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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

TechCrunch LA

Divergent, the Los Angeles-based startup aiming to revolutionize vehicle manufacturing, has cut about one-third of its staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended startups and major corporations alike. Divergent 3D made Blade — which was on the auto show circuit in 2016 — to demonstrate the technology platform.

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LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M

TechCrunch LA

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. We’re thrilled to help lead the way for the broader tech community in Los Angeles.”

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GM exits car-sharing business and shuts down Maven

TechCrunch LA

The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. Maven continued to operate in Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. GM confirmed to TechCrunch that it has started to wind down Maven. GM’s experiment with car sharing is over. and Toronto.

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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

Google raised the curtain with a splashy announcement that they’d be setting up their fifth cloud region in the U.S. in Los Angeles. Now Microsoft has responded with a play of its own, partnering with the provider of a suite of hosted graphic design and animation software tools called Nimble Collective.

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Virgin Hyperloop One, Dubai Team On New Cargo Transport Startup

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One , the advanced transportation technology startup which is now backed by Sir Richard Branson, has inked a deal in the country of Dubai , to launch a new startup called DP World Cargospeed.

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Tesla Model Y orders are now open

TechCrunch LA

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Model Y on Thursday night at the Tesla Design Studio in Los Angeles. That’s a departure from previous events, notably the Model 3 reveal in March 2016, which prompted thousands of people to put down $1,000 deposits. The performance version will start at $60,000.

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Startup Grind 2016 – “Make Friends, Not Contacts”

Tech Zulu Event

My biggest take away from Startup Grind Conference 2016 is how genuinely the organization is committed to uniting and helping startups accelerate together on a global level. Startup Grind is about serving for the better of the whole and not about individual notoriety or ego. Marc is the CEO and Founder of Design Inc.

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