TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

When the Los Angeles-based startup Maslo launched its first product in early 2018 , the company was focused on a direct-to-consumer tool designed to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness through a machine learning enabled avatar that would respond to individual’s inputs.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2021

It is complexity theory made manifest and only serves to show that scalable, data-driven solutions rapidly deployed across large industrial markets are our only hope in correcting the course,” wrote Vaughn Blake, a partner at the energy-focused investment firm Blue Bear Capital. ”

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pasadena-based ObEN , an Idealab-backed startup which is developing artificial intelligence technology for creating highly realistic, virtual reality avatars, has raised $7.7M the venture fund of the Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Third Wave Digital (Allen DeBevoise), Dream Maker Entertainment Ltd.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

With lead investors like Fika Ventures and Fathom Capital, and co-investors, including Toyota AI Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Riot.vc, Osage University Partners and Stage Venture Partners, Elementary Robotics is readying itself for commercial pilots with a few undisclosed customers as it proves out its technology.

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Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2019

Drug discovery startup Insitro burst onto the scene last year with ambitions of using machine learning techniques to find new therapies. Insitro announced Tuesday that Gilead (NASDAQ: GILD ) will pay the South San Francisco-based startup $15 million to kick off a three-year research collaboration.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2016

Los Angeles-based Armorway , which develops data analytics software which uses artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity response, has raised $2.5M Army Research Office. in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

And over the past three years, Imperson has developed conversational chatbots powered by their artificial intelligence for several Disney projects, including most recently for Walt Disney World’s Pandora – The World of Avatar , according to a press release.

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Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2018

In the Boston office of GE Ventures, managing director Alex de Winter is overseeing investments in companies like Veracyte, which is applying machine learning to genomic sequencing technology to help doctors distinguish benign growths from cancer. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2019

—Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. Read on for news of recent financings, plus upcoming opportunities to connect with the local tech community.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

After researching the field for seven years, the brains behind the company have figured out a way to optimize the efficiency of the process by using fuel cells. The Palo Alto-based company uses emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to tackle pressing questions in cancer care. Please fill in your name.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

For TAE Technologies, the achievement serves as a validation of the life’s work of Norman Rostoker, one of the company’s co-founders who had devoted his life to fusion energy research and died before he could see the company he helped create reach its latest milestone.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

com) recently , announced a new healthcare focused venture capital fund, worth $25M. We caught up with one of the co-founders, Jay Goss, about what the new investment fund is looking for in a startup, and the types of investments it makes. First, tell us about the fund and what you are looking to invest in?

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Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2016

The Series C round will be used to continue their research and development with a greater focus on machine learning, product integrations, and hardware integrations. Beyond research, the capital injection will allow the company to bring their new 4K camera to a wider market with the expansion to global marketing and sales.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. billion investment in 2018.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 13, 2019

trillion annually, according to IHL, a Tennessee firm that specializes in retail and hospitality research. “Something like one out of eight or 10 items is typically not in stock.” Inaccurate inventory costs retailers $1.1 Pensa, an Austin startup. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2017

That's securing the network, looking at endpoints, and making other security investments across the board, and on such things like mobile device management for mobile phones. They had researched some of the most prominent breaches in modern history. Vinny Smith was the founder of Quest, and Toba Ventures is his venture capital firm.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Venture capital. Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. MYTH 4: Research institutions are stronger in NorCal. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

At Xconomy, we have seen growing investments in the sector—both in a rash of new agtech startups and by bigger players such Monsanto, Bayer Crop Sciences, and Syngenta. The annual AgTech Investment Report from AgFunderNews found that investment in agriculture and food-related technology startups alone hit $4.6

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

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