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Disney Accelerator Demo Day: Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, More

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The event, held at Disney's Burbank Studios, included companies demonstrating 3D, Disney-themed printed prosthetic arms; artificial intelligence which allows you to carry on a private conversation with Miss Piggy over social messaging services; brain monitoring headsets; and much more. READ MORE>>.

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Incubating LA's Startup Future At the USC Viterbi Startup Garage

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A few weeks ago, the University of Southern California announced a new startup incubator, the Viterbi Startup Garage ([link] backed by such notable investors as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the United Talent Agency. What''s the mission behind the new startup incubator? How did the incubator come about?

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Disney to Launch New Entertainment Technology Effort, Disney StudioLAB

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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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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

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The 10 startups in Yellow’s third batch include: Brightly : a media platform and community that promotes ethical and sustainable brands. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API. TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. Snap investment Hardworkers.

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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

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Earlier this year, Embodied announced a $22 million round for its personal robotics platform focused on healthcare and wellness, while InVia Robotics collected $20 million for its own take on the robotics industry. Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6

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Interview with Dave Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep, Postie

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Los Angeles-based Postie (postie.com), backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, is applying machine learning and other techniques to direct mail. We spoke with Dave Fink , CEO and co-founder of Posite, and Jonathan Neddenriep , co-founder and CTO of the company, to learn more. What is Postie?

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Source13 Gathers the Biggest Names in Mobile

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12,000 apps currently on the platform. ” Jeff Haynie, Appcelerator – a platform for building network-connected mobile apps across native platforms. In this interview, Schneider talks about doing well by doing good, and when it makes sense to incubate a startup for a while rather than rush to market.

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