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Retina AI Raises $8 Million in Series A

L.A. Business Journal

Santa Monica-based analytics company Retina AI Inc. has raised $8 million in Series A funding for its artificial intelligence platform for consumer insights.

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8 Ways Entrepreneurs Keep Ahead Of Business Change

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Sometimes entrepreneurs are so focused on making change happen for customers that they forget that continually changing themselves and their company is equally important. Some get stuck in a rut and get run over by competitors with new technology, like Eastman Kodak, and others get pushed into a crisis, like Apple did, before they reinvent themselves into a new market.

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Heliogen to Go Public in $2 Billion SPAC Deal

L.A. Business Journal

Pasadena-based energy technology company Heliogen Inc. will go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in a deal that values the combined company at $2 billion.

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LiveXLive, The Associated Press Link On News Streaming

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Los Angeles-based LiveXLive, which owns PodcastOne, Slacker Radio, React Presents, and Custom Personalization Solutions, says it has teamed up with The Associated Press to provide news programming on Slacker Radio. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to LiveXLive, it will offer up a user-curated "AP News" station, where listeners can skip, play/pause, and personalize their own unique news/talk experience.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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Tripp Melds Meditation and Virtual Reality

L.A. Business Journal

Meditation has helped Nanea Reeves through some of the most difficult points in her life, including the loss of her sister and husband.

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HyperX Names Twitch Streamer As New Brand Ambassador

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Fountain Valley-based HyperX, the gaming peripherals maker which recently was sold by Kingston Technology to HP Inc., has signed on Twitch game streamer Tim "TimTheTatman" Betar has a "brand ambassador" for the company. According to HyperX, Betar will be involved in marketing activities, including virtual streams and developing original content. Financial details of the deal between HyperX and TimTheTatman were not announced.

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Omaze Offers Up Chance At Virgin Galactic Flight

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On the heels of the successful launch of billionaire Sir Richard Branson into space on Sunday, Culver City-based charity fundraising software company Omaze says has launched a sweepstakes to win a seat to space on one of the first Virgin Galactic commercial flights. Omaze said the sweepstakes supports an effort to raise money for Space for Humanity, a nonprofit which intends to send citizen astronauts of diverse racial, economic, and disciplinary backgrounds to space.

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Billionaires In Space: Branson Succeeds In Space Launch

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Sir Richard Branson successfully launched himself into space on Sunday, stepping aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket powered plane and rocketing to 53 miles above the earth, on the Unity 22 mission. The launch--the first of a billionaire into space on his own vehicle--also signals the upcoming start of paying, space tourists for Virgin Galactic, which has been developing its technology in Mojave, California, since 2004.