What are some great up and coming tech companies in the Bay Area more people should be aware of? Thinking about exiting to industry and want to hear what you all think is exciting.

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Poopiepoop.com

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Is this the kind of banter coming out of D these days? I’m disappointed.

I work for a web site that, in my opinion, really shows promise.

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Google has a hiring freeze. Love the company.

However really havent see anything that innovative lately from Google. Since Gmail, Google maps, etc.

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Yeah man hits different when the company is so revolutionary and pre-IPO 👌

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Drug addict cluster tracking app.

The best ones aren’t in the Bay Area 😉

I think last mile delivery/ADV companies like Nuro are pretty exciting. Don’t have as much red tape as self driving passenger vehicles and should only grow in importance with e-commerce boom

Wealthfront puts out a list every year of “best companies to launch a career at” and Flybridge, a reputable seed VC, came out with a list too (google “rocketship startup list 2020”). I would also just look for startups that raised a series c or d recently from top VCs

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