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JULY 16, 2021

San Diego-based Entos, a developer of artificial intelligence and automated synthetic development technology for designing small-molecule therapeutics, has raised $53M in a Series A funding. Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Catalio, have both joined the company's board. Jacob Vogelstein, Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. Now, the company said, it has achieved the necessary temperatures to make its reactors commercially viable.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Camarillo-based analog and mixed signal semiconductor developer Semtech announced a design win this morning, saying that smart home technology developer Savant is using the company's chips in a design. According to Semtech, Savant is using its BlueRiver AV-over-IP chipsets for a new IP video product line.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Camarillo-based analog and mixed signal semiconductor provider Semtech reports a design win this morning, with French company KERLINK M2M Technologies. According to Semtech, KERLINK is using its long range LoRa technology for a machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway. Financial impact of the win was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Camarillo-based Semtech , a developer of analog and mixed signal semiconductors, reported a design win today, with Taiwanese company YUAN High-Tech Development Co., According to Semtech, YUAN has integrated its technology into a new line of Software Defined Video over Ethernet (SDVoE) products.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2020

According to Semtech, its BlueRiver technology has been incorporated into video cameras from YUAN High-Tech Development Co., Camarillo-based Semtech says one of its semiconductor products have been selected by a developer of video cameras for the eSports and other markets.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Carlsbad-based RF semiconductor maker MaxLinear and partner NewVasTek announced this morning that the two companies have teamed up to develop a joint, reference design for a wireless 5G modem. According to the two, the design combines MaxLinear's AirPHY multi-gigabit modem technology with NewVasTek's resonant wireless power technology.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2015

Carlsbad-based ViaSat , the satellite communications technology developer, said today that it has acquire ASIC and FPGA design provider EAI Design Services. ViaSat said it will use the buy to bolster its capabilities in the high-speed, low-power secure space-based ASIC and FPGA microprocessor design area. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Los Angeles-based Beauty By Design , a startup offering up "hyper-personalized" beauty products based on a customer's skin, has raised $2.2M David Weissman is CEO and Co-founder of Beauty By Design. in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2021

Monrovia, California-based SiLC Technologies, a developer of machine vision tools, says it has raised $17M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alter Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital and also included Fluxunit -- OSRAM Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Epson, UMC Capital, Yamato Holdings and Global Brain.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2019

Camarillo-based semiconductor developer Semtech said this morning that it has a new design win, this time with its BlueRiver technology. The company's semiconductors are being used as part of bridging audio signals across an Ethernet network, bringing between SDVoE and IDK's own "Dante" audio networking protocol. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The US Marine Corp says it is looking for companies in the Southern California technology community to submit their proposals for ground sensors, to help the Marines develop "next generation" ground sensors for the battlefield. RF) using rapidly deployable sensors to provide accurate and real-time info from the field. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

NASA and a clutch of startup and established companies are moving forward with plans to transform mobility in urban environments through the Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge. The Grand Challenge series brings together companies developing new transportation or airspace management technologies, the Agency said. AirMap, Inc.,

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Camarillo-based Semtech , the developer of analog and mixed signal semiconductors, announced a design win in India this morning, with Indian startup EasyReach Solutions. Semtech said that EasyReach will use its LoRa wireless radio frequency technology into its industrial and smart vehicle monitoring products.

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MAY 29, 2018

Newbury Park-based ISSQUARED , an information technology provider, said this morning that it has acquired Westlake Village-based Starnet Data Design. BOth companies provide information technology consulting, including consulting in the areas of networking, security, hardware, and other related areas for enterprise to SMB customers.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2014

Irvine-based virtual reality technology developer Oculus VR --now owned by Facebook--said Tuesday that it has acquired the team behind Carbon Design , an industrial design and product engineering team. Carbon Design''s project include the Xbox 360''s game controller. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 20, 2021

Techstars LA, the startup accelerator headed up by Matt Kozlov, announced its 2021 class this week, drawing an international group of twelve new companies to its startup accelerator in Culver City. Companies this year in the program come from as far as Canada, India, and Ukraine.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Sharp Display Company , a unit of Sharp Eectronics Corporation which develops TFT-LCD products, plus Flying Eagle Sytsems , a new company created by Foxconn crated to "drive innovation in the display industry", announced today that they have set up shop in downtown Los Angeles.

