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JULY 17, 2019

Techstars Los Angeles , one of the startup accelerators run by Techstars in Los Angeles, has announced its 2019 class. According to Techstars, ten companies were selected for the startup accelerator, which kicked off this week. The companies will have their Demo Day on October 15th.

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APRIL 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based Zefr , which develops software used by brands advertising on YouTube, says it has been selected for an expanded YouTube Measurement Program (YTMP).

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APRIL 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based March Capital is the lead investor in an artificial intelligence startup, which is aiming at improving employee service, as it further continues its theme of investing in big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning startups in the enterprise. 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".

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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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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based ringDNA , which develops sales engagement software, says it has launched a new, artificial intelligence (AI) product, which it says helps recommend actions for sales reps, to increase success.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based HiveWatch, a developer of "multi-sensor" data collection tools being applied to physical security, has raised $20M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The company's founder and CEO is Ryan Schonfeld. The funding was led by former Twitter executives Dick Costolo and Adam Bain.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors.

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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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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. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based Trait Signal , a new, automatic analytics startup, said this morning that it has launched a software platform to provide car dealers insights on cars for sale. The company says it is using artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and "human validation" to power its platform.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based Whistle , which develops a software platform for hotels to text message their guests, said this morning that it has added new artificial intelligence capabilities to its software. The company says the software also provides suggested responses to team members.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Los Angeles-based Zest AI, which develops artificial intelligence software for lending, said it has signed up a Florida credit union as a customer. The company said Addition Financial Credit Union has $2.6 billion in assets and 162,000 members across Florida. Financial details of the win were not announced.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company. Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6

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JUNE 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based CreatorIQ , a developer of enterprise software used for influencer marketing, has raised $12M in a Series B funding round, the company said Thursday. The funding was led by TVC Capital, and also included Affinity Group, and Unilever Ventures. CreatorIQ is led by founder and CEO Igor Vaks.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Los Angeles-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) software developer MeetKai said this morning that it has partnered with the Los Angeles Chargers. According to the company, it has become the "Official AI partner" of the Chargers. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Los Angeles-based Camino Financial , a fintech startup offering up small business loans to Latinx businesses, announced an $8M funding round this morning, its Series A. According to the company, the funding was led by Credito Real, the Mexican financial services company.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Now, Thrive Global is adding a tech tool to its arsenal of cognitive behavioral therapies with the acquisition of the Los Angeles-based startup, Boundless Mind. Meet the tech company that wants to make you even more addicted to your phone. “We can use technology to hook people to unhook them from unhealthy behaviors.”

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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 the new funding will go to scale product development.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based employee wellness and artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Three Good announced that it has raised a seed funding round. The company says it is raising $2.5M in that funding.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based Catalog , a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, has raised $1.5M The startup--led by Patrick Ip--develops software to automate the creation of custom visual content for brands.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Yellow , the accelerator program launched by Snap in 2018, has selected ten companies to join its latest cohort. The list of new companies include: Brightly — an Oakland, Calif.-based based media company angling to be the conscious consumer’s answer to Refinery29. Hardworkers — a Cambridge, Mass.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Los Angeles-based Product Science said this week that it has raised $18M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Slow Ventures, Coatue, K5 Global, Mantis Ventures, plus angels Peter Fenton (Benchmark), Jerry Murdock (Insight Partners), and executives at Snap.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Los Angeles-based fintech startup InvestCloud and seed-stage venture capital fund Stage Venture Partners have announced a new collaboration, where Stage will move into InvestCloud's "Innovation Center" in Los Angeles. Stage says it recently raised its second fund. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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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. Uniphore's operations are split between Chennai, India and Palo Alto, California.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

Los Angeles-based employee wellness and artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Three Good announced that it has raised a seed funding round. The company says it has raised $700K in that pre-funding. The company said it is in the midst of raising $2.5 in seed funding.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Camino Financial announced this morning that it has hired a new Vice President of Engineering. According to the company, it has appoined Eric Smeby to the position. Smeby previously has served at such companies at Capital One and Ellucian, and founded a startup named TuitionCoin.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

office in order to purse more early-stage investments in local tech companies. Partner Gabe Greenbaum and Vice President Peter Liu have relocated from the firm’s Chicago office to Los Angeles. The company also recently hired Nico Gimenez, who joined as an associate.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Trousdale Ventures announced this morning that it has made an investment in Preamble, a startup offering up "ethical artificial intelligence" moderation to social networks. The company said that Preamble's software is used to help prevent amplification of harmful content.

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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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AUGUST 17, 2020

Logically , a developer of artificial intelligence software and a team of experts focused on news and fact checking, says it is expanding its news checking service to the U.S., The company did not say where its office will be located, but made its announcement from Los Angeles. election news. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

Los Angeles-based HyperDraft, which is developing artificial intelligence software to help legal professionals draft, edit, and analyze legal documents, says it has named Sean Greaney as its General Counsel.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based Beyond Limits , a startup which is developing artificial intelligence software for the industrial and enterprise market, said this morning that it has raised $133M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Group 42 and bp ventures. The funding was led by Group 42 and bp ventures.

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JULY 23, 2019

On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. 60% of all software is bought in the U.S., Many players including Coca Cola, Oyo, Samsung, Tata Group, and KFC use Haptik’s chatbots in their customer support services.

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MAY 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based Narrativa, a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at helping pharmaceutical companies with FDA drug approvals, says it has raised $1.3M in a financing round. Source of the new funding was not announced. The startup is led by founder and CEO David Llorente.

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MARCH 20, 2020

Los Angeles-based Maimovie , which operates an AI-driven search and recommendation service for movies, says it has launched a new "movie award" system, which uses its AI software to generate "people-powered awards" to movies based on feedback from its users. READ MORE>>.

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