Who is Muddu Sudhakar? My first entrepreneurial venture/startup was Sanera Systems back in 99/2000. I was at a Silicon Graphics and was fortunate at the time to work with people like Jim Clark and John Hennessy. When I saw what they were doing: disrupting the industry
In some areas of California it’s so dry that farmers aren’t even bothering to plant crops this season. Growers north of San Francisco have begun pulling out of local farmers markets and produce-box programs. County Line Harvest, which farms more than 30 acres in Petaluma, California, doesn’t have enough water to
As the exchange awaits the SEC’s ruling on its board diversity proposal, directors are getting more diverse. Since last June, 145 S&P 500 companies have added at least one Black director, a “brisk” pace compared to past years, according to recruiter Russell Reynolds Associates. Latino board appointments
Phantom Auto, a California-based startup focusing on remote vehicle operation, has struck a deal to provide logistics equipment heavyweight Mitsubishi Logisnext Co. with software that enables forklifts to be operated remotely from thousands of miles away. A unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Kyoto-based Mitsubishi Logisnext is the third-biggest company in
IVP says it has had 120 portfolio companies go public. Venture firm IVP, which invests in startups such as Robinhood Markets Inc. and Discord Inc., said it has raised $1.8 billion for growth-stage deals. The new IVP XVII fund tops the firm’s last $1.5 billion vehicle, bringing its total committed capital to
Apple Inc. provided in-depth detail on how many apps it rejected last year and why its iPhone payment system keeps customers secure, seeking to deflect claims from Epic Games Inc. that its review process and purchase system is a deterrent to competition. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant on Tuesday said
Civil rights advocates are calling on a U.S. agency to recognize that caste discrimination is illegal under existing federal law, an issue growing more prominent as tech companies are hit with litigation by South Asian workers alleging bias based on social status. A dozen groups, including
Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management will open two more offices in Florida as its staff joins a growing southward migration. The $50 billion hedge fund firm will have outposts in Miami and West Palm Beach, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move is mostly driven by its portfolio managers’
A California group proposes taxing data companies on their “data dependency.” It’s obvious that data companies make profits by using their customers’ data without paying for it. What’s not obvious is how to get them to cough up. Ten cents for every dog or cat picture you post on Facebook? Five dollars a
The newly discovered single-celled archaea was discovered in hot spring sediments by scientists. A previously unknown group of archaea has been discovered in Earth's hot springs and hydrothermal vents. Researchers report in Nature Communications on April 23 that these archaea, unlike related small, single-celled organisms that
