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Cylance Acquired By BlackBerry For $1.4 Billion

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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.

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Innovation vs. Invention

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -- Innovation vs. Invention: How can a new enabling technology position itself as a standard platform for machine learning applications? A case presentation with. ai-one inc. MIT Enterprise Forum SD. See [link] (more)

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

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Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan in 2012, ServiceTitan is very much an up-and-coming billion-dollar business that’s a family (minded) affair. More specifically, it’s the contractors that service equipment like the heating, ventilation and cooling systems at commercial and residential properties across the U.S.

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Sky Dayton Backed Diffbot Gets More Funding

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Diffbot , the developer of artificial intelligence, visual recognition, and natural language processing software for interpreting web pages which is backed by Sky Dayton , has scored $500,000 more in funding, the company said this week. The funding--a continuation of the firm's seed funding--came from Bloomberg Beta.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. In the coming decade, we will look at American cities to solve technology meets legislation challenges of autonomous vehicles, robotic automation, and artificial intelligence.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into A Key Technology Center

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started in August of 2012. Things started to slow down at that office, but around the 2012 time frame, Walmart was doubling down on their ecommerce platform. We were able to get eight, Rob was able to get five from his side, and we started Walmart in Carlsabd in August of 2012, with thirteen people. How big are you now?

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into Its Technology Center

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started in August of 2012. Things started to slow down at that office, but around the 2012 time frame, Walmart was doubling down on their ecommerce platform. We were able to get eight, Rob was able to get five from his side, and we started Walmart in Carlsabd in August of 2012, with thirteen people. How big are you now?

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