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Morf3D, Starburst Aerospace Partner On Manufacturing Effort

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El Segundo-based Morf3D, a metal additive manufacturing company which is a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, and Los Angeles-based space startup accelerator Starburst Aerospace, are in a manufacturing deal in Long Beach, Morf3D said this week. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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Curative received FDA emergency use authorization for its novel COVID-19 tests

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The company says that its tests have already been used by the City of Los Angeles since late March and have tested over 53,000 city residents. Doing so will help us avoid buying materials that would constrain public health and CDC laboratories from ramping up production,” the company said on its website.

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Flywheel Expands Into Los Angeles, Ramps Up Taxi vs. Rideshare Battle

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The fight between Los Angeles taxicab drivers and services like Lyft and Uber haas just gotten even more interesting, as mobile app developer Flywheel said it has launched in Los Angeles. The company also said it is offering up a $10 ride credit in Los Angeles for users to try out the service, with promo code FLYLA10.

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Alliance for SoCal Innovation, Verizon Media In Partnership

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The Alliance for SoCal Innovation , a nonprofit looking to help connect Southern California's innovation ecosystem, has partnered with Verizon Media to help launch microsites to connect the local technology community, and grow the ecosystem, Verizon said on Wednesday.

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XPRIZE Whittles IBM Watson AI Teams To 59

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XPRIZE , the Los Angeles nonprofit which promotes development of new technology to help solve world problems, has whittled down the number of teams competing in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE , focused on using AI to world's greatest challenges.

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Postmates’ newest feature is like Uber POOL for food delivery

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The feature is now available in Chicago, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Calif., Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Orange County, Calif. For now, the company’s party feature will only be offered in a handful of the nearly 3,000 U.S. cities in which it currently operates.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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Los Angeles-based Fuel50 (www.fuel50.com) com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. I can't help myself in being an entrepreneur.

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