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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

Battery isn’t the only marquee investor to find value in ServiceTitan’s business developing software managing day labor. 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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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

Xconomy

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The results were so encouraging, we’re doing it again. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Amazon, Uber, and Bill Gates’s Robot Tax: An Automation Snapshot

Xconomy

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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Cybersecurity Firm Illumio’s Alan Cohen on the Tech Backlash of 2017

Xconomy

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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Empirico Raises $17M, Inks 3-Year Antisense Collaboration with Ionis

Xconomy

The 14-person startup, founded in 2017, has developed technology that it says uses big data sets, human genetic data, and advanced algorithms to find potential targets for drugs. Carlsbad, CA-based Ionis will work with Empirico to leverage its software, which Empirico calls its Precision Insights Platform, for work related to.

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How Will Apple Innovate Beyond the iPhone 7? With Next-Gen Siri

Xconomy

Planes have evolved on the inside through the addition of features like all-glass cockpits and fly-by-wire software. The company might be planning something splashy for 2017, the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone. Maybe, before phones can get smarter, software engineers have to get smarter. Let me explain.