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MAY 18, 2016

Anaheim-based Cogitai l, a new artificial intelligence (AI) software startup, said Tuesday that it has raised a strategic round of investment from Sony Corporation. Size of the investment was not announced. Cogitai said it is developing "core" artificial intelligence software technology. The new startup, led by Dr. Mark Ring, said it is developing "continual-learning" technology which allows systems to learn continually from their experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2016

The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Sometimes all the planning in the world isn’t enough for business survival, when things change as fast as they do today. Every business, especially startups, needs all guns blazing quickly on every opportunity or insight into the market.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based Media Temple has launched a new, WordPress hosting offering, which it says specifically provides "white glove" around the clock service and monitoring. According to Media Temple, the new offering uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the cloud back end for the service, and combines that with 24/7 premium technical support, performance monitoring, ability to scale traffic handling up or down, redundancy, better security, and other enhancements.

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Frank Addante

MAY 18, 2016

Since neanderthals created cave paintings, human beings have told stories. While storytelling may have been formerly relegated to the entertainment industry, it’s gained a special significance in the tech world. The launch of technologies like Facebook’s Oculus Rift, and Microsoft’s Hololens have provided startlingly realistic immersive experiences that are just the tip of the iceberg.

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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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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2016

Netflix , which has major operations in Los Angeles, said today that a new, national survey has ranked its services more popular than even live, traditional television--at least, among those who have streamed a full length show online recently. Netflix said the national survey, run by E-Poll Market Research, found that its poll asking viewers "Where do you go most frequently when you want to watch a TV show?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2016

It’s a hard life, being a startup founder. Overheads are high and turnovers are often low, meaning that it is absolutely crucial that important factors – such as staff retention or product adoption – remain positive. Here are a number of digital or online solutions for your startup. GoCo.io. GoCo is a neat little platform that takes the hard work out of onboarding new hires and keeping staff happy.

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Frank Addante

MAY 18, 2016

Since neanderthals created cave paintings, human beings have told stories. While storytelling may have been formerly relegated to the entertainment industry, it’s gained a special significance in the tech world. The launch of technologies like Facebook’s Oculus Rift , and Microsoft’s Hololens have provided startlingly realistic immersive experiences that are just the tip of the iceberg.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2016

Accruent , the developer of real estate, facilities, and asset management software which was founded by Mark Friendman, has been acquired by private equity investor Genstar Capital. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Accruent was venture backed by Constellation Ventures, FirstMark Capital, GGV Capital, Innocal, Marcus & Millichap, Peninsula Equity Partners, Red Rock Ventures, Sierra Ventures, and Stanford University.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2016

If there ever was a storybook group of hackers that helped humanity by getting information from companies illegally and sharing it, they certainly did not exist in the 21st century as a dominating force. Instead, companies that work in the cloud and with data have been constantly hit with malware and cyber attacks by hackers that want money and power.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2016

Santa Monica-based SPACES , a new virtual reality startup, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round from Comcast Ventures, Boost VC, Canyon Creek Capital, Colopl VR Fund, GREE Inc., Kai Huang, The Venture Reality Fund, the Sinovation Fund, Youku Global Media Fund and CRCM VC. The new startup, led by CEO Shiraz Akmal and CTO Brad Herman, said they have already been developing a wide range of projects for such clients as Microsoft, NBCUniversal, Big Blue Bubble and The Hettema Group.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2016

San Diego-based driver safety equipment and monitoring equipment maker Lytx says that Omaha, Nebraska based TransWood Carriers, a provider of dry and liquid bulk transportation services, is using its DriveCam products as part of a fleet safety effort. Financial details of the win were not announced. Lytx said that a 90-vehicle trial, conducted in January 2015, helped TransWood figure out that its drivers were using cell phones while driving--despite a company policy against using cell phones--an

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