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Santa Monica Threatens Silicon Beach Growth By Taking Aim At Airport

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In a move which threatens the growing Silicon Beach technology industry, the Santa Monica City Council voted last night to downsize the Santa Monica Airport. silicon beach santa monica airport airline aviation economic growth jobs' Photo courtesy Steve Lyon @ Flickr. READ MORE>>.

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Catasys Sees Surge In Telehealth Enrollment Due To Pandemic

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Santa Monica-based Catasys , a provider of artificial intelligence and technology-enabled healthcare products used for telehealth services, says it is seeing a surge in enrollment in its programs, as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Waymo to test driverless rides with employees in Los Angeles

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This is the company’s next step on its path to commercializing robotaxi services in its second California city. While Waymo has been mapping several LA neighborhoods, including Downtown, Miracle Mile, Koreatown and Westwood, since 2019, the company will start its rider-only testing in Santa Monica before gradually ramping up.

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Champion Technology Names Execs For Cybersecurity Startup

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Santa Monica-based Champion Technology Company , a developer of cybersecurity software, has named Jess Richter as Chief Revenue Officer, and David Aucsmith and Michael Kluse both as as Senior Advisors. Champion Technology is developing cybersecurity automation and orchestration software. READ MORE>>.

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Tapatalk Turn To Blockchain To Monetize Forum Content

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Santa Monica-based Tapatalk , which develops a popular mobile application to allow users to access and read online forums, is turning to Blockchain in an attempt to reward content creators. Tapatalk said its adoption of blockchain will make "micro-payments" more feasible.

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Snap Seeks To Raise $1.0 Billion In Debt Offering

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Santa Monica-based Snap says it is looking to raise $1.0 According to Snap, the convertible senior notes will be due in 2026, and will be a private placement to qualified institutional buyers. billion in new funding, through a convertible senior note offering and private placement. million principal amount of notes.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.