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Curri rolls out nationwide delivery service for construction materials industry

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A little over a year after its graduation from Y Combinator’s demo day, the on-demand construction materials delivery service Curri is beginning to offer its services in all 50 states. The company estimates that it saves its customers roughly half the cost of deploying an in-house fleet for delivery. .

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LiveXLive Acquires E-Commerce Company For $6M

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Los Angeles-based LiveXLive Media , which operates a livestreaming and on-demand audio, video, and podcasting service, says it has signed an agreement to acquire Custom Personalization Solutions, LLC , in a deal worth up to $6M. LiveXLive said that CPS had approximately $19M in revenue in 2019. READ MORE>>.

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Google Cloud opens its Las Vegas region

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with Las Vegas complementing Google Cloud’s existing data centers in Los Angeles, Calif.; In total, Google now offers its customers the option to host their applications in 23 regions globally; with the opening of this new region, it now has seven U.S. The company first announced the Vegas expansion in July 2019.

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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. The company rebranded as Canoo in spring 2019 and debuted its first vehicle last September.

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Bird launches Scoot Mopeds in Austin ahead of SXSW

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The new moped is the latest effort by Bird to diversify its product offerings to capture more customers. Initially the mopeds were piloted in Los Angeles, according to Bird. Users of the Scoot Moped must be 18 years or older and have a valid driver’s license. . But then scooters came en masse. ”

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Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown

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There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

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Just raises $8M in its effort to beat Root at the car insurance game

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million since its January 2019 inception. Los Angeles-based Just says it uses telematics “to reward safe drivers and reduce insurer bias” by looking at factors such as how, when and where customers drive, rather than factors such as ZIP code or marital status as most traditional insurers do. Just has a similar model.

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