Bay Area Times
2 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors
Bay Area Times is a daily visual newsletter covering business and technology news, designed for founders, operators, and investors who need quick access to key stories and context. The publication serves 250,000+ professionals worldwide with curated reporting on companies, deals, and industry decisions.
Also known as BAT
Founders & leadership
Investors · 9
Company profile
researched Sep 2026Bay Area Times is a daily email newsletter covering business and technology news, presenting each story alongside a single visual or chart. The publication positions itself around brevity, citing an average read time of three minutes per issue, and is distributed free to subscribers each morning.
Editorial coverage spans artificial intelligence, robotics, biotech, energy, software and the wider innovation economy, with individual issues summarizing corporate earnings, product launches, regulatory actions and deal activity at large technology companies. Alongside the newsletter, the company operates a website with an archive of published stories, an about page and a partner page.
Business model
The newsletter is distributed free of charge to subscribers; the company's site references a partner section and states that it is trusted by 100+ teams, alongside its subscriber base.
Traction
The company reports more than 250,000 subscribers, over 700 issues published consecutively without missing a day, an average read time of three minutes per issue, and adoption across 100+ teams.
Latest developments
Bill Kerr acquired Bay Area Times and serves as CEO, publishing a letter on the company's about page dated May 12, 2026 stating that the editorial approach would be maintained. The site continued daily publication through September 2026.
▸Full profile — market position, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Bay Area Times describes itself as a visual daily newsletter for founders, operators and investors seeking condensed business and technology coverage, reporting 250,000+ subscribers.
Go-to-market
Distribution is through free email subscription, promoted via the company website with subscribe calls to action, a public story archive and reader testimonials.
Founders, operators, investors and other professionals following business and technology, including readers at more than 100 teams cited by the company.
Geography
The company states its subscriber base of 250,000+ professionals is spread across the world.
History
According to the company, Bay Area Times has been covering companies, deals and decisions in business and technology since 2023, starting as a daily briefing for a few thousand readers. Bill Kerr states that he acquired the publication after it had already reached 250,000 daily readers, and became CEO; an about page carrying his letter is dated May 12, 2026. By 2026 the company reported more than 700 issues published without a missed day.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsIn a letter on the company's about page dated May 12, 2026, Bill Kerr states that he acquired Bay Area Times when it already had 250,000 professionals reading it daily, and signs as CEO.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Bay Area Timesbayareatimes.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Bay Area Times do?
- Bay Area Times is a free daily business and tech newsletter that explains each story with one chart.
- Who founded Bay Area Times?
- Bay Area Times was founded by Bill Kerr.
- Who are Bay Area Times's investors?
- Bay Area Times's investors include Solar Eco Fund, Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark, CapitalG, DST Global, ICONIQ, Sequoia Capital and 1 more.