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Saturday, August 1, 2015

Latest View of Tesla's Gigafactory

Tesla's new gigafactory in the desert near Reno, Nevada is soon to become the biggest battery factory in the world. These batteries will be needed to launch the company's first electric SUV, the Model X, and the Model 3 in 2017.

Source: Bloomberg

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Oliver, A New Apartment Finding App, Seeks to Eliminate Brokers

After raising $1 million seed round from New York real estate angels, Oliver, a new apartment-fixing app that aggregates rent inventory directly from landlords and managers, seeks to eliminate the brokerage layer, or “the middleman,” by connecting renters seamlessly with apartments.

"'All the other players - Zillow, Trulia, StreetEasy, RentHop, NakedApartments - are 'lead generation' platforms and their revenue model comes from charging middle men. We plan on eliminating that by becoming Uber for rental where you actually connect directly, seamlessly with the apartment/landlord,' said Shemesh."