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Reflections on 2016: Grant Hosford, codeSpark

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Grant Hosford: codeSpark's biggest news in 2016 was closing on $4.1M You can see all of our holiday reflections here. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. This is a trend from 2016 that should gain momentum in 2017. Rob Freelen: Focus.

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AirMap Developer Conference and Launch Party

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Friday, August 12, 2016 -- AirMap Developer Conference and Launch Party. Join us in Santa Monica for a sneak peek of AirMap’s brand new platform, APIs, and SDK for drones, apps for iOS and Android, and Web. The sky’s the limit when it comes to the potential for unmanned aircraft. Space is limited. RSVP to attend.

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Qualcomm Targets Consumer Drone Market With New Platform

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San Diego-based Qualcomm has launched a new reference platform, specifically aimed at helping designers incorporate its chips into drone aircraft, the company said Thursday. Qualcomm said that at least one, consumer drone company--Yuneec has already committed to bringing a drone to market using the platform. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections on 2016: Louise Wannier, True Roses

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All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Louise Wannier: Continued development of AI/Deep learning networks. Wannier founded MyShape, the first Online Personal Shopping platform. Here, we have the thoughts of Louise Wannier of True Roses. In 2006, Ms.

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Niantic transcends Discord to build Campfire, an AR social app, and unveils Lightship VPS

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Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, players have been coordinating meetups, in-game raids and battles on platforms like Reddit and Discord. Niantic’s games incentivize people to use their technology to go outside and meet others — that’s why it calls its AR development the “real-world metaverse.”

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Reflections on 2016: Alon Goren, Crowd Invest Summit and 805 Startups

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This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. With his previous companies, Alon developed technology that powers websites and financial transactions for Fortune 500 companies and well-known foundations such as Coca-Cola, ATB Financial and Global Philanthropy Group.

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