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JULY 12, 2017

Ephesoft develops machine learning software which is used to capture, extract, and analyze unstructured content from financial, federal, insurance, mortgage, and healthcare documents. Laguna Hills-based Ephesoft , a developer of document capture software, has raise $15M in a Series A funding, the company said this week.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 4, 2021

Artificial intelligence thirty-four years ago. I recall the introduction of artificial intelligence into the hotel reservation process, a “one-up” on the airline method of yield managing the price of airplane seats. Changing the rules to fit the market. The same occurred with the iPod. Apple was not first or second.

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APRIL 21, 2020

The company's software lets marketers target viewers based on their content preferences; the software uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to capture the nuances of videos, rather than traditional use of keywords and text analysis.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2018

ICX Media , a developer of artificial intelligence and adaptive learning-driven tools being used to help brands, media companies, and content companies with distribution and monetization, said it has set up shop in the Los Angeles area, with a new office in Santa Monica. The company is led by founder and CEO Michael Avon.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 14, 2014

I recall the introduction of artificial intelligence into the hotel reservation process, a “one-up” on the airline method of yield managing the price of airplane seats. I will readily admit that the half million I spent on the artificial intelligence system that failed generated the greatest positive press we ever had.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

“The way I look at it… a lot of it is going to be like any kind of content studio,” says Peter Rojas, a partner at the New York investment firm Betaworks Ventures. “We’re looking more broadly at the issues around manipulated or faked content and how do you address that,” says Rojas.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Can artificial intelligence help Hollywood unlock more creativity from storytellers? Los Angeles-based RivetAI hopes it can, saying Thursday that it has launched to apply artificial intelligence technology to help assist storytellers in planning and producing content.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based Catalog , a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, has raised $1.5M The startup--led by Patrick Ip--develops software to automate the creation of custom visual content for brands. in a seed funding round.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The startup, which is venture backed by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said its site includes guides to content in Netflix Instant Streaming, Amazon VOD, as well as another 1,200 sources. Tags: clicker television streaming internet content guide. Clicker.com is headed by Jim Lanzone, former CEO of Ask.com. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

DGene, a content creation company which has a team in Los Angeles, but is based in San Jose, says it has raised $20M in a Series A funding. DGene says it is using artificial intelligence for content creation and restoration. DGene says it is using artificial intelligence for content creation and restoration.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Moonshots said the new fund will focus on seed stage deals, holding reserve capital for follow-on pro rata.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based WebPurify , which provides online content moderation services, said it has launched a new, automated image moderation service to help screen user generated content for nudity. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Trousdale Ventures announced this morning that it has made an investment in Preamble, a startup offering up "ethical artificial intelligence" moderation to social networks. The company said that Preamble's software is used to help prevent amplification of harmful content.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2018

LiveEdu (aka Education Ecosystem), a new startup in the blockchain area which wants to enable the live streaming of educational content, said it has raised $10M in crowdfunding, and set up its headquarters in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

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.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ringDNA , the venture-backed startup which is developing artificial intelligence tools to help sales teams, says it has acquired a popular podcast focused on sales. According to the company, it has acquired the sales podcast "Accelerate!",

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Rippol said its algorithm--which is it billing the "Butterfly Effect Network"--uses advanced machine learning to rank videos that a users has watches, rates, or reviewed and cross references them to what a users'a friends and demographic has been watching. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based GumGum Sports , which develops artificial intelligence powered software which helps sports team measure advertising being presented in sports coverage of their teams, has rolled out a new analytics module it says streamlines sponsorship analysis and reporting.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. SketchAR : an augmented reality drawing app with social tie-ins. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API. Veam : a social network built around AirDrop.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2016

Newport Beach-based Veritone , which is developing artificial intelligence software used for sentiment analysis for media firms, political campaigns, corporations, and the government, said it has closed on a $50M funding agreement. The funding comes from Acacia Research. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based Cinelytic , a developer of artificial intelligence software, says it has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBPI), where Warner Bros. will use its AI-driven project management software. Cinelytic says it uses AI and cloud-based technologies as part of its system. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2017

We spoke with CEO Matt Levin to hear about how Donut Media is looking to speak to the Millennial car enthusiast through both its online videos as well as social content. The way we're doing that, is we are creating video content, which we distribute across social platforms. What is Donut Media? How did you start the company?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Right now (more are expected soon) it provides: Buzz API - Google Buzz provides developers with a powerful set of API endpoints for searching, reading, and updating post content and metadata. It better organizes Google’s APIs and I even discovered a couple new APIs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2018

Those efforts will include incubating and prototying "new concepts" that are expected to impact the entertainment industry, including immersive entertainment, artificial intelligence, Internet-of-Things (IoT), future of movie production, and "next-generation" cinematic platforms. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based Snafu Records said on Thursday that it has launched a new startup, which will use artificial intelligence to help find musical talent. The company, founded by Ankit Desai, said it raised $2.9M

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MARCH 20, 2020

Maimovie is a service of artificial intelligence software developer Mycelebs. The company said the new service lets users view social rankings for their favorite movies, and offers up recommendations and analysis for over 540,000 movies. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Costa Mesa-based Veritone , which develops artificial intelligence software, says it has launched a new website, DraftClips.com , aimed at giving sports fans free access to over 30,000 clips and hundreds of hours of video footage of 2020 top draft college football footage.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2019

Rct wants to take the experience to the next level by recruiting artificial intelligence for screenwriting. The other application, like Alpha Go, largely exists in the lab. ” The Beijing and Los Angeles-based startup isn’t content with just making the software. Eventually, it wants to release its own films.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2015

Diffbot , the developer of artificial intelligence, visual recognition, and natural language processing software for interpreting web pages which is backed by Sky Dayton , has scored $500,000 more in funding, the company said this week. The funding--a continuation of the firm's seed funding--came from Bloomberg Beta.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 15, 2018

It’s no secret that artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly influential in cybersecurity—on both sides of the battlefield. is still in its infancy, with nearly every industry investing in the space and many companies already benefiting from automation and business intelligence use cases today.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Theta Lake says it is using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect detect risks across video, visual, voice, chat and document content, addressing issues with data exposure, phishing, account compromise, acceptable use and regulatory compliance when organizations have users using video conferencing and collaboration tools.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Zefr says it uses both machine learning as well as human reviewers to understand content, which it says is better than traditional keyword and semantic analysis. Zefr said its new solution will be developed and roll out throughout 2021, and will meet the 4A and GARM industry standards. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2021

Iyuno-SDI Group says it is now using artificial intelligence and machine translation along with traditional translation for its efforts. Iyuno-SDI Group, a provider of localization services to the media industry with an operation in Burbank, said this week that it has raised $160M in a funding round.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

“Cognitive computing,” artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data analytics are evolving companies’ understanding of their customers in game-changing ways. Through screen mirroring, users have greater flexibility over how they view – and share – content.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A proliferation of startups is now trying to devise applications for this new class of language model , where the machine is capable of creating new text, images and videos based on simple human input. do but for video production,” Xu said to TechCrunch, referring to two of the top AI content helpers of today.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The way it works, is you take a selfie with iOS or Android, and without extra hardware or attachments or scanning, you can do a voice recording, and using our proprietary artificial intelligence technology, we automatically create a photo-real, virtual self of that person.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based Ampsy , the social content sharing and aggregation software developer led by Jeremy Gocke, has linked into IBM's Watson technology, saying it is using the machine learning technology as part of a new analytics offering.

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