Palo Alto

American  

[pal-oh al-toh, pah-loh ahl-toh] / ˈpæl oʊ ˈæl toʊ, ˈpɑ loʊ ˈɑl toʊ /

noun

1. a city in W California, SE of San Francisco.

2. a battlefield in S Texas, near Brownsville: first battle of Mexican War fought here in 1846.

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Palo Alto British  

noun

1. a city in W California, southeast of San Francisco: founded in 1891 as the seat of Stanford University. Pop: 57 233 (2003 est)

2. a battlefield in E Mexico, northwest of Monterrey, where the first battle (1846) of the Mexican War took place, in which the Mexicans under General Mariano Arista were defeated by the Americans under General Zachary Taylor

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Example Sentences

Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Mind Robotics is building AI-powered robots that can perform physical work in Rivian automotive plants and other factories.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tesla moved its headquarters out of Palo Alto in 2021, the same year that financial services firm Charles Schwab relocated from San Francisco to north Texas.

From Los Angeles Times

Simile uses data gleaned from chats with human beings to train AI agents, who then become the digital twins of those people, said Joon Park, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup’s co-founder and chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal

I met with him at the offices of investor Playground Global in Palo Alto and he explained the principles behind staffing his team, which now includes 18 people.

From The Wall Street Journal

That limits the state’s supply of homes for sale, pushing prices higher and increasing the incentive not to sell, said Ken DeLeon, founder of DeLeon Realty in Palo Alto, Calif.

From The Wall Street Journal