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MAY 15, 2019

A brand new, Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence startup, Halla , announced on Wednesday that it has raised $1.4M The startup says it uses machine learning to help online grocers increase order volume and frequency, helping consumers with such efforts as food discovery and making smarter food choices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Conventional thinking in business has long been that strategy decisions are made by humans, while the focus of automation and machine learning should be on execution. Only smart software can plow through the volume of live data, recognizing trends, customers, and match offerings to reality.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based March Capital is the lead investor in an artificial intelligence startup, which is aiming at improving employee service, as it further continues its theme of investing in big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning startups in the enterprise.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Venice, California-based Thankful, a new artificial intelligence software startup focused on customer service, announced this morning that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding round. The company says its customers include Crate & Barrel, FabFitFun, MeUndies, Morphe, and Bombas.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

More than 350,000 people signed up to the waitlist to use Claude 2, the most recent version of the language model. In this guide, you'll learn exactly what Claude is, how it works, and all about its parent company, Anthropic. Anthropic is an AI startup company based in San Francisco, California. What is Claude AI?

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Xconomy

MARCH 26, 2018

Artificial intelligence innovation has become part of our everyday lives—retailers use it to tailor the product recommendations they make; biotech companies hope it can create customized medicine. But its shortcomings, born of human biases, are becoming apparent as well.

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APRIL 9, 2019

According to EvoNexus, the incubator will work with startups focused on technology areas that will impact financial services companies of all sizes and the customers they serve. EvoNexus did not say how much funding companies joining the incubator will gain, or the structure of the incubator.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

“Today’s startup economy depends on the expertise of industry specialists as much or more than full-time generalists,” said Nick Green, co-founder and CEO Thrive Market, MarketerHire customer and investor, in a statement. Brands can typically fill their open positions in as little as 48 hours, the company said.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

San Diego-based Deckard Technologies , a new startup founded by serial entrepreneur Neil Senturia, said on Monday that it has raised $4M in funding and launched a new company focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify property tax scofflaws. The company said its latest funding was worth $500,000.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The company--which develops artificial intelligence (AI) powered cybersecurity products says its customers have seen a "dramatic increase" in attack attempts over the past year. The Orange County-based company did not provide any numbers of metrics to back its statement, however.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Los Angeles-based involve.ai, a startup developing artificial intelligence-based customer retention software, said today that it has raised $16M in its Series A funding round. The company said the new funding will go to scale product development. The company said the new funding will go to scale product development.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Chatsworth-based data storage hardware developer DDN, which develops data storage for the high performance computing market, is taking aim at the artificial intelligence (AI) area. The company said this morning that it is joining with NVIDIA to create a new AI Innovation Lab in Singapore.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2021

San Diego-based Netradyne, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing technology for the automotive market, has raised $150M in a Series C funding round. According to the company, the funding was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and also included existing investors Point72 Ventures and M12.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Originally called Dopamine Labs, the company was founded in 2015 to bring some of the same technologies that social media companies like Facebook used to boost engagement to a broader range of applications. Meet the tech company that wants to make you even more addicted to your phone.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 4, 2021

Over the years, as I managed my several computer companies as CEO or executive chairman, I made the decision to go to market with a brand-new product that had never before been exposed to my customer’s marketplace. Artificial intelligence thirty-four years ago. My stories of missing the context of the times.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Los Angeles-based Zest AI, which develops artificial intelligence software for lending, said it has signed up a Florida credit union as a customer. The company said Addition Financial Credit Union has $2.6 billion in assets and 162,000 members across Florida. Financial details of the win were not announced.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based LegalMation , a startup which develops artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software for litigation and law practices, has raised a round of funding, according to the company. The company is led by CEO James M. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The company--which says it uses artificial intelligence software to power its recruiting efforts--says it now has over 300 recruiters at the company. The company says it has placed more than 5,000 people in jobs across the nation. The company says it has gone virtual since the pandemic.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The company--which says it uses artificial intelligence software to power its recruiting efforts--says it now has over 300 recruiters at the company. The company says it has placed more than 5,000 people in jobs across the nation. The company says it has gone virtual since the pandemic.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Retina, a startup that is using artificial intelligence for predicting customer lifetime value, said on Tuesday tht it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Alpha Intelligence Capital and Vertical Venture Partners. Retina is led by co-founder and CEO Emad Hasan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2019

Yet most executives are struggling with how to harness this data with artificial intelligence and machine learning, and use it to hone their intuition and improve their business leadership. He anticipated his future customers and what they might want. Aim for 10x gains, not 10 percent.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

Acording to EvoNexus, it is seeking early stage companies with emerging financial technology to the new fintech incubator program. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? 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.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops artificial intelligence powered, sales conversation tools and call tracking products, says it is launching a certification program for its agency customers. The company said the new program is free.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Carlsbad-based Zingle , a developer of mobile messaging and customer experience software for the hospitality, travel , and retail markets, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Medallia , a provider of customer experience management software. Medallia said it will pay approximately $42M in cash for Zingle. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2009

Playa del Rey-based The Smart Action Company is looking to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to the interactive voice response market, and has released a new producted focused on internative voice response, or IVR. Tags: smart phone artificial intelligence startup voice action response. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Newport Beach-based fast food chain Chipotle is making it easier for you to order its burritos and other items, through a new link into Amazon Alexa , the company said on Thursday. It's unclear how many customers that might include.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2018

El Segundo-based CUJO AI , a developer of artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity software for telecom network operators, has raised a round of growth capital from KPN Ventures, the company said this morning. KPN Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Netherlands-based KPN, a large telecom company.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based Beyond Limits , the artificial intelligence software developer which recently raised a big, $133M funding round, has linked with management consulting firm The Carnrite Group , the two said on Wednesday. The Carnrite Group focuses on oil and gas, utility, power, and industrial customers. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Who are the customers? Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? will you leverage?

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which provides software for call and sales tracking, said on Monday that it has acquired DialogTech, a developer of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered call tracking and analytics product. Invoca said the combined company will have more than 300 employees and 2,000 customers.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Pasadena-based QLess , a developer of artificial intelligence software for managing lines, says it has scored a number of wins with local governments, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company says it uses artificial intelligence to help drive its mobile tool. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2020

According to the company, the round--a Seed-2 funding--was led by Okapi Capital, and also included The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners and Brad Perry (co-founder of Dealer Socket), along with others. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Chatsworth-based DDN, which develops high performance computing storage and artificial intelligence and data management software, says it had record breaking annual revenues of $400M and "highest ever profitability" in 2020. The company said it saw 52 percent revenue growth from 2018 to 2020.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 30, 2020

The company already boasts a few very large initial customers in the automotive industry, consumer packaged goods and aerospace and defense, including Toyota, according to chief executive Arye Barnehama. “Machine learning paired with humans always performs better,” says Barnehama. ”

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

El Segundo-based CUJO AI , a developer of artificial intelligence software, has launched a new product aimed at providing network analytics to broadband operators. The company said the tool helps provide data on connected devices, applications usage, content access, security threats, and privacy challenges. READ MORE>>.

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