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XPRIZE Launches New Video Game Design Challenge

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Los Angeles-based XPRIZE said it has launched a new initiative, which will provide "thousands of dollars" in prizes that invites the next generation to develop video games which "depict a better future for humanity". XPRIZE said entries for the competition will be due by October 14, 2020. READ MORE>>.

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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 2020: Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo

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You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here. Their patented 12 step accelerator is unlike any other program available and gives direct access to specialists in branding, design, business planning, product fit, strategic planning, web development, growth hacking and so much more.

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Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be revealed at its LA design studio on March 14

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Model Y unveil event on March 14 at LA Design Studio. It’s the fifth new car design to come from Tesla’s shop since the company was founded in 2003. Musk has been teasing the car’s release since 2015, and in a January letter to shareholders said that high volume production would begin by the end of 2020.

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Longboard Pharmaceuticals Raises $80M In IPO

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San Diego-based Longboard Pharmaceuticals, which is developing medicines for neurological diseases, raised $80M in its IPO last week, selling 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $16.00 The company is now trading on the Nasdaq Global Market as LBPH. The IPO was run by Citigroup, Evercore ISI, Guggenheim Securities and Cantor.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

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To top it all off, the AI startup recently partnered up with Getty Images, one of the largest repositories of paid stock imagery, to develop a new generative AI model ‘Runway’ geared towards the film and advertising industries. million it generated in 2020. Tome Tome is another AI startup that's been causing a stir in 2023.

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Rocket Lab Near Completion Of First U.S. Launch Facility

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Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab , the developer of small satellite launch rockets, is nearing completion of its very first launch facility in the United States, the company said this week. According to Rocket Lab, its facility--at Wallops Island, Virginia--is expected to host its very first launched in early 2020. READ MORE>>.

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