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OCTOBER 18, 2018

El Segundo-based CUJO AI , a developer of artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity software for telecom network operators, has raised a round of growth capital from KPN Ventures, the company said this morning. KPN Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Netherlands-based KPN, a large telecom company. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In this guide, you'll learn exactly what Claude is, how it works, and all about its parent company, Anthropic. Who Owns Anthropic, and Who Funds It? Anthropic largely focuses its work on building large language models (LLM) and the chatbots that subsequently use them. What is Anthropic AI?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

San Diego-based Deckard Technologies , a new startup founded by serial entrepreneur Neil Senturia, said on Monday that it has raised $4M in funding and launched a new company focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify property tax scofflaws. The company said its latest funding was worth $500,000.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based Beyond Limits , the artificial intelligence software developer which recently raised a big, $133M funding round, has linked with management consulting firm The Carnrite Group , the two said on Wednesday. The Carnrite Group focuses on oil and gas, utility, power, and industrial customers.

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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. The company was founded by and is led by Gaurav Bhattacharya.

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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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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2021

San Diego-based Netradyne, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing technology for the automotive market, has raised $150M in a Series C funding round. According to the company, the funding was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and also included existing investors Point72 Ventures and M12.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Santa Monica-based Boulevard a developer of cloud-based software used by salons and other appointment-based businesses to automate the process of booking appointments, has raised a seed round of funding, according to one of its investors. Size of the funding round was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

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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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of call tracking and analytics tools, has raised another $56M in a new funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The new funding brings its total raised to $116M. The company has such customers as Dish Network, U.S. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Previous Boundless investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Esther Dyson will join Thrive Global’s cap table. “We were very impressed by their neuroscience-based artificial intelligence that they used to power changes in behavior,” says Huffington. Roughly 70% of healthcare spending in the U.S.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2018

El Segundo-based CUJO AI , a startup developing artificial intelligence software for detecting security attacks on consumer networking infrastructure, has raised a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. CUJO AI offers up its AI software to network operators, to help secure customers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

The companies who join the startup incubator gain "collaboration opportunities" with RBC and Franklin Templeton, which EvoNexus says early business unit exposure, technology steering, and potential beta customer trials and early stage funding. READ MORE>>.

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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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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Carlsbad-based Zingle , a developer of mobile messaging and customer experience software for the hospitality, travel , and retail markets, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Medallia , a provider of customer experience management software. Medallia said it will pay approximately $42M in cash for Zingle.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Upfront Ventures has joined in a new round for one of its portfolio firms, Tact.ai , which announced a $27M Series C funding this morning. Tact.ai, which is based in Redwood City, has now raised more than $57M in total funding. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Who are the customers? Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? will you leverage?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out. In the 2-1/2 years since it was founded, Nervana raised roughly $25 million.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

San Diego-based Gretel has raised a seed round of funding, to go towards its development of software which helps developers and engineers access and share anonymized data for developing applications. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Greylock Partners and Village Capital. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2020

in a funding round. According to the company, the round--a Seed-2 funding--was led by Okapi Capital, and also included The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners and Brad Perry (co-founder of Dealer Socket), along with others. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

El Seguno-based SmartAction , which is developing artificial intelligence-driven, call center automation software, said today that it has raised funding in a management recapitalization by private equity investors Staley Capital and TVC Capital. Financial details of the recapitalization were not announced.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Pasadena-based QLess , a developer of artificial intelligence software for managing lines, says it has scored a number of wins with local governments, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company says it uses artificial intelligence to help drive its mobile tool. Financial impact of those wins were not announced.

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socalTECH

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 in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based Sunbit , a fintech startup which provides point-of-sale financing for purchases, using machine learning to qualify consumers, has raised $26M in a Series B funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and also included Group 11 (formerly SGVC), Chicago Ventures, and others.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based RingDNA , which develops analytics software used for understanding the sales process and sales conversations, said last week that it raised $30M in a growth capital funding. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity (GS Growth), and also included Palisades Growth Capital and Bryant Stibel.

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based Phyn , the Belkin spinout which is developing very advanced, machine learning-driven smart water usage monitoring systms, has raised $12M more in a funding round, the company announced on Thursday. The funding came from Belkin International and Uponor, both prior investors in Phyn.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based I.am+ , the tech startup started by pop star will.i.am , said on Monday that it has raised $117M in a venture funding round, and has launched itself into the artificial intelligence tools market for the enterprise. According to I.am+, the round includes Salesforce Ventures, along with other. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2019

Los Angeles- and London-based Engineer.ai , a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at creating software for SMBs, said today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DigitalOcean, a provider of cloud services for the development community. recently raised $29.5M recently raised $29.5M READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

In the early days this is expensive because the logistics & warehouses are amortized over a small customer base but with scale this infrastructure and the technology that drives it becomes a powerful moat and hard for new entrants to compete. MakeSpace is building the exact same systems but in reverse. years of software development.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based Scalefast , which develops personalization technology for e-commerce, announced Thursday morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), and also included Adara Ventures, B&Y, French Partners and CIC Capital.

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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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JUNE 19, 2018

Irvine-based Cylance , which develops endpoint security software, said on Tuesday that it has raised $120M more in a funding round, for its artificial intelligence-powered software. The company said the funding was led by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, and also included other investors. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based Bridg , the marketing software developer led by Amit Jain, said on Wednesday that it has raised $11M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Morpheus Ventures, and also included NextEquity Partners and Visa, and also included returning investor March Capital. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). Our cost of customer acquisition is very low relative to a lot of fintechs,” he said.

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