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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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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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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence developer Boundless Mind , which is uses AI to personalize the interaction of users on apps, has been acquired by New York-based Thrive Global , a startup founded by Arianna Huffington focused on behavior change. Size of that investment was not announced.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 15, 2016

The machine revolution has begun, artificial intelligence is here. The latest advancements in machine learning look to transform whole industries, redefining the workforce and in many instances replacing human interactions. The latest advancements in machine learning are set to transform the workplace.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in the seed round of a startup, New Knowledge , which developed the artificial intelligence software which uncovered a large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S. New Knowledge said it identified the fake accounts behind the large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Craft is the venture investment fund run by former PayPal founder David Sacks. The company's service helps provide rate quoting for freight forwarders and import/export shippers, using artificial intelligence and other software. READ MORE>>.

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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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MARCH 28, 2019

We spoke with Meredith Finn a new Partner at March Capital--who headed up that the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur sessions this year--to hear more about her perspectives on investments, what the Rise of the Female Entrepeneur was all about, March's interests in artificial intelligence and more.

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MARCH 20, 2019

Boost.ai , a European startup which is developing conversational artificial intelligence (AI) software for banks, financial institutions, and other enterprises, said this morning that it has set up shop in Santa Monica, setting up its North American headquarters here as it expands to the US.

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Xconomy

MAY 29, 2018

The Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and related technologies are being used to connect ovens, refrigerators, and other kitchen appliances to the Web. When it comes to connected homes, the hottest spot is located in your kitchen. Feeling unsure about cooking that fish dish?

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socalTECH

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. March Capital's investment in Uniphore was led by Sumant Mandal. Uniphore's operations are split between Chennai, India and Palo Alto, California.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Glendale-based Beyond Limits , a venture-backed developer of artificial intelligence software, has named Meghan Sharp, Ph.D., Sharp most recently led BP Ventures/Americas investment in Beyond Limits in 2017, leading the company's $25M Series B funding round and joining its board.

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JUNE 14, 2018

The company said the new funding will go towards new contracts and expansions, invest in new technology platforms, and provide excess capital.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Netki said it will provide machine learning and biometrics technology to facilitate regulatory compliance and application security for Bitsy, which is the cryptocurrency wallet being backed by Medici Ventures, the blockchain investment arm of Overstock.com.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2016

UTA's investment in Captiv8 was led by Robyn Ward. Captiv8 says it uses artificial intelligence to programatically identify influencers, particularly on YouTube, and helps connect them with brands. The United Talent Agency is based in Los Angeles, where it also has its venture investing team. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Costa Mesa-based Connectifier , the artificial intelligence software developer led by John Jersin, has been acquired by LinkedIn , the companies said Thursday afternoon. Connectifier was developing automated software to help companies with their recruiting, and had raised around $12.0M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Other investors in the round, aside from TenOneTen, are Nyca Investment Partnership, Assurant Growth Investing, Caffeinated Capital Fund, Felicis Venture and Crystal Towers. The Series B funding for San Francisco-based TrueAccord was worth $22M, and was led by Arbor Ventures.

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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

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

That’s a focus for Cybereason and other security firms, who are applying machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to protecting networks and IT systems. We need machine learning and automation to keep up with the curve.”. Today you learn how to walk, how to speak English or other languages.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M The big thing with our raise is we've been investing pretty heavily on predictive content.

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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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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As investors continue pouring funding into artificial intelligence and consumer habits shift, many AI and subscription model startups have been enjoying rapid growth. However, its unique-for-the-industry monthly subscription model has helped it maintain healthy profits from its loyal customer base in 2023.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based ZestFinance has received a strategic investment from Baidu , according to the company on Sunday. ZestFinance did not disclose the size of the Baidu investment. ZestFinance, led by Douglas Merrill, is using machine learning to help with credit underwriting and lending. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. We caught up with Fuel50 founder and CEO Anne Fulton to learn more about the startup.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

As Andreessen Horowitz begins to invest the $450 million the bellwether venture firm recently raised for its second bio fund , general partner Vijay Pande has been talking increasingly about the use of artificial intelligence in the life sciences. But that’s been changing with the help of machines.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. We built a whole, loyalty rewards and points system to incentivize changes, and also helps with behavior management and sustained change. That's the hard part.

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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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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The two men built a suite of services to help contractors like their fathers manage their businesses. By and large, these workers have not benefitted much from recent technology improvements available to office-based workers—think new email and workplace-collaboration technologies, or advanced sales and HR systems.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Our defensible infrastructure comes from the fact that we now have huge volumes of customer storage earning the equivalent of SaaS revenue and any new entrant would have to invest in the fleet of cars, bins, drivers and warehouses that we now have not to mention 4.5 years of software development.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

Deep Learning Analytics. Using artificial intelligence to compartmentalize and discover patterns within large volumes of data is a forte of Deep Learning Analytics. Their team is filled with data scientists with experience in deep learning, machine learning and predictive algorithms in defense and medicine.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Palo Alto-based company uses emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to tackle pressing questions in cancer care. In October the company launched Altas , an initiative that gives Wander customers the opportunity to invest in the homes they book.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Of course, one key reason for incremental thinking is to limit the risk, and also perhaps get something going with less initial investment. Yet I’m convinced that we all need to expand the scope of our thinking and learning to envision and drive more disruption innovations, and increase the potential opportunities.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. That really helps improve conversion. We've also really been investing in the tech community. Those include machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, and other areas.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. That really helps improve conversion. We've also really been investing in the tech community. Those include machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, and other areas.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

At Upfront, our partners have been fortunate enough to be part of 18 companies that have reached north of $1 billion and the average tenure of an investment that exits at this scale is more than 10 years. We have invested in every round and as a result our ownership has actually gone up over time.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2018

Jamie Montgomery: We're excited to have so many outstanding private companies here, especially in the areas of artificial intelligence, industry 4.0, It's as good a program as anywhere in the world, and the location helps, too. Our strategy has been to get into a few good investments, and then double down on our winners.

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