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Elevate Names Chief Credit Officer, Boosts San Diego Offices

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Online lending provider Elevate , which has its research and analytics center in San Diego, has named the former Chief Credit Officer of PayPal to the position at the company, based in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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ServiceNow Buys DxContinuum

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ServiceNow , the developer of cloud-based, enterprise software for service management which has a big office San Diego, announced this morning that it has acquired DxContinuum , a developer of machine learning software. Financial details of the all-cash deal were not announced. DxContinuum was backed by Cequel III, LLC.

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

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I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. Tim Rueth, a UC San Diego entrepreneur in residence and member of the EvoNexus selection committee, also screened the list, and offered his perspective.

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Udacity Achieves 50,000 Nanodegree Grads Amid Company Reorganization

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Launched four years ago, the Nanodegree courses allow students worldwide to gain expertise in areas such as data analytics, machine learning, and autonomous flight engineering by completing coursework that can take as little as six months.

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Human Longevity Raises $220M

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San Diego-based Human Longevity , a genomics technology developer, has raised $220M in a Series B funding, according to the company. The funding came from Illumina, Celgene, GE Ventures, as well as others. Human Longevity--led by genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.--said

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Microsoft’s Strategy for Finding What’s Next in Healthcare A.I.

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Microsoft is applying the same model it used to launch its quantum computing and chatbot efforts to innovation in healthcare, signaling the company’s ambition and optimism about the transformative potential of artificial intelligence technologies in this enormous endeavor.

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Esperanto Reaps $58M To Speed Development of Its 7nm AI Chip

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Esperanto Technologies , a startup AI chip developer that has operated mostly below the radar since its founding in 2014, announced this week that it raised $58 million in a Series B fundraising round. The field includes big semiconductor companies like Nvidia and tech giants like Google and Facebook, as well as other startups.