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MSBAI Snags $1M Contract From USAF

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Los Angeles-based startup MSBAI, which is developing artificial intelligence tools for assisting in engineering reports it has received a $1M US Air Force grant. MSBAI was part of the Air Force Techstars 2020 program. MSBAI is led by CEO Allan Grosvenor.

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Mapped Snags Second Seed Funding

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Los Angeles-based Mapped, a developer of artificial intelligence-powered software used for industrial Internet-of-Things (IoT), has raised $6.5M The company said the seed II fund brings its total raised to $9.5M, including a $3M funding round in February of 2020. a second seed funding.

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

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Tech solutions for such pressing issues as the climate crisis and social inequality have seen a 280% increase in global VC investment from 2015 to 2020, while investment in this space more than doubled in both cities over the past five years. 2020 is set to be a record year for London’s impact tech companies, which have received $1.2

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Using full-body MRIs, Ezra can now detect 11 cancers in men and 13 in women

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The company is in talks with some insurance companies and expects to have some pilot projects up in the last quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2020. Ezra initially came to market with a single test to screen for prostate cancer using machine learning to diagnose the screens coming off of an abbreviated MRI scan that takes 20 minutes.

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HONK Reports Increased Roadside Assistance Calls

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Los Angeles-based HONK Technologies , which develops a roadside assistance and towing app, and is led by tech entrepreneur Corey Brundage, says it has saw a 54 percent increase in the number of roadside assistance calls in the first six months of 2020. Brundage had previously founded such companies as SendLove.to and Fonality.

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5 Stages Of The Market Lifecycle Gate Startup Success

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Valuations here are always low, and funding generally depends on friends and family, or a few forward-thinking angels. Influencers are talking about this opportunity as one of the “next big things,” like the Internet of Things (Iot) or artificial intelligence (AI). Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/10/2020.

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Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service

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million round led by Los Angeles firm Upfront Ventures, with participation from Mucker Capital and Matchstick Ventures. Airbnb, for its part, filed a press release this week confirming its plans to go public in 2020. Vianai raises $50M seed to transform machine learning. The business has closed a $3.85

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