Catch Up On This Week's Top 5 Stories With Our Video Recap
What's going on with L.A.'s tech and startup community? A lot! dot.LA chief host and correspondent Kelly O'Grady takes you through the key points of the top five headlines from this week. Don't miss out on the essential news you need to know:
- Quibi to Shut Down After Failing to Find Buyer
- Election Experts Warn Against Tabulating Votes with QR Codes
- Bird Seeks to Unload HQ as Fund Marks Down Shares
- NASA Seeks to Create New Economy in Space
- Genies Bets on the Digital Economy
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Relativity Space, the Long Beach 3D-printed rocket maker, has unveiled plans to create a fully reusable rocket.
CEO Tim Ellis told CNBC that the move is an "obvious evolution" for the company. The announcement comes on the heels of a hefty $500 million round he closed in November.
"It's the same architecture, the same propellant, the same factory, the same 3D printers, the same avionics and the same team," Ellis told the outlet.
- Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis On 3-D Printing Rockets - dot.LA ›
- Relativity Space Soars, Lands $500M Investment - dot.LA ›
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- Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis Speaks with Spencer Rascoff - dot.LA ›
Looking for Bargains on Office Space? Prepare for Sticker Shock. Rents Are Higher Than Before COVID
Nearly a year into the worst pandemic in a century, Los Angeles companies expecting to snap up office space on the cheap may be disappointed.
L.A. office rents have held steady or even gotten pricier since COVID, even as more space has become available as most employees continue to work from home.
"I honestly thought rents would have dropped by now," said Michael Soto, research director at the brokerage Savills Inc. "For a lot of tenants, they are still seeing a bit of sticker shock that prices haven't dropped yet."
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- Los Angeles Could Be What Real Estate Looks Like Post-COVID ... ›
On today's episode of Office Hours, I'm excited for you to get to know Austin Allison, my co-founder and CEO of our company, Pacaso.
Birds were the first dwellers Austin served with his boyhood bird-house business. Now, with Pacaso, our goal is to democratize second-home ownership by enabling people to co-own an amazing second home --- for 1/8 the cost.
Hear his take on what it meant to have his first company acquired, his number one tip on how to keep his crew focused and how to best navigate what seems like weekly iterations of the start-up environment.
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