socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Irvine-based Bitvore , the big data, artificial intelligence, and data analytics startup, has upped its latest funding round to $14.2M, as part of what appears to be an ongoing $17.75M funding effort. The company's CEO, Jeff Drake, was a founder at Access360 (acquired by IBM), and also served at IBM, Akana, and ServiceMesh.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina announced this morning that it has acquired Menlo Park-based GRAIL , a developer of cancer early detection technology. GRAIL was spun out of Illumina in 2016 as a standalone company. According to Illumina, it will acquire GRAIL for cash and stock worth $8 billion.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

So I think it’s safe to say that any technology that can make the process easier is welcome by all. It has developed technology to give people a way to pay bills outside of traditional methods, such as through the mail, over the phone or via a Web portal. Paying bills is hardly a fun thing. It’s a true universal payment method.”.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Wednesday, September 21, 2016 -- "Artificial Intelligence. Is humanity at the dawn of a new age of enlightenment, inspired by benign AI enabled tech; or on an unalterable path to computer driven subservience to AI powered, self-aware machines? Friend or Foe?" Explore the Unfolding Mystery of AIs Impact of Humanity.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 26, 2019

Connected classrooms are part of a rapid trend to leverage technology to bring learning into a more national and global sphere. Connected classroom technology can also help customize the learning experience for each student, making lessons more effective. Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2015

The Mobile Majority said it is adding talent in product development, UI, backend, high speed API integration, operations, and machine learning. themobilemajority mobile majority growth jobs hiring advertising technology merger acquisition brazil elastic expansion' The Mobile Majority is led by Rob Emrich. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

As top lawyers from Facebook, Google, and Twitter testify on Capitol Hill this week about Russians using their platforms to interfere in the 2016 U.S. That’s according to Yann LeCun , a machine learning expert and Facebook’s director of A.I.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. Bryan Biniak: Connected Travel was founde d n 2016. What are some of the challenges of big data and machine learning today you have encountered?

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S. elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As investors continue pouring funding into artificial intelligence and consumer habits shift, many AI and subscription model startups have been enjoying rapid growth. Brightwheel is a SaaS childcare management solution that provides technology to preschools.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. is providing back-office support for clinicial trials; and Clarify Medical has developed technology that simplifies the current treatment for psoriasis and eczema.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2017

They left the competition with their lessons learned and came back to win first place in 2017. “To To us, the ‘expert questions’ were like the typical machine learning questions we’d get in a Galvanize classroom,” said Baolin Liu. Delivery is key: The guys picked up the pace of their presentation after going too slowly in 2016.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

In summary, it really has been an amazing year and we look forward to supporting additional compelling software companies in 2016. What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year? Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? It was truly the year of the Unicorn.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

Here we are at the midpoint of 2016 already. Jeff Buchanan goes deep with a special series on doctors-turned-entrepreneurs in health IT and other medical technologies. San Antonio Entrepreneur Center Opens Using Dallas Nonprofit as Model. Austin’s Lucid Aims to Make Artificial Intelligence More Human.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Any year-end review of technology news must also include reports on Russian hacking of the 2016 election campaign, and the manipulation of social media channels to spread false and divisive political messages.

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Xconomy

MAY 25, 2018

A few years before the presidential election of 2016, with all its Wikileaks, Russian disinformation campaigns, and phony Facebook links, San Diego’s Mitek Systems (NASDAQ: MITK made a strategic decision to expand into identity verification technology. Funny how things work out. After paying $10.6

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Xconomy

MARCH 16, 2017

2016 will be remembered for many things, not least as the year that AI and machine learning stepped into the technological and cultural spotlight. Advances in applied machine learning fueled our enthusiasm for smarter, more talkative devices. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

JUNE 25, 2018

When Cathy Polinsky became chief technology officer of Stitch Fix in late 2016, she knew one of the San Francisco-based company’s key challenges was continually refining its core software algorithm to make sure customers received the right tailored suggestions in their monthly wardrobe boxes. So, she made it into a game.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We caught up with Fuel50 founder and CEO Anne Fulton to learn more about the startup. Anne Fulton: Fuel50 is a career pathing startup, part of the HR technology landscape. We're a disruptor, the third wave in human resources technology. What is Fuel50? The whole space has been neglected. How did you start the company?

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Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

Those were some of the topics of a question-and-answer panel held at Xconomy’s Robo Madness West 2016 conference last month. I moderated the panel, which consisted of experts in the complementary fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction. What are the risks and ethics around AI systems?

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE, which operates a number of competitions aimed at encouraging advancement in key technology areas, says a Grand Prize Winner has been named in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition. Zzapp Malaria is focused on using artificial intelligence for malaria elimination campaigns, and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

So, going by the traditional schedule, the 2016 iPhone would have been a major refresh, perhaps helping to reverse this year’s slowdown in sales of iOS devices. Redesigned iPhones typically come out in even-numbered years. 2015 saw the introduction of the iPhone 6s, a minor makeover of the previous year’s iPhone 6.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2021

“Taiwan’s water shortage and its effect on semis is a wake up call for every technology investor, every founder and the entire venture ecosystem. They were even flagged in a 2016 Harvard Business School case study analysis. The Biden administration has emphasized the need for the U.S. ”

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The Bristol, UK-based startup, founded in 2016, has now secured a total of more than $300 million in financing from venture capital firms and other investors including Microsoft and the corporate venture arms of BMW and Dell Technologies. One of the leading contenders in the A.I.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Mark Harris is back with new details on Uber’s autonomous vehicle technology program. The upshot: Uber was spending $20 million a month to develop self-driving technologies. Then there’s Volkswagen AG, which is in continued talks with Ford to partner on self-driving car technologies. billion investment in 2018.

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Xconomy

JULY 17, 2018

So is failing to challenge a law or tech company rule that governs work on technology products, if that rule causes unjustifiable harms to people or the environment.

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Xconomy

MAY 4, 2017

That Q4 2016 edition of a quarterly survey by University of San Francisco business professor Mark Cannice rated the overall confidence of the VCs at 3.81 on a scale of 5—-a number that remains almost unchanged in the latest survey taken in March and published Thursday.

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Xconomy

JUNE 24, 2016

—IBM’s Watson Health group said that a commercial product could arrive in 2017 that uses machine learning to digest patient scans, medical records, and other information to help doctors with care decisions. Biostage cut ties with the surgeon in 2014. Chief operating officer Mike Sherman was named his successor.

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