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Study Ranks LA As Among Top Cities Prepared For Future

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A study--from company PropTechOS--has ranked Los Angeles as among the top U.S. According to the company, Los Angeles finished second behind Austin for US cities, based on "11 indicators of how adapted a city is to emerging technologies". cities "prepared for the future".

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Study: Emerging Technology Clusters Complement Silicon Valley, Others

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A new study, which looks at "silicon clusters" of technology companies outside Silicon Valley, finds that those clusters actually stimulate rather than compete with developed market clusters. The study--published by Professor Nukhet Harmancioğlu (Koc University, Turkey) and Gerard J. READ MORE>>

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Lyft: $130M Generated For Los Angeles Economy In 2016

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Ridesharing service Lyft said this morning that it has calculated that it has created $130M to the Los Angeles economy, as a result of its ride service. Lyft said the study also showed that passengers next year will save $88M in travel time value and over 7.5 Lyft's study examined 20 of its markets around the country.

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Hyperloop One Names Winners Of Challenge, Inks Study Deal With Colorado

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Los Angeles-based HyperLoop One , one of the startups working to bring Elon Musk's vision of a high speed, tube-based transportation system to life, says it has named a list of the ten most promising routes for Hyperloop, and also inked a feasibility study agreement in Colorado around its systems. state on a feasibility study.

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Los Angeles-based Open Raven raises $15 million from KPCB for its security tech to secure hybrid clouds

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Open Raven , the Los Angeles-based security startup founded by a team of cybersecurity veterans from CrowdStrike and SourceClear, has closed on $15 million in new financing only four months after emerging from stealth and in the middle of a pandemic. .

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Los Angeles TV Stations In Bandwidth Pilot

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Two Los Angeles television stations -- KLCS (Channel 58) and KJLA (Channel 57.1 According to widespread reports, the move is part of an industry effort to study the feasibility of sharing TV airwaves and opening up more bandwidth for wireless carriers--who are hungry for more 4G bandwidth.

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Los Angeles Has 5 Percent Of All Unicorns, Says Report

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Los Angeles has 8 percent of all the "unicorn" companies globally, according to a new study released Wednesday by the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.