Pittsburgh
Biotech, self-driving cars, and robotics? The Steel Belt city is the best-kept secret east of Silicon Valley.
STARTUP NEIGHBORHOODS
• The old factories and warehouses dotting the Allegheny River make up Robotics Row, where Edge Case Research—which, among other things, tests self-driving-car software—works out of 19th century stables.
• Boutiques and craft breweries have taken over Lawrenceville’s vacant storefronts in this once blue-collar neighborhood. Grab a coffee at Caffè d’Amore in Upper Lawrenceville on your way to RE2 Robotics, 4 a robotic arm manufacturer. Farther south, Toll Gate Revival sells reclaimed industrial objects near Uber’s Advanced Technologies.
• With more than 500 employees, Google’s 2 presence in Bakery Square, site of a
