From the beginning, the plan for Sidewalk Labs (a subsidiary of Alphabet and — by extension — a relative of Google) to develop a $1.3 billion tech-enabled real estate project on the Toronto waterfront was controversial. Privacy advocates had justified concerns about the Google-adjacent...
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Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners looks to make CA power grids more reliable with a $100 million investment
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Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, the investment firm which spun out of Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs to fund and develop the next generation of infrastructure, has unveiled its latest project — Reslia, which focuses on upgrading the efficiency and reliability of power grids. Through a $20 million...
AMP Robotics, the recycling robotics technology developer backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, is close to closing on as much as $70 million in new financing, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the company’s plans. The new financing...
The state of Michigan wants to build the autonomous roadway of the future. Normally that in itself would be interesting enough, but there’s also the company it’s partnering with to make the project a reality. The state will work with a firm called...
Colin O’Donnell was already rethinking the notion of what makes cities and communities function even before the COVID-19 epidemic swept through the U.S. and revealed some of the cracks in centuries-old structures of urban life. O’Donnell was part of the early wave of urban tech innovation,...
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs plans to spin out smart city ideas into separate companies, including mass timber, affordable electrification, and planning tools.Read...
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs blames "unprecedented economic uncertainty" when killing its Toronto smart city project. Don't believe it.Read...
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs cancels Toronto smart city project over ‘unprecedented economic uncertainty’
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Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has pulled the plug on its Toronto “smart city” project, citing "unprecedented economic uncertainty."Read...
Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs will no longer pursue its dream of a smart neighbourhood in Toronto.In a Medium blog post, CEO Daniel Doctoroff said “unprecedented economic uncertainty” meant it was “too difficult” to achieve its dreams for...
As the U.S. hunkered in lockdown mode in mid-April, the influential venture capitalist Marc Andreessen published a viral essay titled “Time to Build.” The essay decried the complacency of Western democracies prior to the COVID crisis, and called for a mass rebuilding of physical and social...
Sidewalk Labs, the part of Alphabet focused on smart cities, will have to wait a while longer to find out whether its Quayside project can go ahead. Waterfront Toronto, a tri-government organization spearheading the city's lakeside overhaul, has...