Visual History of Silicon Valley
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The 2000s
 The place where Google was born (232 Santa Margarita) |
 Google's campus, formerly Silicon Graphics campus (2400 Bayshore Parkway, Mountain View) |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Google's campus |
 Noisebridge (2169 Mission) |
 Noisebridge |
 Mitch Altman, founder of Noisebridge |
 Salesforce, Foster City |
 YouTube: 71 E 3rd Ave, Second Floor, San Mateo |
 Wikipedia's screenshot (2010) |
 Saba's prototype |
 Saba's prototype |
 Saba's prototype |
 Saba's prototype |
 Glam Media (right building) in Brisbane |
 Hitachi in Brisbane |
 Twitter (2006): 795 Folsom, San Francisco |
 Facebook's screenshot |
 Google's screenshot |
 Twitter's screenshot |
 PayPal's screenshot |
 Affymetrix (1992): 3420 Central Expressway, Santa Clara |
 Applied Biosystems in Foster City |
 Bloom Energy at 1252 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale |
 Bloom Energy at 1252 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale |
 Bloom Energy at 1252 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale |
 Complete Genomics at 2071 Stierlin Court, Mountain View |
 Complete Genomics at 2071 Stierlin Court, Mountain View |
 Complete Genomics at 2071 Stierlin Court, Mountain View |
 Complete Genomics at 2071 Stierlin Court, Mountain View |
 Complete Genomics at 2071 Stierlin Court, Mountain View |
 Complete Genomics at 2071 Stierlin Court, Mountain View |
 Actel on Stierlin Court, Mountain View |
 Xora on Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View |
 Xojet in Brisbane |
 Solyndra, 47700 Kato Road, Fremont |
 Solyndra |
 Solyndra |
 Solyndra |
 Codexis at 200 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City |
 Codexis at 200 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City |
 Codexis at 200 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City |
 Exelixis in South San Francisco |
 Cytokinetics in South San Francisco |
 Actuate |
 Foster City's Bridgepoint Technology Park |
 The Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek |
 The Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek |
 The Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek |
 The house where Zuckerberg worked on Facebook (2004): 819 La Jennifer Way, Palo Alto |
 Facebook's original building at 156 University Ave in Palo Alto |
 Facebook's original building at 156 University Ave in Palo Alto |
 The building where Teknowledge was |
 Facebook: 1050 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto |
 Facebook: 1050 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto |
 Facebook' headquarters in 2015 |
 Facebook' headquarters in 2015 |
 Facebook' headquarters in 2015 |
 Khosla Ventures: 3000 Sand Hill Road, Building 3, Suite 190, Menlo Park
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 Khosla Ventures: 3000 Sand Hill Road, Building 3, Suite 190, Menlo Park
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 OnLive: 181 Lytton St, Palo Alto |
 OnLive: 181 Lytton St, Palo Alto |
 Amazon's Lab 126 (2004): 20450 Stevens Creek Blvd & DeAnza, Cupertino |
 Peter Norvig of Google lecturing at Singularity University |
 Peter Norvig of Google lecturing at Singularity University |
 Google's self-driving car |
 Cofinity/Paypal's first office: 349 University Ave, Palo Alto |
 Buck's Cafe in Woodside where Paypal was formed: 3062 Woodside Road, Woodside |
 165 University Avenue, Palo Alto, that was both Google's first office and Paypal's second office |
 165 University Avenue, Palo Alto |
 Apple's Infinity Loop |
 Apple's Infinity Loop |
 Tesla's store: 300 El Camino Real, Menlo Park |
 Tesla's store: 300 El Camino Real, Menlo Park |
 Tesla's factory at 3500 Deer Creek, Palo Alto (Tesla took over Agilent in 2009) |
 Tesla's factory at 3500 Deer Creek, Palo Alto |
 Tesla's factory at 3500 Deer Creek, Palo Alto |
 Citizen Space, 425 Second St |
 Zynga, 699 8th St |
 Adobe at 625 Townsend |
