TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Welcome back to Human Capital, where we explore some of the latest news in labor, diversity and inclusion in tech. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

TuSimple , a developer of autonomous trucking technology which has offices in San Diego and in China, said on Wednesday that it has raised $95M in a Series D funding round. and Composite Capital. The funding came from Chinese investors SINA Corp. TuSimple says it has now raised a total of $178M. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2019

There were a host of reasons—she wasn’t a software engineer, she had no product development experience, and she wanted to launch a consumer item that was already sold widely by established enterprises.

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Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

Sebastian Thrun first made his mark on autonomous vehicle development at the dawn of that industry, when he led a Stanford team whose robot car Stanley won the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 by racing driverless through the Mojave Desert for 132 miles. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. But I would point out that these days there are really talented tech developers & teams everywhere. Here are mine: 1.

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Xconomy

JUNE 14, 2018

But as researchers develop these techniques based on manipulating biological molecules, they may still be recording their experimental results by a method untouched by technological advances—–in a paper lab notebook.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Everyone’s a potential source: software engineers that ship new releases, HR teams that use human capital management software, and supply chain partners that have access to systems, all of which could be exploited. And what could cause personal harm to employees, customers, partners, or visitors?

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