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India’s Haptik acqui-hires Los Angeles startup Convrg in international expansion push

TechCrunch LA

Mumbai-based Haptik, which operates a conversational AI platform , has already won several high profile clients in India. Founded in 2017, Convrg has made a name for itself by developing several popular chatbots and voice products. Vaish is already in talks with a handful of other startups and is open to more acquisitions, he said.

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IBM Watson Health Launches Imaging Effort for Cancer, Other Diseases

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She’s referring to how much Watson Health has spent on growth , including acquisitions like Merge and Truven Health Analytics. The first commercial product to come out of the effort is likely to hit in 2017. LeGrand calls the approach “augmented intelligence,” as opposed to artificial intelligence.

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Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups

TechCrunch LA

Shopify quietly acquires Handshake, an e-commerce platform for B2B wholesale purchasing . As Amex scoops up Resy, a look at its acquisition history . The firm was launched in 2017 by general partners Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, formerly of Susa Ventures and Karlin Ventures, respectively. Fundraising. Extra Crunch.

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A Chat With Jamie Montgomery On How LA's Tech Ecosystem Has Grown

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We're also excited about the areas around artificial intelligence for certain verticals. I think we'll see a big increase in IPOs in 2017, but I think there will be, more dramatically, a big pickup in M&A. They're acquisitive, have cashed up, and lots of them are now looking at repatriating money to the US.