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Silicon Valley Bank HQ photos: Staff order pizza as people gather outside

At one point, pizza was delivered to workers sequestered inside the shuttered bank.

A delivery person drops off pizzas at Silicon Valley Bank’s headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Noah Berger/Getty Images | Source: Noah Berger/Getty Images
By Sophie Bearman

Silicon Valley Bank, the Santa Clara-based bank that was a major backer for technology companies and startups as recently as Thursday, has been shut down.

This is the second biggest bank to fail in U.S. history, and the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis.

As the news spread Friday morning, sources say many Silicon Valley Bank workers were told to stay home apart from essential branch staffers.

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Still, as journalists flocked to the bank’s Santa Clara headquarters, a number of workers were seen sequestered inside the bank’s locked doors—pizza was even delivered.

The Standard witnessed customers lingering outside the bank, many holding cellphones, sending harried texts and making important calls.

Here are 10 more photos from Friday morning:

A group of people stand outside the Silicon Valley Bank entrance, where a person gestures as if speaking to them.
A worker, center, tells people that the Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara is closed on March 10, 2023. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images | Source: Getty Images
A customer stands outside of a shuttered Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images | Source: Getty Images
Reporters linger outside shuttered Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Dan Fenstermacher for The Standard
A man in a gray hoodie and sandals looks at his phone near a Silicon Valley Bank guest sign while another man in a yellow jacket talks on a phone.
People text and speak on the phone outside shuttered Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Dan Fenstermacher for The Standard
Employees stand outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images | Source: Getty Images
A worker inside the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara looks outside on March 10, 2023. | Dan Fenstermacher for The Standard
A woman in a red sweater and a man in dark clothing stand inside a glass-entry building, partly obscured by tall green grass outside.
Workers look out a door at Silicon Valley Bank's headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Noah Berger/Getty Images | Source: AFP via Getty Images
A woman rides a scooter by shuttered the Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Dan Fenstermacher for The Standard
A screen displays "Congratulations 2022 SVB Peggy Bork Client Care & Community Service Award Winners!" alongside photos of award recipients; a person talks on phone.
A silhouetted security guard talks on a telephone inside Silicon Valley Bank's headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Noah Berger/Getty Images | Source: AFP via Getty Images
A notice informing of Silicon Valley Bank's closure hangs at the banks headquarters in Santa Clara on March 10, 2023. | Noah Berger/Getty Images | Source: AFP via Getty Images

Sophie Bearman can be reached at [email protected]

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