket, Food, Beverage, Save Mart Supermarkets, Partnership, Certification, Data, Multimedia, San Francisco Bay Area, Growth, Grocery store

Today, Flashfood announced a major milestone on the path to eliminating retail food waste: 100 million pounds of food diverted from landfills to dinner tables across North America, equivalent to more than 83 million meals and more than $250 million dollars saved on groceries.

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  • Today, Flashfood announced a major milestone on the path to eliminating retail food waste: 100 million pounds of food diverted from landfills to dinner tables across North America, equivalent to more than 83 million meals and more than $250 million dollars saved on groceries.
  • This double-sided impact highlights the win-win nature of the Flashfood marketplace: Flashfood is both more sustainable, and more affordable.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240417103477/en/
    Flashfood Reaches Milestone of 100 Million Pounds Diverted from Landfill and Announces B Corp Certification.
  • Flashfood launched its first store in February 2017, and announced the 50 million pound milestone in the fall of 2022, doubling that impact less than 18 months later.

Mattson Expands to Chicago with the Acquisition of Hyde Park Group

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Monday, April 15, 2024
Software, Restaurant, Bar, Professional Services, Entrepreneur, Consumer, Start-Up, Technology, Food, Beverage, Artificial Intelligence, Retail, Marketing, Communications, Food Tech, Chain, F&B, HPG, Ideation, Artificial intelligence, San Francisco Bay Area, Michelin, B2B, Principal, Acquisition, Multimedia, Drink, Public key certificate, CPG, Industrial design

For 46 years Mattson has developed innovative food and beverage products for a wide range of clients from venture-backed entrepreneurs to global corporations, generating billions of dollars of sales.

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  • For 46 years Mattson has developed innovative food and beverage products for a wide range of clients from venture-backed entrepreneurs to global corporations, generating billions of dollars of sales.
  • With the strategic acquisition of Chicago-based Hyde Park Group Food Innovation (HPG), Mattson will acquire their Chicago location, as well as the expertise of their seasoned team of innovators who will continue to run the Chicago operation.
  • “We see tremendous opportunity in this acquisition,” said Justin Shimek, CEO of Mattson.
  • “We’re excited to collaborate with the entire Chicago food and business community to help enhance Chicago’s reputation as a center of technology and food development.

Quilt Raises $33M to Launch the Smartest Way to Heat and Cool Your Home

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Other Energy, Utilities, Sustainability, Environmental Health, Consumer Electronics, IOT (Internet of Things), Energy, Technology, HVAC, Environment, Green Technology, Manufacturing, Climate, Movement, Multimedia, RSVP, Apple, San Francisco Bay Area, Quality of life, Renewable energy

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240412772916/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240412772916/en/
    Quilt was founded because 20% of U.S. global warming emissions come from homes.
  • The largest driver of home emissions is burning fossil fuels for heat.
  • This funding will fuel Quilt’s launch and expansion into homes across the country to supercharge the clean energy transition.
  • Quilt will first launch in the Bay Area, followed by Los Angeles, and then expand to new markets in the U.S. to meet rising demand for a smart, intuitive, design-forward heat pump option.

RingCentral Named an Official Enterprise Cloud Communications Partner of the San Francisco Giants

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Thursday, April 11, 2024
Baseball, Telecommunications, Software, Sports, Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, VoIP, RingCentral, Partnership, RNG, Giant, San Francisco Giants, Oracle Park, Multimedia, CIO, Curse of Coogan's Bluff, San Francisco Bay Area, Sport

RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) - a leading provider of AI-driven cloud business communications, contact center, video and hybrid event solutions - and the San Francisco Giants today announced a multi-year partnership.

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  • RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) - a leading provider of AI-driven cloud business communications, contact center, video and hybrid event solutions - and the San Francisco Giants today announced a multi-year partnership.
  • RingCentral is the Giants newest enterprise cloud communications partner - transforming the organization’s business communications to elevate employee and fan engagement.
  • “Our partnership with RingCentral provides the Giants with more streamlined internal business operations functions than ever before,” said Bill Schlough, CIO of the San Francisco Giants.
  • "We look forward to helping the Giants deliver a best-in-class communications experience that connects the Giants team to their fans."

Redfin Reports Nearly 20% of San Francisco Home Sellers Take a Loss on Their Sale, More Than Four Times the National Share

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Personal Finance, Technology, Construction & Property, Finance, Professional Services, Software, Internet, Asset Management, Other Construction & Property, Residential Building & Real Estate, Sale, MLS, San Francisco Bay Area, Face, Divorce, Housing, Auction

That’s a higher share than any other metro, and it’s more than four times the national share of 4.3%.

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  • That’s a higher share than any other metro, and it’s more than four times the national share of 4.3%.
  • In San Francisco, the typical homeowner who sold at a loss parted with their home for $155,500 less than they bought it for, the largest dollar loss of any major metro.
  • This is according to a Redfin analysis of county records and MLS data across the 50 most populous U.S. metros.
  • After San Francisco, Detroit had the highest share of homes selling at a loss (10.8%) during the three months ending February 29.

Back to School: Gabriella Rowe Named CEO of Green Ivy International Schools

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Education, Immersion, Language, School, KSS, Empowerment, Partnership, San Francisco Bay Area, Growth, STEM, Universal, Village School, Ion, Child, Student, Head, Rice University, MIT, Tutoring

NEW YORK, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Ivy International Schools ("Green Ivy"), a growing network of language immersion preschools and elementary schools that empowers students to be global thinkers and life-long learners, along with its parent company KSS Immersion Schools ("KSS Immersion), announced today that Gabriella Rowe has been named its new Chief Executive Officer.

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  • Rowe brings education and leadership experience to advance the New York brand, accelerate growth across the United States
    NEW YORK, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Ivy International Schools ("Green Ivy"), a growing network of language immersion preschools and elementary schools that empowers students to be global thinkers and life-long learners, along with its parent company KSS Immersion Schools ("KSS Immersion), announced today that Gabriella Rowe has been named its new Chief Executive Officer.
  • Rowe, who spent the last several years enabling economic empowerment and educational access, is an experienced leader focused on growth and transformation.
  • I look forward to working closely with the incredible team at Green Ivy and KSS Immersion as we begin this next chapter of evolution and growth."
  • Rowe assumed leadership of Green Ivy, as well as parent company KSS Immersion, from Charles Miller, who will remain on the Board of Directors.