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MARCH 23, 2021

The San Diego Angel Conference, an angel investing effort which is run by the University of San Diego (USD) School of Business, says it has made investments in five companies at its conference this year, worth a total of $500,000.

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

Elon Musk , the billionaire technology mogul behind SpaceX, has put some money behind--surprisingly--an effort to help developer artificial intelligence research.

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JUNE 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based BlockFraud , a developer of machine learning and artificial intelligence software used for detecting mobile fraud, has reportedly raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The funding was led by Palisades Venture Capital. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

for its hardware-based, machine learning tools, according to the company. AME Cloud Ventures, and Fuel Capital. As part of the funding, Steve Jurvetson of DFJ will join the company''s board of directors. capital venture data intelligence artificial software hardware semiconductor learning machine nervana'

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MAY 15, 2019

A brand new, Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence startup, Halla , announced on Wednesday that it has raised $1.4M According to Halla, the funding was led by E&A Venture Capital, an early stage food industry investor, and also included SOSV. The company said it has now raised a total of $1.9M

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MARCH 5, 2019

San Diego-based Erasca , a company which is using artificial intelligence to drive the discovery and development of new oncology drugs to help cure cancer, has raised $64M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. According to the company, the new funding will to towards. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JULY 2, 2017

These are heady times for using artificial intelligence to extract insights from healthcare data—in particular, from the tidal wave of information coming out of fields like genomics and medical imaging. How can healthcare companies use AI to “bend the curve” of increasing healthcare costs?

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Singapore-based investment firm b>Temasek says it is funding and has launched a new, artificial intelligence startup that is headquartered in San Diego and Singapore, called Aicadium. The new startup will focus on developing a common machine learning platform to deliver AI-as-a-Service from discovery to deployment.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 14, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investors March Capital Partners led a $51 million Series C round for conversational artificial intelligence developers Uniphore Software Systems Private Ltd.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Los Angeles- and Las Vegas-based Influential , which operates a service to help match brands with influencers, has raised $12M more in a Series B funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Capital Zed, ECA Ventures, Paradigm Talent Agency, ROAR, the Tech Coast Angels, plus WME. Influential is led by CEO Ryan Detert.

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APRIL 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based venture investor Greycroft , which has made investments in such companies as AwesomenessTV, Maker Studios, Sometrics, Venmo, and others, is one of the lead investors in New York-based Frame AI. Frame AI is a developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning used by companies to understand customer churn and behavior.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Ferret, a startup working on artificial inteligence software to help people determine who they can trust, has raised $4M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The company said it is developing machine learning algorithms which help users determine who they can trust in real time.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Despite a packed schedule of obnoxious tweeting, lawsuits, and organizing a cage match with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk has found time to launch a new AI company called xAI. Remove Your Date From the Web Today Incogni by Surfshark can help you reclaim your information from third-party vendors. Will xAI Rival OpenAI?

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2018

This week, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence, one of the buzziest fields in tech. Or, maybe instead, it’s a day filled with long lunches and listless Internet surfing, as you seek out all the interesting articles you missed during the week. Here are a. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based AlphaTrAI , a fintech startup which is backed by venture capital investor Analytics Ventures, says it is launching its own, extrenal fund, and is expanding its leadership team. the founder of Hightree Advisors, to its advisory board.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

March Capital Partners , the Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has raised $300 million for its latest fund. ” Those two themes are borne out in the support March Capital has provided for The Hive , an artificial intelligence-focused incubator, and The Fabric , an infrastructure and internet of things-focused incubator.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Slingshot Aerospace , the venture-backed developer of artificial intelligence software for processing satellite, aerial, and drone imaging, said this morning that it has won a $6M contract award, from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Los Angeles- and South San Francisco-based Unity Influence , a developer of influencer advertising software, has raised $1M in funding, according to the company. Unity Influence is using machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to connect advertisers with "micro-influencers". READ MORE>>.

