Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Initially pinned as a generative AI startup for Twitter when it first hit the headlines back in April, the xAI website seems to suggest that the new startup will remain separate from the social media platform, as well as Musk's collection of other technology companies. Will xAI Rival OpenAI?

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based Podcorn , a venture-backed startup offering up native podcast advertising and matching, has launched its platform, saying that its platform will help advertisers discover and run native ads on podcasts. Podcorn recently raised $2.2M, in an August 2019 funding round. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Los Angeles-based involve.ai, a startup developing artificial intelligence-based customer retention software, said today that it has raised $16M in its Series A funding round. The company said its platform uses artificial intelligence to help businesses prevent customer churn and accelerate its revenue growth.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital reports this morning that it has led a $30M investment in Pixellot , an Israeli firm developing automatic, artificial intelligence-driven software for producing streaming sports video. Pixellot has now raised more than $40M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

According to ServiceNow, the deal will help it advanced its own artificial intelligence capabilities, including the addition of support for all major languages on its platform. Passage AI was founded in 2016 and had received funding from Blumberg Capital, Storm Ventures, Engineering Capital, 11.2

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JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Retina, a startup that is using artificial intelligence for predicting customer lifetime value, said on Tuesday tht it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Alpha Intelligence Capital and Vertical Venture Partners. Retina is led by co-founder and CEO Emad Hasan.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

According to REX co-founder and CEO, Jack Ryan, it has developed a technology platform which helps homeowners sell their homes, without going through a traditional agent or MLS. The company only charges a 2 percent, flat free.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

AlphaTrAI says it has developed artificial intelligence software which can pick, trade, and manage stocks better than humans. According to the startup, it has been running its software for the last three years, with its algorithms achieving a 58 percent average annual return on capital--consistently outperforming the S&P 500.

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JULY 16, 2019

The Series B funding came from Source Capital Partners and Kayne Capital Partners, as well as "local banks". According to the company, it will use the new funding for the development of an artificial intelligence platform and for expansion in the European Union.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Carlsbad-based Ezoic , a developer of artificial intelligence software for the digital publishing market, has raised $33M in a funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from Sageview Capital. the company said it will use the funding to expand its platform. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

DGene says it is using artificial intelligence for content creation and restoration. The company says it has relationships with Hollywood studios, and is working to "revive older films and TV shows so they may be watched across streaming platforms.". The funding was led by Alibaba Group.

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APRIL 8, 2020

Satna Barbara-based MixMode , a developer of artificial intelligence cybersecurity software, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $4M in its Series A funding round. The company said the new funding will go to expand its platform and to fuel growth. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Carlsbad-based NextWave Ventures , a venture capital investor which focuses on commercializing early stage technology, said it has launched a new artificial intelligence start, Apical Technology. According to NextWave, Apical Technology is developing a software platform which uses AI for equities trading. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Theta Lake , a developer of security and compliance software which connects with Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Zoom and other collaboration platforms, has raised $12.7M in a Series A funding. As part of the funding, Lightspeed's Arif Janmohamed joins the company's board.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Cylance, develops artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity software, which detects and reacts to cybersecurity threats. The company was founded in 2012, and was venture backed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, Dell Technologies Capital, Citi Ventures, and Insight Venture Partners, among others. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

San Diego- and Baltimore-based private equity investor JMI Equity is the lead backer of a developer of artificial intelligence software for the healthcare industry this morning. The funding was led by JMI Equity, and also included Health Enterprise Partners (HEP) and Health Velocity Capital (HVC). READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The seed funding was led by Okapi Capital, and also included Stage Venture Partners, SaaS Capital, and angels. According to the company, the new funds go towards further development of its artificial intelligence technology, and to extend its platform and for market efforts.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Westlake Village-based Eta Compute , a developer of technology for energy efficient artificial intelligence processing, has raised $12.5M The company's lead product is the TENSAI AI software platform, which it says is aimed at use in AI applications for the smart home and consumer Internet-of-Things markets. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2018

Greycroft Ventures , which has a big presence in Los Angeles, has backed Silicon Valley-based BlueCart , a developer of machine learning software and other tools for the hospitality industry, to the tune of $5M. BlueCart said this week that it raised $5M in its Series B-1 funding, bringing its total raised to $22M.

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JUNE 14, 2018

The company said the new funding will go towards new contracts and expansions, invest in new technology platforms, and provide excess capital.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2016

Los Angeles-based Armorway , which develops data analytics software which uses artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity response, has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

The startup--which was co-founded by Kenny Daniel, who was recently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at USC--says that it has created an online platform to let software engineers find different algorithms for us. The funding came from Madrona Venture Group, Rakuten Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, and angels.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Slingshot Aerospace , which develops artificial intelligence software that automatically processes large amounts of imagery data collected by drones, satellites, and aircraft, has raised another $5M, in a new seed funding round.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Irvine-based Bitvore , the big data, artificial intelligence, and data analytics startup, has upped its latest funding round to $14.2M, as part of what appears to be an ongoing $17.75M funding effort.

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JULY 18, 2017

Pasadena-based ObEN , the developer of artificial intelligence software led by Nikhil Jain, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a strategic funding round, led by Tencent Holding. According to ObEN, the funding also included Li Ruigang, Chairman of CMC and Fengshion Capital. ObEN said it has now raised a total of $13.7M

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MAY 13, 2021

The company says its platform uses a simple patch that extracts biomarkers from the skin in minutes, allowing for rapid and painless extraction of RNA, which is analyzed by proprietary machine learning algorithms to predict the appropriate psoriasis biologic drug for a patient prior to therapeutic selection and treatment.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

Newport Beach-based Veritone , which is developing artificial intelligence software used for sentiment analysis for media firms, political campaigns, corporations, and the government, said it has closed on a $50M funding agreement. The funding comes from Acacia Research. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

And over the past three years, Imperson has developed conversational chatbots powered by their artificial intelligence for several Disney projects, including most recently for Walt Disney World’s Pandora – The World of Avatar , according to a press release.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A proliferation of startups is now trying to devise applications for this new class of language model , where the machine is capable of creating new text, images and videos based on simple human input. The platform is going after marketers with a Canva-style drag-and-drop interface.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

Emotient, which was backed by Handbag and Intel Capital, had developed applications for Google Glass and other platforms to be able to tell what a person was feeling based on their facial expression. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Atomico, a European venture capital firm, has helped persuade Cambridge, UK-based Healx to return to the capital market a year earlier than anticipated. The biotech has just raised $56 million in Series B funding to bankroll its mission to use AI and machine learning to create affordable rare disease treatments.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

—Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. Based in Carlsbad, in northern San Diego County, Ezoic launched its platform in 2011.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. At the intersection of those two is Los Angeles-based Connected Travel (www.connectedtravel.com), the startup which is behind Honda's Drive Drive platform.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

In conjunction with the funding round, Triller said it has acquired UK-based MashTraxx , a developer of a machine learning platform for music and video editing. The startup said the funding was led by Proxima Media.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. The makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

From meager beginnings selling books online back in 1994, Amazon is currently the largest e-commerce retailer and cloud computing platform in the world, and now dominates even the giant Walmart. A platform is a business model and capability that can be accessed and customized by external users.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. It is easy to invest capital, but very, very hard to exit, so don't.

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