Cydney Hayes

Cydney Hayes is a business and tech reporter for Gazetteer SF. She has previously written about tech, culture, music, and media for The Drift, Architectural Digest, Baltimore, Entertainment Weekly, and elsewhere. She also writes a Substack newsletter called OPENWORLD. Subscribe at openw0rld.substack.com.
The new AI billboard locals actually like
Plus, OpenAI did a brand trip for influencers
Yalies raised $17 million this summer in Nob Hill hacker house
For a group of fresh-faced entrepreneurs, securing VC funding was probably easier than finding white clam pizza
For the Hacker Herren, every day is Oktoberfest
Hoisting a pint with members of the nationwide beer-guzzling men’s club as they train for Munich
Substack adds AI detection tool to its platform
The feature will help make sure the platform doesn’t ‘turn into LinkedIn,’ per CEO Chris Best
Yardsale has won over Cole Valley with après-ski vibes
After months of construction delays and $30,000 worth of damaged inventory, an outdoor equipment store and coffee shop is finally open
Hundreds of ‘sex machines’ delivered across the street from Rainbow Grocery
We really hope the mailman dropped them off by saying, ‘I’m here to deliver a package…’
Stop AI protestor sentenced to jail, hopes to reconnect with Rafael Mandelman
The anti-AI group is shifting its focus away from AI companies and toward City Hall