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JULY 12, 2017

Laguna Hills-based Ephesoft , a developer of document capture software, has raise $15M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. Joe Kaiser of Mercato joins the company's board with the funding. The company was founded by Ike Kavas, and was founded in 2010. The funding came from Mercato Partners.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Irvine-based NGD Systems , a company developing "computational storage" devices which can run AI, machine learning, and analytics functions within data storage devices, has raised $20M in a Series C funding, the company said this morning. The company has now raised a total of $45M in funding.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced on Wednesday that it has launched a brand new, venture capital investment fund, which will focus only an artificial intelligence. The first investment out of the fund is in AnyVision , a startup working on face, body, and object recognition. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital , the venture capital investment firm led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings, has raised its first official fund, a $19M seed stage venture fund. Moonshots said the new fund will focus on seed stage deals, holding reserve capital for follow-on pro rata.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

According to the company, the funding was led by Credito Real, the Mexican financial services company. As part of that funding, $3M in convertible notes, from DILA Capital, 10x Capital Management, and others, will convert into equity. Camino Financial is led by CEO Sean Salas. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 9, 2019

According to EvoNexus, the incubator will work with startups focused on technology areas that will impact financial services companies of all sizes and the customers they serve. EvoNexus did not say how much funding companies joining the incubator will gain, or the structure of the incubator.

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MAY 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based Pearl , the machine learning startup which was spun out of advertising AI software startup GumGum , has raised $11M in a funding round, which came from Craft Ventures, as well as un-named strategic investors.

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Xconomy

MARCH 26, 2018

Artificial intelligence innovation has become part of our everyday lives—retailers use it to tailor the product recommendations they make; biotech companies hope it can create customized medicine. But its shortcomings, born of human biases, are becoming apparent as well.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Costa Mesa-based Veritone , a developer of artificial intelligence software, said it has received an unsolicited acquisition bid from private equity firm Apis Capital Management. per share in cash for the company, which it received on December 4th from Apis. per share in cash. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor TenOneTen Ventures is one of the investors in a newly launched startup, which is looking to use artificial intelligence and DNA testing to identify autism and other medical conditions. The company's CEO and co-founder is Lukas Lange. Size of the investment round was not announced.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Irvine-based Syntiant , a developer of processors used for artificial intelligence applications, has raised $35M more in the company's Series C funding round. Syntiant develops low power chips used for neural networking, and edge-based artificial intelligence (AI) applications, including voice recognition.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital is the lead investor in a $51M, Series C funding round for Uniphore , which also included Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures), Sistema Asia, CXO Fund, ITP, Iron Pillar, Patni Family, and others. March Capital's investment in Uniphore was led by Sumant Mandal. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

San Diego-based Kneron , a developer of artificial intelligence software, has raised $40M more in Series A funding, from investor Horizons Ventures. Accoring to Deal Street Asia, the funding brings the company's total to $73M. Horizons Ventures it the venture arm of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing. Kneron was founded in 2015.

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MAY 16, 2018

Osprey Data uses machine learning and artificial intelligence technology to help optimize oil and gas production, monitor oil well status, and more. The company's CEO is John Burke. The funding was led by Houston Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 7, 2020

According to the company, it has over $2.6M The company said it is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop robots to complete "mundane tasks" in the kitchen. The company's first robot "Flippy" is installed at the Pasadena CaliBurger. Miso Robotics is being led by CEO Buck Jordan.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 15, 2019

Burbank-based Shag Enterprises Inc, an artificial intelligence company that’s created a predictive platform for online ordering, announced on May 15 it raised $1.4 million in seed funding led by New York-based E&A Venture Capital.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based LegalMation , a startup which develops artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software for litigation and law practices, has raised a round of funding, according to the company. The company is led by CEO James M. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Aaron Fyke , the founder and Managing Director of Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com), a venture capital firm in the energy and sustainability space. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? With support from prior backers of mine, Thin Line Capital was launched.

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APRIL 8, 2021

Laguna Niguel-based Fuel50, which operates an artificial intelligence (AI) powered marketplace for talent, has raised $15.5M in a Series B funding, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by PeakSpace Capital and Shearwater Capital. Fuel50 says it has now raised a total of $28.2M.

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