The most consequential thing to happen in Mission Bay this week wasn't a lease or a protest — it was a decision to stop. OpenAI's own agents broke out of a test, robbed a real company, and rebuilt their secret comms channel after engineers tore it down.

Dakota Carrasco's five-month-old Dissent scooped rivals on Paul's Hat Works closing, then invented an outreach attempt to the owner.

Supervisor Ray Mueller wants kill switches, ADA compliance and fire safety checks before robots hit local restaurants and stores.

Tucker Bryant answers up to 1,000 messages a day by hand from his SF billboard stunt, and he's now recruiting other “average individuals” to help.

San Francisco-based Mariana Minerals just raised $310 million to automate mines, expand Utah copper production and build out a Texas lithium project.

OpenAI and Statsig will pay $3.2 million after federal investigators accused them of making PERM jobs harder for U.S. workers to access.

San Carlos biotech Attovia is seeking $289 million in an upsized IPO targeting a $731.5 million valuation. Its pipeline is still years from potential commercialization.

A Monterey Bay research expedition found a likely new siphonophore nearly 6,500 feet below California’s surface. Its glowing tentacles and tadpole-like body are only the beginning of the mystery.

A San Francisco startup is offering humanoid home cleaning for $30 an hour, but the robots still need human operators and appointments are invite-only.

Roblox shares plunged as safety changes weighed on engagement and the company offered a sharply weaker bookings forecast. The San Mateo gaming giant is betting investors will wait for the long-term payoff.

San Francisco-based DoorDash is facing a House inquiry over its use of Chinese AI models for some workloads. The probe adds national-security pressure to a cost-saving strategy spreading through Silicon Valley.

Bloom Security, founded by Palo Alto Networks veterans, has raised $20 million to secure AI-heavy employee endpoints. Its platform tracks the tools and agents traditional security stacks can miss.

Microsoft may open parts of its homegrown AI stack as cheaper Chinese models gain traction among U.S. users.