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Gimlet Media and Anchor: What Spotify’s Acquisitions Mean for Podcasts

Tech.Co

It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Here’s what the podcast acquisitions mean for Spotify, for the entire podcast industry, and for all the tiny underdog podcasters out there. That’s because the acquisitions make Spotify a publisher, as well as platform.

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Boston A.I. Leaders Call for Focus on Diversity, Global Mindset in 2019

Xconomy

The sector saw more big venture capital deals and acquisitions , while researchers kept plugging away on technology advances. software startups to reflect on the trends that defined the sector in 2018—and where things might be headed in 2019. It was an eventful year for the artificial intelligence industry. Meanwhile, A.I.

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ResMed Boosts Connected Health Play With $225M Propeller Health Deal

Xconomy

The acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of March 2019, continues San Diego-based ResMed’s (NYSE: RMD ) “connected healthcare” push that began about five years ago, as Xconomy chronicled last year. [ Updated 12/3/18, 3:30 pm, with CEO comments.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

What You Can Learn From Public Markets It doesn’t really take a genius to realize that what happens in the public markets will filter back to the private markets because the ultimate exit of these companies is either an IPO or an acquisition (often by a public company whose valuation is fixed daily by the market). It’s just math.

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Lyft is becoming a one-stop transportation app in these 3 cities

TechCrunch LA

Lyft has been moving toward this “all-of-the-above” approach for much of 2018, a shift accelerated by its acquisition of Motivate , the oldest and largest electric bike-share company in North America, the launch of its scooter business and its Nearby Transit program that kicked off in Santa Monica this September.

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Reflections on 2018: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

socalTECH

Just as entrepreneurs need to have thoughtful answers about business models and customer acquisition, I think they now will also need to be prepared to address issues on community impacts and equity. Their report crystallized the opportunity and pathways to moving SoCal forward as one of the leading global innovation ecosystem.

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Ligand to Spend $438M to Add Protein Maker Pfenex to Technology Lineup

Xconomy

million in 2019. San Diego-based Ligand (NASDAQ: LGND ) generates revenue from licensing deals and royalties paid by pharmaceutical companies that use technologies it develops or acquires for their own drug research. The company reported revenues of about $120.3 He likened the. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.