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Hyundai taps EV startup Canoo to develop electric vehicles

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Hyundai Motor Group said it will jointly develop an electric vehicle platform with Los Angeles-based startup Canoo, the latest startup tapped by the automaker as part of an $87 billion push to invest in electrification and other future technologies. Canoo said it will provide engineering services to develop the electric platform.

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Reflections On 2017: Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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Techstars has grown tremendously around the world in 2017, establishing a new venture in India and launching vertical accelerators focused on things like smart cities (in Dubai), energy (in Norway), defense (in Boston) and insurtech (North Carolina). What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Find her @annawbarber.

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Our team has an eye for identifying legacy industries and nascent trends, and creating platforms for innovation. What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017.

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AvantStay, a platform for kitting out — and then renting out — high-end vacation rental homes, raises $160M

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AvantStay — which has built a platform where it decorates and then lists properties owned by others for people to rent out for vacations or other short-term stays — has raised $160 million in a Series B round of funding. Los Angeles-based AvantStay has been around since 2017 and had only raised $25 million in the last four years.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

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And over the past three years, Imperson has developed conversational chatbots powered by their artificial intelligence for several Disney projects, including most recently for Walt Disney World’s Pandora – The World of Avatar , according to a press release. .” Meet the 11 startups for 2017: Ambidio. Epic Games.

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A year in review: productboard’s top 10 posts from 2017

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Read on for our top posts from 2017! ?? With so many APIs, SaaS ecosystems, and cloud platforms to rely on, a digital product that may have taken five years to get off the ground in 2000 can now be brought to life in a matter of months. Still prioritizing features in a spreadsheet? Read more… ?? ?? Cheers from team productboard ! ????

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Canoo Inks Deal With Hyundai For Joint EV

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Los Angeles-based electric vehicle developer Canoo scored a major win on Tuesday, when Hyundai Motor Group said it will co-develop a new, electric vehicle based on Canoo's platform. Canoo was founded in 2017, and is led by CEO Ulrich Kranz. READ MORE>>.

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