 The original Uber offices, 540 Washington St |
 Airbnb, 888 Brannan |
 Airbnb, 888 Brannan |
 Founders Space, 450 Townsend St |
 Founders Space, 450 Townsend St |
 GoPro, 3000 Clearview Way, San Mateo |
 Solar City, Clearview Way, San Mateo |
 Solar City, Clearview Way, San Mateo |
 Solar City, Clearview Way, San Mateo |
 The Apple Store in Palo Alto |
 Ferrari in Redwood City, the largest Ferrari dealer in California |
 Flowers and apples in front of Steve Jobs' home the day after he died |
 500 Startup, 444 Castro St, Mountain View |
 Y Combinator, 335 Pioneer Way, Mountain View |
 Plug & Play, 440 N. Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Target's "Home Smart Home" exhibition of IoT, San Francisco 2016 |
 Han Jin of Lucid VR demonstrating his 360-degree camera with smartphone, Google Cardboard and Oculus Rift |
 Hacker Dojo, 599 Fairchild Dr, Mountain View |
 Hacker Dojo, 599 Fairchild Dr, Mountain View |
 Tango on Fairchild Dr, Mountain View |
 Mozilla (331 E. Evelyn Avenue Mountain View) |
 The first Internet of Things store in Palo Alto: b8ta (516 Bryant St) |
 The first Internet of Things store in Palo Alto: b8ta (516 Bryant St) |
 The first Internet of Things store in Palo Alto: b8ta (516 Bryant St) |
 b8ta |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Onago Fly drone |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Canary home security system |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Butterfleye home video monitoring |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Securify Almond+ |
 IoT for sale in 2016: August smart lock |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Skybell |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Anymote |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Nanoleaf |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Nuimo |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Lily flying camera |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Beddit sleep tracker |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Sevenhugs |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Foobot |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Pebble smartwatch |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Pebble smartwatch |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Oura ring |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Hexo |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Anova precision cooker |
 IoT for sale in 2016: Teforia tea infuser |
 Fetch Robotics, 1961 Concourse Drive in San Jose |
 Fetch Robotics, 1961 Concourse Drive in San Jose |
 Fetch Robotics, 1961 Concourse Drive in San Jose |
 Fetch Robotics, 1961 Concourse Drive in San Jose |
 Willow Garage, 68 Willow Rd in Menlo Park |
 Willow Garage, 68 Willow Rd in Menlo Park |
 Willow Garage, 68 Willow Rd in Menlo Park |
 Willow Garage, 68 Willow Rd in Menlo Park |
 Willow Garage, 68 Willow Rd in Menlo Park |
 The PR2 robot |
 Niantic: 2 Bryant Ste. 220 in San Francisco |
 CoinCloud's Bitcoin Machine Teller in Menlo Park |
 CoinCloud's Bitcoin Machine Teller in Menlo Park |
 BioCurious: 845 Stewart Dr, Sunnyvale |
 Google Glass prototypes (2011-12) |
 Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck in Oakland |
 Twist Bioscience, 455 Mission Bay Blvd South, San Francisco |
 QB3 incubator, 953 Indiana St, San Francisco |
 1275 Minnesota St Project |
 Caribou Biosciences, the first CRISPR startup: 2929 7th Street in Berkeley |
 Aduro, 626 Bancroft Way in Berkeley |
 Berkeley Labs, 614 Bancroft Way in Berkeley |
 The complex in Bancroft Way (Berkeley) |
 Oracle from the sky |
 Apple campus 2 from the sky (the "spaceship") |
 The Crypto Castle on Kansas St (headquarters of blockchain startups) |
 Theranos on Page Mill Rd & Porter Drive, one of the biotech unicorns of 2015 that imploded in 2016 |
 Apple "spaceship" (10600 North Tantau Avenue, Cupertino) |
 Apple "spaceship" (10600 North Tantau Avenue, Cupertino) |
