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Prayers go out to Snapchat, Riot, Naughty Dog, TigerConnect (nee TigerText) and other West LA / Santa Monica companies whose staff may live in the Palisades , Topanga & Malibu. I remember .XYZ & Headspace are also in the neighborhood.

Any other Silicon Beach companies that I missed?

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Google, Oracle, many many others.

I live in the area and have never seen a fire move this rapidly. The high winds were a major culprit.

they're down in Playa vista though right?

Google has an office in Venice in addition to another office in Playa Vista.

I frequently go past TigerText. I assumed they were related to TigerDirect!

Tigertext (now -Connect) is a healthcare provider-side messaging company. they started out as ephemeral messaging and pivoted to healthcare.

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