Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2019

The promise, and pitfalls, of artificial intelligence became more apparent in the last year, and for Dave Copps, founder of A.I. companies such as Brainspace and Hypergiant Sensory Sciences, the pace of adoption will only accelerate in 2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2019

Yet most executives are struggling with how to harness this data with artificial intelligence and machine learning, and use it to hone their intuition and improve their business leadership. Your job is thinking big enough about your future opportunities, and letting the data and machine learning do the incremental work.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2021

Camino Financial's biggest backer is Mexican financial services company Credito Real, which led an investment in the company in 2019. Camino Financial offers up an artificial intelligence-powered service aimed at providing credit to Latinx entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

While it is starting to sound overblown (and by the number of pitches I receive, it certainly seems that way), but Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning is really stretching its wings. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why?

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JULY 19, 2018

Reali , a Silicon Valley startup which offers up a high-tech, and artificial intelligence-enabled real estate service, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, which it specifically will use to launch in Southern California. The funding was led by Zeev Ventures, and also included Signia Venture Capital.

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Xconomy

MAY 15, 2019

They’re startups that are developing products in a wide range of sectors, including life sciences, agriculture, and artificial intelligence. Austin —MassChallenge has picked the 74 early-stage companies that will eventually compete for a portion of $500,000 in cash as a part of its Austin accelerator program.

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APRIL 20, 2020

Costa Mesa-based artificial intelligence software developer Veritone --which is publicly traded on the NASDAQ as VERI--reported that it has received a total of $6.5M Veritone has over 300 employees and had 2019 net revenues of $49.6M. in loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Santa Monica-based GumGum , which develops artificial intelligence software for the advertising and media market, has raised $22M more in a funding round, the company said on Thursday. GumGum said it had $155M in global revenue in 2019. All three of those investors are existing investors in the company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

San Diego-based artificial intelligence software developer Brain Corp says it is saw "record sales and revenue growth" in 2019, on strong retailer demand for autonomous, mobile robots.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Costa Mesa-based Veritone says its artificial intelligence software was deployed for the 2019 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship, and was used to produce transcriptions, automated facial recognition of players and coaches, logo identification, and other tasks for the CFP's Media Day.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Theta Lake says it is using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect detect risks across video, visual, voice, chat and document content, addressing issues with data exposure, phishing, account compromise, acceptable use and regulatory compliance when organizations have users using video conferencing and collaboration tools.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

According to UC San Diego, the funding will go towards exploring the use of new computing technology in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). MemComputing is one of the company's on the San Diego Venture Group's 2019 Cool Companies list. That technology--"memcomputing"--is the basis of MemComputing's products.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 23, 2019

Today, technology and data science have combined to create artificial intelligence—data-driven algorithms that seemingly provide us with options for a fully personalized life. After all, computer algorithms are created by people, and artificial intelligence actually “learns” by analyzing.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

BlackBerry acquired in February of 2019 in a deal worth $1.4 Blackberry said that the initial projects from BlackBerry Labs will focus on machine learning approaches to security, and will work with BlackBerry's existing Cylance, Enterprise, and QNX business units. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Miku--which launched its product at CES 2019--says its sensors connects with smartphones "from anywhere in the world" and sends alerts to parents using AI and machine learning technology, using both optical and wireless sensing.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Among other findings, 60 percent of US entrepreneurs think business conditions in 2019 will improve compared with last year, with nine percent believing business conditions will worsen. The report also found the biggest areas of promise in the industry today are artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2017

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.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

GRIDSMART develops video detection technology, which uses image processing, computer vision modeling, and machine learning to track the movement of both people and traffic through street intersections. Cubic said GRIDMSART is expected to add $35M in sales and $8M in Adjusted EBITDA for the 2019 calendar year.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 19, 2019

Thursday, March 21, 2019 -- R.E.D Technological innovations like artificial intelligence and automation are impacting how businesses are looking to the future investments in their organizations, and their industries as a whole. Talk: Investment in Technology and Automation Across Industry in LA County.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

Ezra initially came to market with a single test to screen for prostate cancer using machine learning to diagnose the screens coming off of an abbreviated MRI scan that takes 20 minutes. It’s hard to overstate how vitally important early cancer screening is for patients. The American Cancer Society estimates that 1.7

