Underlying it all is a growing belief that the multi-trillion-dollar real estate market is overdue for innovation and that startups can profit tremendously. “Commercial real estate is an asset class that has generated strong financial returns for investors,” Andreessen Horowitz's Jeff Jordan wrote in a June blog 

The innovative structural features enabled market leading efficiency while preserving our flexibility as a balance sheet lender. . Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT) is a real estate finance company that originates senior loans collateralized by commercial real estate in North America and Europe

Giving a voice-activated device to someone for Christmas? Think againIt’s your holiday party. You’re playing music throughout your house with your voice-activated speakers. The speakers, while playing the music, are listening to you and your guests, waiting for a “wake” word. A few days later, there is a knock on your door