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AUGUST 15, 2017

Monday, August 21, 2017 -- Gartner Catalyst Conference 2017. August 21 - 24, 2017 Built on forward-thinking Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) research, Gartner Catalyst Conference gives you hands-on, how-to advice and practical solutions across a broad range of technical topics.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Upgrading ParkMobile’s license plate-based service with a computer vision based system that recognizes cars as they enter and leave garages has been Metropolis’ mission since founder and chief executive Alex Israel first formed the business back in 2017. In all, Metropolis has raised $60 million since it was formed back in 2017.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2016

What's the biggest lesson you learned this year? Jaspar Weir: This isn't something we learned this year, but rather something we think people need to hear this year. AI (AKA artificial intelligence and machine learning) can feel intimidating, largely because people fear AI automation will eliminate jobs for humans.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The firm has largely flown under the radar, but it has been investing in startups applying innovations in automation, artificial intelligence, computer vision, computational biology, material sciences and robotics to industrial products and processes for the past two years.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

. —Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) paid over $400 million in August to acquire Nervana Systems , the two-year-old San Diego startup offering its machine learning technology as a cloud-based service.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -- AIMed: Artificial Intelligence In Medicine. Event on AI in medicine and healthcare. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 -- AIMed: Artificial Intelligence In Medicine. Event on AI in medicine and healthcare. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 -- AIMed: Artificial Intelligence In Medicine. Event on AI in medicine and healthcare. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Monday, December 11, 2017 -- AIMed: Artificial Intelligence In Medicine. Event on AI in medicine and healthcare. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2020

Pasadena-based QLess , a developer of artificial intelligence software for managing lines, says it has scored a number of wins with local governments, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company says it uses artificial intelligence to help drive its mobile tool. Financial impact of those wins were not announced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2018

Veritone is a developer of artificial intelligence software used to analyze audio, video and other data sources. Wazee Digital had net revenues of over $19M in 2017, according to the companies. Veritone said it paid $15.0M for Wazee Digital, split between $7.5M in cash and $7.5M in Veritone common stock.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, the acquisition is bound to have been well worth the offer, given that Rallyteam only just announced its Series A in November of 2017, just 8 months ago. Rallyteam's machine learning software was used to help match their employees to skills, experiences, and interests.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 25, 2017

Thursday, July 27, 2017 -- AI.LA Debunk the hype around AI Explore the intersections between VR and Artificial Intelligence Gain insight on the most entertaining advancements in new technologies Discuss biases in data and creator when developing an AI. New Realities Expert Panel #1. Why attend?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

It was Iconiq that put a whopping $80 million into ServiceTitan just last year — and while the 2017 cash infusion may have been larger, the company’s valuation has continued to rise.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to the company, it is looking to recruit quantum computing technologists as well as software engineers experienced in AI and machine learning here at its new location, where it says it will help serve its based of industrial and academic clients here in the United States. Biercuk; the company was founded in Australia in 2017.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Xconomy asked technology and innovation leaders around our network to reflect on the most important developments in their industries during 2017, and the answers were appropriately wide-ranging.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The accelerator said its 2017 and 2018 classes have so far raised more than $40M in follow on investment, with a combined valuation of more than $300M. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2019

The eight-people team is led by Cheng Lyu, the 29-year-old entrepreneur who goes by Jesse and helped Baidu build up its smart speaker unit from scratch after the Chinese search giant acquired his voice startup Raven in 2017. Rct wants to take the experience to the next level by recruiting artificial intelligence for screenwriting.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

Cartken’s robots are powered by a combination of machine learning and rules-based programming to react to every situation that could occur, even if that just means safely stopping and asking for help, Christian Bersch, CEO of Cartken, told TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

So how did a company that provides storage grow so fast (we’ll exit 2017 with 10’s of millions in recurring revenue), why is it so defensible and is it really a tech startup? Today I’m excited to announce we’ve recently raised $30 million in growth finance led by 8VC , with Kimmy Scotti joining our board.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Sunday, April 2, 2017 -- N3XT CON. Hear from industry leaders in technology, entertainment and startups in three rooms at the Pasadena Convention Center.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Glendale-based Beyond Limits , a venture-backed developer of artificial intelligence software, has named Meghan Sharp, Ph.D., Sharp most recently led BP Ventures/Americas investment in Beyond Limits in 2017, leading the company's $25M Series B funding round and joining its board.

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MARCH 6, 2017

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. It’s amazing to see the success of LA under Mayor Garcetti and that’s why I urge you to turn out to reelect him tomorrow — March 7, 2017 - every single vote matters.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2018

According to Elevate, which had an IPO in April of 2017, it has named Brian Biglin as Chief Credit Officer, to lead the company's technology and proprietary risk team. Biglin was most recently CEO of Pacific Credit Group, and also served as Chief Risk Officer at loanDepot.com and at Intuit. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The way it works, is you take a selfie with iOS or Android, and without extra hardware or attachments or scanning, you can do a voice recording, and using our proprietary artificial intelligence technology, we automatically create a photo-real, virtual self of that person. Nikhil Jain: We plan on doing our product launch in Q2 of 2017.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company. In a separate email, Gross laid out exactly what he found so promising about Elementary’s combination of machine learning and image recognition tools software and robotics.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Xconomy: Do you think 2017 was a. While she says she is concerned about tech’s impact on children, in particular—see more on that below—Desai says she still believes the positive impacts that emerge from innovative technologies outweigh the bad. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence. We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2014

As our lives continue to migrate to the Internet – combined with 5 billion mobile phones by 2017 – we’re producing a constant stream of digital exhaust. As the dataverse continues to expand, data scientists must be increasingly familiar with using artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning , in order to do what humans cannot.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

One of the largest and most consequential data breaches in 2017 afflicted credit reporting agency Equifax, and it was hardly the only victim.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Fund I was fully deployed by June 30th of 2017, and we went out to raised Fund II, which was a wet close, where you invest as you close. Fund I was really focused on AI, and what we now call big data and machine learning, and we focused on the cloud and Internet infrastructure, plus made a couple of investments in India and in gaming.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

Founded in 2017, Convrg has made a name for itself by developing several popular chatbots and voice products. The move is part of Haptik’s broader strategy to both expand its technology expertise and team and business overseas, Aakrit Vaish, cofounder and CEO of Haptik, told TechCrunch in an interview.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Fears of incorrect news items, creating by bad actors hoping to profit off of their viral posts shared on the strength of tribal prejudices, haunt many people in 2017. — Simon Jared (@simondjared) November 29, 2017. Even the experts are split on whether it’s even possible to squash the phenomenon. The New Snapchat.

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Xconomy

MAY 16, 2017

Artificial intelligence is a booming business in 2017, but one that also comes with significant baggage in the form of public misunderstanding, potential job losses, and fear. Last fall, A.I.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

As we gear up for Robo Madness 2017: A.I. Gets Real , our annual robotics and artificial intelligence conference at Google’s offices in Kendall Square, let’s connect a few dots around the topic of automation.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 8, 2017

While the ChatbotsBuilder system launched just in October 2017, by the end of November the system already had over 250 bots built and active – among which “SantaBot,” a chatbot for Facebook Messenger that helps users choose the best gift for their loved ones, with a funny and heartwarming touch.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2017

They left the competition with their lessons learned and came back to win first place in 2017. “To To us, the ‘expert questions’ were like the typical machine learning questions we’d get in a Galvanize classroom,” said Baolin Liu. Last year, the guys were late to the competition because of major traffic delays.

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