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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has backtracked his call for the National Guard in San Francisco amid a growing chorus of criticisms, including from his fellow billionaires Ron Conway and Laurene Powell Jobs. #SanFrancisco #MarcBenioff #Salesforce #Dreamforce

Serial startup founder Isaac Hall spent over $200,000 customizing his Cow Hollow condo with a rainbow ombre wall and smart lighting. Now he’s ready for his next adventure — if he can get his resale price. #SanFrancisco #BayArea #RealEstate

Tech Bro 2.0: The new Silicon Valley archetype dominating the AI age ⚡️ Join us for a candid conversation with two self-proclaimed tech bros and two longtime observers unpacking the routines, lifestyles, and worldviews of those driving the AI boom. Featuring: 👉 Eric Bahn, cofounder and partner at Hustle Fund 👉 Jasmine Sun, tech culture writer at jasmi.news 👉 Max Marchione, cofounder of Superpower 👉 Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, cofounder and CEO of Artisan 📍 Manny's 🗓️ Thursday, November 6 Get tickets: https://sf.news/473oIqE

“Our country used to do stuff like this.” This week, the team at Associate Capital opened a 105-unit building at the former Potrero Power Station, leading the charge in more affordable housing for the city’s working class. #SanFrancisco #Housing #AffordableHousing

Comedians Ilana Glazer and Kumail Nanjiani, who have previously spoken out against unfair corporate practices and anti-immigration rhetoric, dropped out of their scheduled performances at Dreamforce. #SanFrancisco #Dreamforce #Salesforce #MarcBenioff

Breaking: Silicon Valley venture capitalist Ron Conway resigns from Salesforce Foundation, citing CEO Marc Benioff’s political right turn in a passionate email shared with The Standard. #SanFrancisco #SilconValley #Salesforce

With the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, new research points companies toward a revised strategy: If you can’t recruit talent, just buy it. #SiliconValley #H1B #Tech #Immigration

Days after Marc Benioff sparked a firestorm by calling for the deployment of the National Guard to SF, the Salesforce CEO completely avoided the topic during a Q&A at Dreamforce. That stance lasted almost exactly three hours. #SanFrancisco #BayArea #Salesforce

The San Francisco Standard’s Tomoki Chien is onstage now at CWS sharing his approach to using ChatGPT to brainstorm and build automations for internal use—what folks at the Standard call “TomoBot.” Tune in now to catch the rest of the program: https://lnkd.in/g3-bRkq2

OpenAI is ready to tackle adult content, CEO Sam Altman says. #SanFrancisco #AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #SamAltman