 Apple "spaceship" (10600 North Tantau Avenue, Cupertino) |
 Hero coworking space, 55 3rd St in San Mateo |
 Hero coworking space, 55 3rd St in San Mateo |
 Hero coworking space, 55 3rd St in San Mateo |
 401 Alabama St, an artists cooperative |
 Location of the original Nvidia Building (demolished: anybody has a picture of it?): 1206 E Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 |
 Location of the second Nvidia offices (demolished: anybody has a picture of it?): 1226 Tiros Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 |
 Nvidia's headquarters concept of 2013 |
 Nvidia's headquarters (2018): 2788 San Tomas Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051 |
 Nvidia's headquarters (2018): 2788 San Tomas Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051 |
 Nvidia's headquarters (2018): 2788 San Tomas Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051 |
 Nvidia's headquarters (2018): 2788 San Tomas Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051 |
 23andme's first building (a Google building in 2018): 1390 Shorebird Way, Mountain View |
 23andme's second building: 899 West Evelyn Ave, Mountain View |
 Nuance: 1198 E Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 |
 Quanergy: 482 Mercury Dr, Santa Clara |
 Grail: 1525 O'Brien Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025 |
 Atreca: 500 Saginaw Drive, Redwood City |
 Impossible Foods: 400 Saginaw Dr, Redwood City |
 OpenAI: 3180 18th St, San Francisco |
 OpenAI: 3180 18th St, San Francisco |
 IndieBio: 479 Jessie St, San Francisco |
 Slack's second office: 680 Folsom St, San Francisco |
 Slack's second office: 680 Folsom St, San Francisco |
 Slack in 2018: 500 Howard St, San Francisco (Anthropic in 2023) |
 Zymergen's first office: 6121 Hollis St, Suite 700, Emeryville (2013) |
 Zymergen: 5980 Horton St #105, Emeryville, CA 94608 |
 Zoox in 2018: 1149 Chess Drive, Foster City |
 Gilead in South San Francisco |  Gilead in South San Francisco |  Gilead first building: 365 Foster City Blvd, Foster City (1987) |
 Gilead: 333 Lakeside Dr, Foster City |
 Gilead's second building: 346 Lakeside Drive, Foster City |
 Verily: 269 E. Grand Ave, South San Francisco |
 Verily: 269 E. Grand Ave, South San Francisco |
 Verily: 269 E. Grand Ave, South San Francisco |
 Allogene: 210 East Grand Avenue. South San Francisco |
 Carbon 3D's first office: 312 Chestnut Street, Redwood City (2015) |
 Carbon 3D's first office: 312 Chestnut Street, Redwood City (2015) |
 Carbon 3D in 2018: 1089 Mills Way, Redwood City |
 Carbon 3D in 2018: 1089 Mills Way, Redwood City |
 Zoox's first office was the firehouse of SLAC's B52 building - 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park (325 Sharon Park Dr #909, found on official documents, was just the POBOX in Menlo Park) |
 Mythic, 805 Veterans Blvd #102, Redwood City |
 Light.co's first office (636 Ramona St, Palo Alto) |
 Light.co's second office (725 Shasta St, Redwood City) |
 Katerra's first office (2494 Sand Hill Rd #100, Menlo Park) |
 Globality's first office (8 Homewood Pl #150, Menlo Park) |
 Heartflow (1400 Seaport, Redwood City) |
 Heartflow (1400 Seaport Blvd, Redwood City) |
 Ambys (123 Saginaw Dr, Redwood City) |
 Ambys (123 Saginaw Dr, Redwood City) |
 Auris (150 Shoreline, Redwood City) |
 Samsung: North First and East Tasman Drive |
 Samsung: North First and East Tasman Drive |
 Samsung: North First and East Tasman Drive |
 Microsoft campus under construction: 1075 La Avenida St, Mountain View |
 Microsoft campus under construction: 1075 La Avenida St, Mountain View |
 Microsoft campus under construction: 1075 La Avenida St, Mountain View |
 The Nuro car |
 Nuro (1300 Terra Bella Ave #100, Mountain View) |
 The Nuro car |
 Zume Pizza (250 Polaris Ave, Mountain View) |
 Zume Pizza (250 Polaris Ave, Mountain View) |
 Apple "Spaceship" (Apple Parkway, Cupertino) |
 Plug & Play, Sunnyvale |
 Plug & Play, Sunnyvale |
 Knightscope robot |
 Knightscope robot |
