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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

TechCrunch LA

The investment is part of the corporate investment arm’s call for innovation through its Toyota Research Institute (TRI). “We launched the first call with TRI’s mobile manipulation team to give talented entrepreneurs a nudge in both direction and capital to make assistive robots more useful, safe, and affordable” said Adler.

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Interview with Nikhil Jain, ObEN

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The way it works, is you take a selfie with iOS or Android, and without extra hardware or attachments or scanning, you can do a voice recording, and using our proprietary artificial intelligence technology, we automatically create a photo-real, virtual self of that person.

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A Chat With Jamie Montgomery On How LA's Tech Ecosystem Has Grown

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We sat down with Jamie�who has been part of LA's technology industry, either as an investor or advisor since its very early days--to get his perspective on where we are today, especially as it relates to all of the companies he's worked with over the years on a more global stage and in Silicon Valley, and his advice to entrepreneurs.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. And, let’s not overlook the research juggernaut called Caltech, which managed $332 million in sponsored research and $1.77 Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Infographics. Management. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. Streaming media. you are reading.