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JUNE 26, 2013

A new, startup incubator-created by the Art Center College of Design and the California Insitute of Technology --said this morning that it has launched a brand new, design-focused incubator, housed at Idealab. Breitenberg is special assistant to the president of Art Center College of Design. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Henrik Fisker , the automotive designer behind ill fated Fisker Automotive, said today that he is starting a new company , Fisker Inc. , to design a new electric vehicle. Fisker's last company--Fisker Auotmotive--was sold out of bankruptcy to Wanxiang Group in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Los Angeles-based Fisker , the new developer of electric vehicle and solid state battery technology which was crated by Fisker Automotive founder's Henrik Fisker, has received a strategic investment from Caterpillar Venture Capital. According to Fisker the funding will go towards the development of its solid state battery technology.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The first, high tech test tunnel built by LA's The Boring Company , bored between the SpaceX parking lot and a home in Hawthorne, California, is almost complete, and will open to the public on December 10th, according to Boring Company and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

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JULY 15, 2020

Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , one of the local developers of high tech, futuristic "hyperloop" transportation systems, says it has helpeds to publish the industry's first set of safety guidelines.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2017

Irvine-based analog semiconductor maker Skyworks is in a design win with Sierra Wireless, to power that company's new line of wireless modules. Skyworks said that Sierra Wireless will use its 3G/4G technologies for its AirPrime HL Series wireless modules, which are aimed at the machine-to-machine (M2M) and device-to-cloud applications.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

Brea-based Spyder 3D World said today that it has launched a new, online marketplace for sharing, selling, and buying 3D printing designs. According to the company, its new marketplace lets users both share and sell 3D designs. spyder3d printing design marketplace printer' The new site was founded by Joe Bloomfield.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I recently wrote a post about design simplicity where I encouraged technology design teams to think about “designing for the novice, configuring for the pro&# users. I’ve seen this “error of iteration&# occur many times in software designs. But they’re missing the design iteration concept.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

Self-driving and robotics startup Cartken has partnered with REEF Technology, a startup that operates parking lots and neighborhood hubs, to bring self-driving delivery robots to the streets of downtown Miami. Starship Technologies CEO Lex Bayer on focus and opportunity in autonomous delivery.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Calabasas-based DTS , the developer of surround sound and other audio processing technology, has scored a win with TPV Technology Limited , the manufacturer of Philips branded TVs and speakers. According to DTS, TPV Technoloogy has licensed its DTS Play-fi whole-home wireless audio technology. DTS is a unit of Xperi Corporation.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet services and publishing giant j2 Global has acquired two companies, saying this morning that it acquired Ekahau , a company in the digital media space, and Castle Connolly , a company in the digital media and healthcare industry.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

As worries about the spread of a new virus from China--which has resulted in the quarantine of Wuhan, China , a city of 11 million--a Los Angeles company, Dimer UVC Innovations , is offering up its technology to airports and officials, at no cost, to a number of airports. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2016

Goleta-based radio frequency filtering technology developer Resonant has acquired a Swiss company, GVR Trade SA , which provides design and consultation on Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) and Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) devices. The company said it paid $1.1M

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 8, 2020

“I love solving problems with design and entrepreneurship. ” With $10 million in financing from a slew of investors including Upfront Ventures, Alpha Edison, the general partners and founders of True Ventures, and a Korean family office, Share Ventures will look to launch between two and four companies per year. .”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, My philosophy emanated from my days of programming and later designing corporate software in the early 1990′s.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2018

Walt Disney Studios and Accenture are in an effort to harness emerging technology in the area of entertainment, with a new effort they are calling Disney StudioLAB , the two said on Tuesday.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. 3D-printing companies are working on new ways to manufacture personal protective equipment and swabs for COVID-19 testing.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

Monster , the consumer electronics firm which co-designed the original Beats By Dr. Dre headphones , has sued Beats Electronics , saying that Beats stole the technology behind its immensely popular headphones from the company. beats electronics monster headphone design legal lawsuit' READ MORE>>.

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