 Palantir, 100 Hamilton, Palo Alto |
 Robinhood (85 Willow Road, Menlo Park) |
 GitHub (88 Colin Kelly St, San Francisco) |
 GitHub |
 LinkedIn (222 Second St, San Francisco) |
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 Covid pandemic 2020 |
 Pony.ai (3501 Gateway Blvd, Fremont) |
 Zoom (55 Almaden Blvd, San Jose) |
 Zoom (55 Almaden Blvd, San Jose) |
 Roblox (970 Park, San Mateo) |
 Twitter in 2021 (1355 Market St, San Francisco) |
 Discord (444 De Haro St Suite 200, San Francisco) |
 Discord (444 De Haro St Suite 200, San Francisco) |
 Grail (1525 O'Brien Dr, Menlo Park) |
 Grail (1525 O'Brien Dr, Menlo Park) |
 Grail (1525 O'Brien Dr, Menlo Park) |
 Grail (1525 O'Brien Dr, Menlo Park) |
 Guardant Health (505 Penobscot Drive Redwood City) |
 Guardant Health (505 Penobscot Drive Redwood City) |
 Karius (975 Island Drive, Suite 101, Redwood City) |
 Altos Labs (1300 Island Drive Redwood City) |
 Pacific Research Center (Gateway Blvd, Newark) |
 Pacific Research Center (Gateway Blvd, Newark) |
 Pacific Research Center (Gateway Blvd, Newark) |
 Ultima Genomics (7979 Gateway Blvd, Newark) |
 Nextracker (6200 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont) |
 Nextracker (6200 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont) |
 Eikon Therapeutics (3929 Point Eden Way, Hayward) |
 Dexterity (1205 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, CA) |
 C3 (1400 Seaport Blvd, Redwood City) |
 C3 (1400 Seaport Blvd, Redwood City) |
 C3 (1400 Seaport Blvd, Redwood City) |
 C3 (1400 Seaport Blvd, Redwood City) |
 Snowflake (450 Concar Dr, San Mateo) |
 SB Energy (3 Lagoon Dr., Suite 280, Redwood City) |
 SB Energy (3 Lagoon Dr., Suite 280, Redwood City) |
 SB Energy (3 Lagoon Dr., Suite 280, Redwood City) |
 Mysten Labs (379 University Avenue Suite 200, Palo Alto) |
 Aptos (745 Emerson Street, Palo Alto) |
 Sambanova.ai (2100 Geng Rd Palo Alto) |
 Gatik (161 E Evelyn Ave, Mountain View) |
 Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Redwood Shores Parkway) |
 Facebook in Menlo Park in 2023 |
 Netflix ends DVD service (2023) |
 Flexport (760 Market St, San Francisco) |
 Instacart (50 Beale Street Suite 600, San Francisco) |
 Instacart (50 Beale Street Suite 600, San Francisco) |
 Rigetti (775 Heinz Ave Berkeley) |
Rigetti (775 Heinz Ave Berkeley) |
 Google's campus in 2023 |
 Google's campus in 2023 |
 Google's campus in 2023 |
 Aquatic Research Park in Berkeley |
 Aquatic Research Park in Berkeley |
 Alicja Kwade's "Pars pro Toto" (2021) |
 Alicja Kwade's "Pars pro Toto" (2021) at Stanford |
 Google's Android statues |
 Google Gradient Canopy |
 The Orb |
 Go |
 The Orb |
 Quantum Meditation II” by Julian Voss-Andreae |
 Quantum Meditation II” by Julian Voss-Andreae |
 Gradient Canopy (2024) |
 “Halo” by SOFTlab |
 “Halo” by SOFTlab |
 Google Store in the Gradient Canopy |
 GooglePlex |
 GooglePlex |
 GooglePlex with the dinosaur |
 GooglePlex |
 Google's Android statues |
 “Curious” by Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson Art (made with 160,000 pennies) |
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 Google's Android statues |
 Gradient Canopy |
 Gradient Canopy |
 The Meta sign in 2024 |
 Apple visitor center (2024) |
 Apple visitor center |
 Apple visitor center |
 Apple visitor center |
 Apple visitor center |
 Apple visitor center |
 Apple visitor center |
 The Orb |
 The Orb |
 The Orb |
 Halo |
 Gradient Canopy |
 Dinosaur at Googleplex |
 Dinosaur |
 Google's man |
 Google's man near the Googleplex |
 Google's man |
 Google's man |
 Google's man |
 Anthropic and Intersect Power had offices here (548 Market Street, San Francisco) |
 Anthropic and Intersect Power and Intersect Power had offices here (548 Market St Ste 68743 , San Francisco) |
 TeraWatt (49 Stevenson St. STE 600, San Francisco) |
 Databricks: 2030 Addison Ave #610, Berkeley |
 Groq (301 Castro St #200) |
 Groq (301 Castro St #200) |
 Tesla at 3000 Hanover St, Palo Alto |