socalTECH

JULY 17, 2017

The companies in this class include Avisare (business networking), Blue Fever (Netflix for millennial women), DirecTech Labs (machine learning and chatbots); Heartbeat (marketing automation); Liv (mixed reality); Maslo (artificial intelligence); Playfull (brand engagement); Slingshot Aerospace (object classification, computer vision, and machine learning); (..)

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2017

And the prime motivators of this massive destruction are the same class of entrepreneurs and innovators that have done it before. Add that to the rise of robotics, artificial intelligence, biotech, genetics, and several forms of virtual reality, and we will soon see wonders we could only imagine a decade ago. Thought so.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Camino Financial develops artificial intelligence software for offering up credit to underserved, Latinx entrepreneurs. Smeby previously has served at such companies at Capital One and Ellucian, and founded a startup named TuitionCoin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2022

Here are some key insights that I and others have collected for mature company leaders, as well as serial entrepreneurs. There is no substitute for new business model work and marketing. I’m seeing new business models for remote services, the sharing economy, and creating your own ecosystem.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. TRASH — using this machine learning-based video editing toolkit, users can quickly create and edit high-quality, short-form video. Hardworkers — a Cambridge, Mass.-based

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The firm has largely flown under the radar, but it has been investing in startups applying innovations in automation, artificial intelligence, computer vision, computational biology, material sciences and robotics to industrial products and processes for the past two years.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2021

Camino Financial offers up an artificial intelligence-powered service aimed at providing credit to Latinx entrepreneurs in the U.S. Guschchyan previously was Director of Marketing and Analytics at Go. Herrera previously was a Senior Manager of Community Development Lending at Charles Schwab Bank.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. That carried through to March, where the big theme is Artificial Intelligence in the enterprise. What's your role at March Capital?

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

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. We spoke with Retina's CEO, Michael Greenberg , to learn more. We see you do that through machine learning and artificial intelligence?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

According to Veritone, Beasley Media Group is using its aiWARE artificial intelligence software for providing advertisers and brands with insights and analytics into their advertising campaigns, and has doubled the number of stations covered to a total of 28. Veritone is run by serial entrepreneurs Chad and Ryan Steelberg.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Cummings said in the firm's formal announcement that it is looking for great leaders, and often, "the best ones are military-trained or trial-by-fire entrepreneurs who have the ability to motivate others to action, inspire trust, and plan heuristically." READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2023

As an early-stage investor, the first test for me is whether “my” entrepreneur is flexible in both the plan and execution of their vision (since from experience almost everything about a business plan changes over time), and whether that person, no matter what age or experience, is coachable. Why should we ask this question?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

How many entrepreneurs used that new Internet infrastructure to create an expansive vision of what could be? We can’t help but be amazed by the rapid developments in artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence (AGI). The Internet and AI – new opportunities for innovation.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

Apollo Robotics said Cammack is a "seasoned serial entrepreneur", but did not details what Cammack has done previously. Apollo said it is combining a multi-sensing LiDAR, HD, and thermal cameras with artificial intelligence in its drones. Cammack is an existing angel investor in the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. This was the cumulation of several years as an entrepreneur based in Pasadena growing clean energy technology companies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? It's turning out to be a great time for entrepreneurs looking for funding in the region, with not only high profile exits of such companies as Snap Inc., but a bunch of new, early stage investors looking to seed or fund the next big tech success story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The realm of an entrepreneur is all about change, but in my experience as a mentor to business founders, I hear too much about incremental change, and not enough about revolutionary change. Great entrepreneurs cross industry boundaries to find synergies, and are constantly in learn mode on several fronts.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Among other findings, 60 percent of US entrepreneurs think business conditions in 2019 will improve compared with last year, with nine percent believing business conditions will worsen. The report also found the biggest areas of promise in the industry today are artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