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 30, 2020

“Machine learning paired with humans always performs better,” says Barnehama. million in financing that Elementary closed at the end of 2019. Barnehama also emphasizes that Elementary’s robots are not designed to replace every human interaction or assessment in the manufacturing process.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 17, 2018

[ Editor’s note: This is part of a series of posts sharing thoughts from technology leaders about 2018 trends and 2019 forecasts. Today’s artificial intelligence technologies have demonstrated they’re capable of handling specific tasks, such as identifying pictures of cats or spotting cancer in CT scans.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 18, 2019

Thursday, March 21, 2019 -- Future of Healthcare Symposium.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2019

In 2019, we will finally see commercial deployment of the much-anticipated 5G (fifth-generation) wireless network. 5G, particularly when coupled with cloud computing and artificial intelligence (A.I.), 5G, particularly when coupled with cloud computing and artificial intelligence (A.I.),

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Xconomy

JULY 31, 2019

We at Xconomy are excited to announce that we are honoring Mark Levin, co-founder and partner at Third Rock Ventures, with our 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award in Boston. The award recognizes Levin’s extensive contributions to the biotech industry and to the Boston life sciences ecosystem.

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MARCH 25, 2020

Santa Ana-based AWM Smart Shelf (Adroit Worldwide Media), which develops computer vision and machine learning technology, says it has opened up its very first "autonomous micromarket" in Santa Ana, which lets residents of the Nineteen01 luxury apartment community shop for sodas, water, juice, food, and more--all without the need for a clerk.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Podcorn recently raised $2.2M, in an August 2019 funding round. The startup--led by David Kiezkowski and Agnes Kozera, the former founders of Famebit--said it is looking to help the 85 percent of podcasters who are not monetizing their podcasts, through connecting those podcasters to brand partners.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 28, 2019

Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest Venture Partners , is one of the tech industry observers invited by Xconomy to look back at the technology developments of 2018, and also forecast some trends he expects to see in 2019. Palo Alto, CA-based Norwest weathers the uncertainties of technology and the economy with an investing strategy.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

The company, founded by ex-Google engineers and colleagues behind the unrequited Bookbot , was formed to develop market-ready tech in self-driving, AI-powered robotics and delivery operations in 2019, but the team has kept operations under wraps until now. This is Cartken’s first large deployment of self-driving robots on sidewalks.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. SketchAR : an augmented reality drawing app with social tie-ins. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API. Veam : a social network built around AirDrop. Wabisabi Design : an augmented reality game studio focused on bit-sized titles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

Use artificial intelligence to reinvent customer experiences. Amazon targets the new machine learning technology to leverage his focus on customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/15/2019. He tolerates no “country club culture” or “playing it safe” mindsets. Do what Amazon is doing.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

“Cognitive computing,” artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data analytics are evolving companies’ understanding of their customers in game-changing ways. To augment and overcome physical distance, we are starting to use drones, virtual reality, and driverless cars.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2019

We’re excited to announce that Ford CTO Ken Washington will participate in TechCrunch’s inaugural TC Sessions: Mobility , a one-day event on July 10, 2019 in San Jose, Calif., A conference dedicated to transportation and mobility wouldn’t be complete without hearing from Ford, the U.S. automaker with a storied 116-year history.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

billion in VC investment from January to October, already matching 2019 levels. According to the research, VC investment into London-based impact tech startups has grown by almost 800% (7.8 times) since 2015, compared to 3.1 times in Europe as a whole. 2020 is set to be a record year for London’s impact tech companies, which have received $1.2

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Haus, like any good consumer startup in 2019, is shipped directly to your door. — Kate Clark (@KateClarkTweets) May 21, 2019. I almost skipped IPO corner this week because no big-name companies dropped or amended their S-1s or completed a highly anticipated IPO, as has been the case basically every week of 2019.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Earlier this month, GM CEO Mary Barra told the crowd at a financial conference that her company was on track to unveil a ridesharing service in 2019 that would be powered by autonomous vehicles.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

According to the USC Viterbi Startup Garage, its new Fall 2019 cohor will now host startups focused on voice technology, as part of a joint effort between Amazon's Alexa Fund and the University of Southern California's Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

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