L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Facing a Sept. 20 deadline from the White House to find a buyer for its U.S. operations, TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. has accepted a bid from Oracle Corp.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Aliso Viejo-based artificial intelligence software developer BrainChip says it is opening up a new software development center in Hyderabad, India, which it says will provide software and firmware development for its systems-on-a-chip technology. According to BrainChip, the new software development center initially will be staffed by five software engineers and local management.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Facing a Sept. 20 deadline from the White House to find a buyer for its U.S. operations, TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. has accepted a bid from Oracle Corp.

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Oracle Technology Company Companies 246

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

I realized a while back that creating a new company for the first time is a lot like whipping up a great dinner entrée for the first time – you need a recipe, even though it may look simple. You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. Yet you may not be so sure where to start, and how to put it all together. In all cases, don’t skip the basic training.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

TrueCar Inc., the Santa Monica-based online car-buying marketplace, has named three executives to its expanded management team and has added a member to the company’s board.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina announced this morning that it has acquired Menlo Park-based GRAIL , a developer of cancer early detection technology. According to Illumina, it will acquire GRAIL for cash and stock worth $8 billion. The deal also includes unspecified future earnout based on future revenues related to GRAIL. Illumina said the buy will help it add a multi-disciplinary team and capabilities for next generation sequencing (NGS), population scale clinical studi

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter rental provider Bird has rolled out a new, more affordable foldable scooter for those who would prefer to purchase, rather than rent, its scooters. The new scooter, called the Bird Air is now available at Target, and costs only $599.99. Bird said the new scooter was designed by its own in-house team of aerospace and automotive engineers.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The 2020 National Xconomy Awards complimentary two-week, 11-part, on-demand Meet the Finalists daily webcast series continues this Tuesday and Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET. Registration is complimentary and includes access to a networking app with already more than 600 life science contacts. The daily series leads up to the Thursday, Sept. 24 free online National Xconomy Awards ceremony – celebrating the best in biotech.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based electronics e-commerce giant Newegg says it is pitching in to help raise funds for California fire relief. According to Newegg, it is giving its customers the option to make small, individual donations to the Los Angeles Fire Department in $1, $5, $10, $25 and $100 increments. The company says it will provide a dollar-for-dollar match on those donations, up to $100,000.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Huntington beach-based Rocket Lab is preparing to launch its first rocket launch from U.S. soil, saying last week that it successfully completed a "wet" dress rehearsal of an Electron vehicle launch at Wallops Island, Virginia. According to Rocket Lab, the dress rehearsal was at the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island.

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