For founder Jeremy Redman, V/One was a business that solved a problem he had faced himself as an entrepreneur just starting out, but lacking the technical experience to build his own applications. “But, I wasn’t going to let someone tell me I couldn’t be a tech entrepreneur.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2019

DNA image via Wikipedia As a business advisor and technologist, I often think about the large array of opportunities for entrepreneurs as technology seems to be evolving faster and faster. Artificial intelligence (machine learning). Future opportunities for entrepreneurs are endless.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2018

AdmitHub develops artificial intelligence software designed to help guide students to and through college, and in particular is aimed at helping at-risk students. Financial terms of the investment were not announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Ansari, who is a tech entrepreneur, is best known as for her private ride to space on a Russian Soyuz, which made her the first private female to visit space as a tourist. Current CEO and founder Dr. Peter H. Diamandis continues as Executive Chairman. 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. Meet the 11 startups for 2017: Ambidio.

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Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic , which last year unveiled its novel computer chip designed for artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B fundraising round led by the venture capital arm of Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank. The boxes Mythic wants to break customers out of are their big.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based HONK Technologies , which develops a roadside assistance and towing app, and is led by tech entrepreneur Corey Brundage, says it has saw a 54 percent increase in the number of roadside assistance calls in the first six months of 2020.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2019

You’re not a SaaS entrepreneur, you’re a software entrepreneur. Vertical Artificial Intelligence. An expansive and lucrative greenfield opportunity, especially for startups, is the vertical applications of artificial intelligence. You’re not a SaaS company, you’re a software company. ASP To SaaS To Software.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2017

Managing Directors: Tx Zhuo and Eva Ho Investment interests: Data, artificial intelligence-enabled technologies, and automation being applied to enterprise software, financial services, marketplace, and digital health. Fika Ventures. Fund size: $40M. HashTagOne. hashtagone.com. Fund size: $20M. www.amplify.la.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2018

Culver City-based DataScience.com , a developer of data science software led by serial entrepreneur Ian Swanson, has been acquired by Oracle , the companies said on Wednesday. Oracle said it will add DataScience.com's platform to its Oracle Cloud, to allow its customers to "fully utilize" machine learning.

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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 in a seed funding round.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

I believe these principles, paraphrased here, should be adopted by every entrepreneur struggling to accomplish innovation in a startup in any market: Innovation can come from anywhere in the organization. For Google, this has led to self-driving cars, based on work with Google maps and artificial intelligence.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 8, 2019

First, entrepreneurs vying to invent self-driving vehicles, virtual assistants, and intelligent industrial machines created a hunger for more powerful semiconductors that could enable scattered devices to take over sophisticated calculations powered by artificial intelligence software.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist Vinod Khosla made big headlines almost six years ago when he wrote a blog post called “Do We Need Doctors or Algorithms?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2021

To build a startup, entrepreneurs need a laser focus on providing an innovative solution to a real problem. Most entrepreneurs dream of achieving the exponential expansion of a Google or Amazon, but few investor pitches I see outline any strategy beyond simple marketing to make this happen. Diamandis and Steven Kotler.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2018

Using big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, REX takes care of everything both buyers and sellers need, while removing traditional agent commissions of 5-6%. Jack Ryan: REX is the easiest way to sell real estate without using a traditional agent or relying on the MLS.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The organization said that Thousand Oaks-based Angel Sharks , a team of students, educators and entrepreneurs with expertise in artificial intelligence research and development; and San Diego-based Boardformula , a team from an engineering consultancy for research and development in the surf industry, both will move on in the competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

That ability to “ see around the next corner ” seems to be limited to a very few entrepreneurs, such as Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. Too many entrepreneurs I know surround themselves with “yes” people, or they are simply convinced that working alone gives them the best answers. Highlight and support a higher purpose as well as profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2017

As a new business advisor and technologist, I often think about the large array of opportunities for entrepreneurs as technology seems to be evolving faster and faster. Artificial intelligence (machine learning). Future opportunities for entrepreneurs are endless. Execution won’t be easy.

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