TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Tesla has announced that it has extended the range of its Model S vehicle to 370 miles and Model X to 325 miles on a single charge — extending the range of its flagship car to make the trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco on a single charge. .

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Waymo will begin testing its autonomous Jaguar I-Paces without a human safety operator in Los Angeles in the next couple of weeks. A month later, the California Department of Motor Vehicles granted Waymo a modification to its existing driverless testing permit so it could expand beyond San Francisco and into Los Angeles.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s what the Los Angeles-based extended reality technology developer Talespin did — and it just raised $15 million to grow its business. . It turns out the virtual and augmented reality companies aren’t dead — as long as they focus on the enterprise.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 26, 2022

Four years and hundreds of long lines later, the truck is still there, but the company is taking on what co-founder Nile Dreiling calls “a stale $40 billion donut industry ” by expanding its presence into brick-and-mortar locations in Los Angeles after raising $9 million in financing.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., shortly before 10 a.m. Last year, the investment firm expanded with a $1.7 You will be missed, @kobebryant. pic.twitter.com/FzhNl5ndau.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 1, 2024

Waymo received approval Friday afternoon from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a commercial robotaxi service in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Peninsula and on San Francisco freeways. The approval removes the last barrier for the Alphabet company to charge for rides in these expanded areas.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Nuggetverse — Los Angeles-based Nuggetverse is creating a children’s media business based on its marquee character, Tubby Nugget. The company is backed by none other than the National Science Foundation and based in Los Angeles. -based professional digital community built for blue-collar workers. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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AllTopStartups

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Let’s be real—running a business in Los Angeles isn’t cheap. Between rent, payroll, and the rising cost of just about everything, it’s no wonder businesses are constantly looking for ways… The post How Can IT Services in Los Angeles Help Reduce Your Business Costs? appeared first on AllTopStartups.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 2, 2020

When it comes to venture capital, Los Angeles is a city on the rise. While Los Angeles has a lot going for it, that also means it potentially has a lot to lose in the current economic downturn. How do you think COVID-19 will change entrepreneurial activity in Los Angeles?

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Tech jobs are growing at a rapid clip in Los Angeles, fueled by an increasing appetite from local companies as well as industry leaders that are expanding their presence here.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The music industry in Los Angeles has grown to encompass far more than just production.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The two new options will be available on store shelves in 2021, but will be on offer at a two-day pop up event in Los Angeles for folks to try. Beyond Meat has launched two new versions of its Beyond Burgers, the company announced today.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In many areas of the world, there may be no more precious commodity than water — and that’s especially true in Los Angeles.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 3, 2021

USC officials will break ground May 6 on a new building that could become a key center for technological advancement in Los Angeles.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 2, 2021

Los Angeles is cementing its status as a hotspot for the tech industry.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

New York City-based Squarespace has over 1,200 employees spread across its headquarters and offices in Dublin, Ireland; Portland, Oregon; and Los Angeles, California. . Execs are declining to comment on the company’s latest funding round beyond a post on its website. Declining ad rates may signal a reset for startup SEM strategies.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Electric vehicles are touted as the future, especially in Los Angeles where the city’s climate goals call for 80% of vehicles sold to be electric by 2028 — seven years ahead of the state’s 2035 cutoff for gasoline-powered auto sales.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Starting in Los Angeles — and building on yesterday’s test run pop-up shop with the Los Angeles Rams — Postmates users will be able to shop local merchants listed in the company’s new retail tab in the Postmates app called, appropriately, “shop” LA Rams, Fanatics and Postmates coordinate on an on-demand pop-up.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. We’re thrilled to help lead the way for the broader tech community in Los Angeles.” Image Credit: Getty Images/franckreporter.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

Representatives from the government and the utility managing the power of Los Angeles are proposing a sweeping infrastructure package worth roughly $150 billion centered on the broad electrification of transportation and industry.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 6, 2020

The app, originally developed in Los Angeles, raised national security concerns after it was acquired by Beijing Kunlun in 2016 for $93 million. Chinese gaming giant Beijing Kunlun has agreed to sell popular gay dating app Grindr for about $608 million, ending a tumultuous four years under Chinese ownership.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 22, 2021

This Thursday, Apple will mark the opening of a new store in downtown Los Angeles. The space occupies the newly renovated Tower Theatre, which opened in DTLA’s Broadway Theater District in 1927. In its initial form, it will run between eight and 12 weeks, providing a group of mentors from the creative arts. Image Credits: Apple.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The two spent months pounding the pavement in Los Angeles pretending to be college students doing research on the industry. Los Angeles-based Boulevard has raised $11 million for its software to manage salons and spas. Boulevard now has 90 employees and will look to increase that number as it continues to expand across the country.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 17, 2020

Continuing its wildly successful limited trials in Atlanta, Nashville, and Charlotte, KFC is now setting its sights on the bigger markets in Southern California, near Beyond Meat’s headquarters in Los Angeles.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Through the deal, PepsiCo has agreed to bankroll the first founder-in-residence program from the New York and Los Angeles-based firm, which poached former Techstars Los Angeles managing director Anna Barber to lead its new initiative.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

Terry often took matters in her own hands if issues arose with stations located in Los Angeles, where she is based. The newly minted founder joined the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator , where she developed a curriculum to teach people how to repair EV chargers. “I thought, if I can figure this stuff out, then anyone can.”

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

Making money on livestreams has never been easier thanks to a suite of tools from the Los Angeles-based startup Maestro , which just nabbed $15 million in financing to grow its business. “ 2020 was a blowout year… People needed an interactive streaming platform that they could spin up quickly that they could launch on their website.”

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 30, 2021

In an unprecedented move, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has issued notices to two competing contract bidding teams to proceed on design and other preliminary work for a rail transit project through the Sepulveda Pass.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In a bid to push LA into the high tech world of the Jetsons, Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday that he has kicked off an effort to make Los Angeles an "unmistakable leader on urban air mobility". Garcetti said it hopes to see the introduction of low-noise, electric aircraft flying in Los Angeles airspace by 2023.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 24, 2021

Owners are increasingly giving their dogs and cats the luxury treatment, which is leading to strong growth for the pet care industry in Los Angeles.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Social platforms and media content creators in Los Angeles are leveraging their influence to encourage voting by Gen Z and millennial audiences as registration deadlines approach.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It’s been a tough year for Los Angeles comedians, along with the many would-be comedy fans who've had to postpone evenings at live venues shuttered during the pandemic.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A lot of focus on the $14 billion makeover of Los Angeles International Airport has been on improvements that passengers will see, but new facilities are also emerging behind the scenes.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 24, 2023

Each of these companies needed more cash than professional angel investors were willing or able to provide, and we turned to the venture community for larger investments. The VCs subsequently invested $18 million, well beyond what angel investors usually can project from their own resources.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It may be the largest construction project in Los Angeles history, but until recently, construction work related to the Sixth Street Viaduct replacement bridge had mainly been a local affair, rarely intruding on Angelenos’ larger consciousness.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 24, 2019

Cann , a Los Angeles-based purveyor of CBD and THC-infused intoxicants, is rolling out its first major distribution through the venture-backed delivery service Eaze as it begins to hit the streets in California. Cann, did a soft launch in June with a limited release across four MedMen stores in Los Angeles. ’s digital practice.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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