socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2013

Not one to be shy about grand visions, technology mogul Elon Musk unveiled his plans this afternoon for Hyperloop , a system for transporting people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in mere minutes, using aluminum pods which are sent at speeds of up to 800 miles per hour between the cities. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 17, 2019

Noone had gone on to take a job at SpaceX and Ellis at Blue Origin, but the two remained in touch and had an idea for building rockets quickly and cheaply — with the vision that they wanted to eventually build these rockets on Mars. “It’s always been the case that we’re developing our own metal 3D printing technology.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2018

Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , the transportation systems developer led by Dirk Ahlborn, said on Thursday that it has inked a deal with the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, to plan a commercial Hyperloop system in that country. Financial impact of that deal was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. Relativity Space chief technology officer Jordan Noone next to one of the company’s 3-D printers. “These guys have built the world’s largest 3-D printer.”

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Since that time the speed at which companies have developed both technologically and from a business perspective has been nearly as staggering as the 760 mph system itself. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies collaborates with over 800 field experts from around the world.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The startup was listed in TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 too, alongside industry heavyweights like Nvidia and SpaceX. Vibrant Planet Vibrant Planet is a data-driven science and cloud-based solution designed to support restoration efforts.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

According to Stratolaunch today, it is leveraging technology from both Mojave-based Scaled Composites , and Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies to create a new, air-launch system to provide orbital access to space.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

The rover was designed, developed, and assembled at JPL, which is a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The successful landing adds to an already resurging space industry in Southern California, which has seen a big upswing in space-related technology in the past few years.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. Alcohol brands are turning their attention to making hand sanitizer to distribute in communities experiencing shortages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2016

In traditional investor parlance, these markets take years to develop and more money and risk than anyone should consider, so look first for a painful problem in a known market. Overtly design the ecosystem as well as product. But now I believe that times have changed. They make a long-term strategy come alive for customers.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2016

Investors reverently call this the ability to “see around the next technology corner,” and fight for a place in line to put their money down. Elon Musk seems to be highest on this list these days, with his record-setting order rate on the new Tesla Model 3 all-electric car, and well as groundbreaking progress on SpaceX and SolarCity.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. Our clients are large, Fortune 1000 companies, like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Nike, JP Morgan, Lamborghini, and SpaceX.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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