Berkonomics

AUGUST 14, 2014

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. Best possible press: too early to market. As a product marketing effort, it was a failure.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2019

Image via Pixabay Everyone has heard about the big potential for using artificial intelligence (AI) to expand your business, but many of the small businesses I mentor are still wary of embracing it, because they don’t understand how it works, and fear losing control and unintended consequences. Alice and Bob were shut down immediately.

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APRIL 10, 2019

One of the hottest sectors of the technology startup market today is the use of artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning across many different sectors including finance. Machine learning is great at consuming data, taking lots of different data, and finding signal in that data to make predictions.

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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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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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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out.

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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. The platform is going after marketers with a Canva-style drag-and-drop interface.

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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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APRIL 24, 2019

The companies who join the startup incubator gain "collaboration opportunities" with RBC and Franklin Templeton, which EvoNexus says early business unit exposure, technology steering, and potential beta customer trials and early stage funding. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share. But finding a market which is large, out-dated, has zero tech and is ripe for disruption can lead to very large outcomes. years of software development.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based food alternative developer Soylent has rolled out a new chatbot, called "Trish", and started accepting Bitcoin from its customers. The new "bot" was created by marketing/creative firm Wieden+Kennedy (W+K).

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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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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based I.am+ , the tech startup started by pop star will.i.am , said on Monday that it has raised $117M in a venture funding round, and has launched itself into the artificial intelligence tools market for the enterprise. According to I.am+, the round includes Salesforce Ventures, along with other.

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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. DDN said the new lab will be used by customers and partners to build "AI-led solutions at scale".

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2015

We never built our product on one partner’s data platform but on many (20 primary data sources plus 100+ smaller ones) and Twitter’s move doesn’t “shut down DataSift” it simply takes 1,000+ customers who consume Twitter data through DataSift and makes their life more difficult. Just how much?

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MAY 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based Phyn , the Belkin spinout which is developing very advanced, machine learning-driven smart water usage monitoring systms, has raised $12M more in a funding round, the company announced on Thursday. and continued expansion in global markets. and continued expansion in global markets.

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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.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. Both programmers, the two reconnected after doing stints as custom developers during and after college, and then when they were developing tools for their families’ businesses as residential contractors in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale.

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JULY 22, 2020

According to TrackStreet, it is developing brand protection technology, which uses artificial intelligence and automation to help brands monitor brand, MAP (minimum advertised price), and resale pricing violations. The company says it already has customers such Domestic, Mercury Marine, Smuckers, The Weyco Group, and Zeiss.

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MARCH 25, 2020

Santa Ana-based AWM Smart Shelf (Adroit Worldwide Media), which develops computer vision and machine learning technology, says it has opened up its very first "autonomous micromarket" in Santa Ana, which lets residents of the Nineteen01 luxury apartment community shop for sodas, water, juice, food, and more--all without the need for a clerk.

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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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Berkonomics

JANUARY 30, 2014

I used the term to describe my efforts in the artificial intelligence field, experimenting with new devices, the lisp programming language, and our first trial installations. On the other hand, if a new free iPad app has bugs, they can be corrected in the next automatic update, and probably without much customer noise.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based Bridg , the marketing software developer led by Amit Jain, said on Wednesday that it has raised $11M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Morpheus Ventures, and also included NextEquity Partners and Visa, and also included returning investor March Capital. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based Sunbit , a fintech startup which provides point-of-sale financing for purchases, using machine learning to qualify consumers, has raised $26M in a Series B funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and also included Group 11 (formerly SGVC), Chicago Ventures, and others.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

The company, founded by ex-Google engineers and colleagues behind the unrequited Bookbot , was formed to develop market-ready tech in self-driving, AI-powered robotics and delivery operations in 2019, but the team has kept operations under wraps until now. This is Cartken’s first large deployment of self-driving robots on sidewalks. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

He’s thoughtful about markets, investors, products and is always very well reasoned in his arguments. 3. We then addressed competition in the context of SiteAdvisor and how it is important for journalists, customers, and the companies themselves. I’ve also found him to not be dogmatic either. West Coast”).

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2019

San Diego-based digital marketing software provider Mapp announced this morning that it is acquiring German software developer Webtrekk , a developer of marketing analytics and customer intelligence software. Webtrekk's customers include FlixBus, Porsche Holding, ING, and MyToys. Webtreek is based in Berlin.

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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). So far, its growth has been “completely organic,” with no marketing team, according to the CEO.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The company said its new Zest Automated Machine Learning (ZAML) Platform uses machine learning to use non-traditional credit union to reduce risk of credit decisions.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Uniphore is a developer of conversational artificial intelligence software, which is being used in call centers, and helps provide automated customer service for companies. Uniphore said it will use the new funding for go-to-market in North America, research and development, and to grow its employee base globally.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

San Diego-based Cordial , the startup developer of personalized marketing software, has inked a number of channel partnerships, the company said Friday. Cordial's software is used to deliver personalized marketing emails and communications using real-time behavioral data and machine learning. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2019

Yet, new startups—aided with tech tools like artificial intelligence, chatbots, and the like—are trying to reinvent how to connect shoppers with the goods they want to buy.

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Xconomy

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s why startups are turning to new technologies like 3D scanning and machine learning software to produce customized clothing that can be made for the masses. People want to buy a size,” says Patrick Donnelly, director of marketing at Fit3D, a San Mateo, CA-based maker of e-commerce software.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Customers of the Whole Foods Market in Sherman Oaks will soon get a new option for purchases: they will be able to "just walk out" the door and have their grocery purchases automatically charged based on computer vision and other sensors. According to Amazon, two stores--one in Washington D.C.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Artificial intelligence (machine learning). Artificial intelligence is still young, but already embedded in our everyday lives, through decision support, navigation routing, and much more. Customers don’t want new technologies to be like recreational drugs that they become dependent on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Often, despite your passion and expectation, customers don’t immediately see the value and need that you see, and you have no idea why the initiative is stuck , and what could be the real customer issue or fix. Customers won’t buy what they can’t find or don’t understand. Customers need supporting approvals to fully benefit.

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