socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club. We spoke with Retina's CEO, Michael Greenberg , to learn more. We see you do that through machine learning and artificial intelligence?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie , the machine-learning-meets-diirect-mail startup backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, said today that it has named Zev Gollender as the company's Head of Sales. Postie's initial customers have been direct-to-consumer brands, ecommerce, financial services, insurance, and consumer service providers.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2020

San Diego-based Human Longevity , a provider of precision health analytics, said today that it has acquired DoctorsForMe , which matches patients to doctors using artificial intelligence and big data technology. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based TutorMe , a provider of online tutoring services, has been acquired by San Diego-based Zovio , the companies announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Zovio said the deal will expand the scope of the services it offers to higher education partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , the sports marketing analytics software developer which helps measure brand exposure in videos and images using artificial intelligence (AI), released a ranking of top e-sports organizations on Monday. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

ServiceNow , the developer of service management software which has major operations in San Diego, has acquired Loom Systems , an Israeli company which develops artificial intelligence software used for IT operations management. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand said Tuesday afternoon that it has agreed to acquire Evolv , a machine learning and data science company based in San Francisco. According to Cornerstone OnDemand, it will use the buy to bolster its big data analytics and machine learning efforts. in cash, plus assume up to 2.0M

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2017

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Yhat develops self-service data science tools for developing, managing and deploying machine learning models to web and mobile applications. Dean Stoecker is CEO and co-founder of Alteryx, which recently had its IPO.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). Our cost of customer acquisition is very low relative to a lot of fintechs,” he said.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2018

Costa Mesa-based Veritone said Monday that it has acquired Denver-based Wazee Digital , a provider of cloud-based video management and licensing services. Veritone is a developer of artificial intelligence software used to analyze audio, video and other data sources. Veritone said it paid $15.0M in cash and $7.5M

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 23, 2020

TikTok , the fast-growing user-generated video app from China’s Bytedance, has been building a new music streaming service to compete against the likes of Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. Specifically, a source close to TikTok has confirmed to TechCrunch that this Merlin deal covers its upcoming music subscription service Resso.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Cybereason’s security services will be incorporated into the Arm Pelion IoT platform , a suite of Web-based tools that help businesses manage Internet of Things devices, their connectivity, and the data they generate. Cambridge, U.K.-based

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

Many players including Coca Cola, Oyo, Samsung, Tata Group, and KFC use Haptik’s chatbots in their customer support services. Vaish is already in talks with a handful of other startups and is open to more acquisitions, he said. 60% of all software is bought in the U.S., so for us that market is critically important,” he said.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Eslambolchi, who had served as a LonoCloud advisor and CEO, told Caldwell he had an idea for a cybersecurity startup that would use analytic software and machine learning technology to monitor the data flowing in and out of networks for anything that looks out of the ordinary. San Diego represents a major growth area for Webroot.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. It also is a burgeoning sector. When you get all that data and analyze it, you get interesting insights,” Sheik said.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

The name of the fund—which will back startups focused on cloud computing, machine learning, and security, with an emphasis on technology that complements Microsoft’s own products and services—is Microsoft Ventures. That forms one end of the company’s spectrum of startup activities. Peggy Johnson.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

We're also excited about the areas around artificial intelligence for certain verticals. They're acquisitive, have cashed up, and lots of them are now looking at repatriating money to the US. That's the Unilver acquisition of Dollar Shave, the GE acquisition of ServiceMax. They are very acquisitive.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

As Amex scoops up Resy, a look at its acquisition history . Our premium subscription service had another great week of interesting deep dives. Shopify quietly acquires Handshake, an e-commerce platform for B2B wholesale purchasing . Streem buys Selerio in an effort to boost its AR conferencing tech. Fundraising. Extra Crunch.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

Ours is automated, and uses machine learning in the background. That was in the support space, where we were doing outsourced technical services. My initiative at Support.com was to introduce new products into the support space, as a Software-as-a-Service product. We distill that information with very high accuracy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2015

Never mind that Twitter in writing specifically asked us to build this re-syndication product with them and that every step of the way encouraged us to build out the service. We also built a product called VEDO which allows customers to ingest any large dataset and draw insights using Machine-Learning based algorithms.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 15, 2018

The company operates call centers that help elderly customers use the GreatCall’s technology, can dispatch emergency personnel, and can connect the customer to family caregivers, among other services. Minnesota-based Best Buy (NYSE: BBY. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Cloud services. Acquisition. Amid criticism, Uber’s CEO fights back: ‘On bad days, I look at our revenue graph’ channels. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Venture capital. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. you are reading.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In her interview, Eisnor discusses the nature of user acquisition, and the growing connection between cars and mobile apps. Watch the video to hear Busher’s tips on how to effectively reach out to bloggers and get publicity for your apps using release distribution services, developer diaries, visual assets, teaser trailers and more.

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