socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Los Angeles-based food alternative developer Soylent has rolled out a new chatbot, called "Trish", and started accepting Bitcoin from its customers. According to Soylent, its new "nutrition-obsessed artificially intelligent spokesperson" will appear both on its virtual store on its site, as well as other channels, including broadcast, digital social, and beond.
L.A. Business Journal
MARCH 7, 2017
Snap Inc. shares fall as short sellers move on the stock, Hyperloop One unveils photos of test track in Nevada, and Two Bit Circus hires theme park executive.
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socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Remember those days of flipping hamburgers as your first job in high school? It looks like those days might be at an end, as a local startup, Miso Robotics , and hamburger chain CaliBurger have unveiled a new robot, "Flippy", which uses artificial intelligence to grill burgers in Pasadena. CaliBurger, which so far as rolled out the robot just to Pasadena, says it plans to roll out the AI-driven robots to more than 50 restaurants worldwide by the end of 2019.
Xconomy
MARCH 7, 2017
CureMatch, a San Diego-based healthtech startup, says today it has created a Web-based platform that uses analytic software to help doctors sort through what can be a bewildering array of cancer treatment options. Selecting the right combination of drugs to treat a particular cancer can be one of the biggest challenges that doctors face, according to CureMatch CEO Blaise Barrelet.
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socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
San Diego-based Wrapify , a startup which pays everyday users to drive around in vehicles that have been "wrapped" with the advertisements of companies, has raised $3M in a new funding round, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The funding came from Glendale-based printing, packaging, and label giant Avery Dennison. Wrapify says it drivers make anywhere from $264-$462 a month for driving around their cars where consumers can see them; the company has run campaigns for such companies as Heal and Ti
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Newport Beach-based Lantern Credit , a fintech startup focused on the consumer credit market, said this morning that it has acquired a set of software used for machine learning. Lantern Credit said it acquired the Abstract Regression-Classification (ARC) Machine Learning Library, and also hired the creator of the software, Michael Korns, as its Chief Data Scientist.
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socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
SendGrid , which provides email delivery services for companies for their transactional emails, and which has a big Orange County office, announced today that it has acquired email marketing automation startup Bizzy. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Bizzy develops email marketing automation software aimed at small-to-medium sized companies.
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Think you are hot stuff on Tinder ? Well, maybe not--unless you're in the select group of highly rated users--"for celebrities and people who do real well on Tinder", according to a report from TechCrunch. Los Angeles-based Tinder apparently has been running a secret, invite-only version of the app called Tinder Select , which only the more elite users--think super models, celebrities, and CEOs--can use.
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Irvine-based Western Digital is in a patent licensing agreement with Sunnyvale-based Rambus , Rambus announced on Monday. Financial details of that agreement were not announced. Rambus aid the agreement covers its patented memory technologies, including high-speed interfaces, memory architectures, resistive memory and security technologies, for use in Western Digital's flash products through 2021.
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Santa Barbara-based Sonos has rolled out another speaker this morning, aimed at the home theater market, called the PLAYBASE. The new speaker is designed to sit underneath a TV, and work as a speaker for the TV when the TV is on, and which will stream music when the TV is off. Sonos said the new speaker cost $699, and will start shipping on April 4th.
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Los Angeles-based TwoBit Circus has hired on a veteran of the amusement park business to lead its new efforts in creating its own micro-amusement park business. According to Two Bit Circus, it has hired Kimberly Schaefer to lead the business, handling development, management, and execution of the recently announced next generation micro-amusement parks.
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Los Angeles-based free wireless broadband and phone service FreedomPop ha rolled out its own, low cost Android smartphone, the FreedomPop V7. The new phone--targeted at the European market--costs £59, and includes free voice, text, and data, under certain limits. FreedomPop also offers up higher limit plans. The company said the FreedomPop V7 is the first time it has launched its own smartphone; it has been selling refurbished, low cost devices through its online store for a number of years
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2017
Los Angeles-based Season Share , a new startup which wants to bring the sharing economy to season sports tickets, has started taking signups for early access to its service. The company says it will begin offering up a serviec which will help match fans with other fans looking for season tickets to sporting events, where a draft is used to determine who goes to which games.
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