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San Diego Angel Conference Backs Five Companies

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The San Diego Angel Conference, an angel investing effort which is run by the University of San Diego (USD) School of Business, says it has made investments in five companies at its conference this year, worth a total of $500,000.

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San Diego Tech Roundup: Ezoic, Trust & Will, Oska Wellness & More

Xconomy

Summer can be a slow time in San Diego, but its startups have stayed busy. —Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. .

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Big VCs Join Xconomy in San Diego to Discuss Big Data, Big Biology

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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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Insitro Lands Three-Year Deal With Gilead to Find New NASH Drugs

Xconomy

Drug discovery startup Insitro burst onto the scene last year with ambitions of using machine learning techniques to find new therapies. Insitro announced Tuesday that Gilead (NASDAQ: GILD ) will pay the South San Francisco-based startup $15 million to kick off a three-year research collaboration.

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Claiming a landmark in fusion energy, TAE Technologies sees commercialization by 2030

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In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. “By the time Norman became an operating machine we had four generations of devices preceding it.

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What Should Be on the Next President’s Cybersecurity Agenda?

Xconomy

Schwartz also wants to see more federal funding for research and development of cybersecurity automation technologies. 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.

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AstraZeneca Chooses China for R&D and AI Centers, $1B Biotech Fund

Xconomy

AstraZeneca says it will establish centers for drug research and artificial intelligence development in China. The pharmaceutical giant has also set up a $1 billion fund to foster biotech innovation in that country.