L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 21, 2017

El Segundo-based education software startup GoGuardian has launched Admin 2.0, a platform that uses artificial intelligence to enhance students’ behaviors online, according to a statement.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The company said it is building software "to expand creativity and redefine virtual production and immersive entertainment". DGene says it is using artificial intelligence for content creation and restoration. The funding was led by Alibaba Group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Conventional thinking in business has long been that strategy decisions are made by humans, while the focus of automation and machine learning should be on execution. Only smart software can plow through the volume of live data, recognizing trends, customers, and match offerings to reality. The efficiency gain is tremendous.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Carlsbad-based Ezoic , a developer of artificial intelligence software for the digital publishing market, has raised $33M in a funding round, the company said this week. the company said it will use the funding to expand its platform. the company said it will use the funding to expand its platform. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

According to the company, its platform "makes for faster, more affordable hiring" and includes such features as scouring the web for "ready to run" talent and those likely to soon be on the market, and works "with or without the aid of real-life recruiters." The startup claims to use artificial intelligence software as part of its platform.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based Trait Signal , a new, automatic analytics startup, said this morning that it has launched a software platform to provide car dealers insights on cars for sale. The startup says its platform, which is available to car dealers across the U.S. The startup is led by founder Tyler Carbone. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

The event, held at Disney's Burbank Studios, included companies demonstrating 3D, Disney-themed printed prosthetic arms; artificial intelligence which allows you to carry on a private conversation with Miss Piggy over social messaging services; brain monitoring headsets; and much more. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance says it has extended its artificial intelligence driven, endpoint protection software, CylancePROTECT, to the AWS Marketplace. AWS Marketplace is Amazon's marketplace for business software that runs on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing infrastructure.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based Whistle , which develops a software platform for hotels to text message their guests, said this morning that it has added new artificial intelligence capabilities to its software. The company says the software also provides suggested responses to team members.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Theta Lake , a developer of security and compliance software which connects with Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Zoom and other collaboration platforms, has raised $12.7M in a Series A funding. As part of the funding, Lightspeed's Arif Janmohamed joins the company's board.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

Orma Health develops an artificial intelligence software platform that helps healthcare providers identify patients for various clinical programs, including remote patient monitoring, mental health support, chronic disease management, and more. financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

San Diego- and Baltimore-based private equity investor JMI Equity is the lead backer of a developer of artificial intelligence software for the healthcare industry this morning. The funding was led by JMI Equity, and also included Health Enterprise Partners (HEP) and Health Velocity Capital (HVC).

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

GoSecure said it will use Covail's expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) to augment its platform. La Jolla-based GoSecure, a provider of managed security services, said today that it has acquired Covail, a security and risk optimization and automation company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Los Angeles-based involve.ai, a startup developing artificial intelligence-based customer retention software, said today that it has raised $16M in its Series A funding round. The company said its platform uses artificial intelligence to help businesses prevent customer churn and accelerate its revenue growth.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

ServiceNow , the developer of information technology service management software which has major operatinos in San Diego, has acquired Mountain View-based Passage AI , a developer of conversational AI tools. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Capital, Milliways Ventures, and Array Ventures, among others. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

San Diego-based AlphaTrAI , a fintech startup backed by Analytics Ventures, says it has connected with QuantConnect, the developer of an open trading engine, to run its AI software. AlphaTrAI says it has developed artificial intelligence software which can pick, trade, and manage stocks better than humans. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Trousdale Ventures announced this morning that it has made an investment in Preamble, a startup offering up "ethical artificial intelligence" moderation to social networks. The company said that Preamble's software is used to help prevent amplification of harmful content.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Logically , a developer of artificial intelligence software and a team of experts focused on news and fact checking, says it is expanding its news checking service to the U.S., and is looking to open up an office in the U.S. The company did not say where its office will be located, but made its announcement from Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Irvine-based analytics software developer Alteryx announced this morning that it has acquired Hyper Anna, a developer of a cloud-based platform for generating artificial intelligence (AI)-driven automated insights from data. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“We were very impressed by their neuroscience-based artificial intelligence that they used to power changes in behavior,” says Huffington. Thrive Global tackles the issue through a combination of pop psychology and celebrity advice, while Boundless uses artificial intelligence and machine learning nudges.

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JULY 29, 2021

Swaminathan was most recently Vice President for Artificial Intelligence at Intuit. She also previously served as Vice President of Platform Engineering for the Consumer Group (TurboTax, Turbo, Mint), and Vice President for Site Reliability, Security and Quality Engineering for Intuit Platform.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Irvine-based Resolve Systems , a developer of IT automation and orchestration software, announced today that it has acquired FixStream , a developer of artificial intelligence IT automation software. Resolve said it paid $24M to acquire FixStream, in a deal which is expected to close at the end of September.

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APRIL 8, 2020

Satna Barbara-based MixMode , a developer of artificial intelligence cybersecurity software, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $4M in its Series A funding round. The company said the new funding will go to expand its platform and to fuel growth.

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JULY 16, 2019

Carlsbad-based Source Intelligence , which provides supply chain compliance software, has raised new funding, the company announced this morning. According to the company, it will use the new funding for the development of an artificial intelligence platform and for expansion in the European Union. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. TRASH — using this machine learning-based video editing toolkit, users can quickly create and edit high-quality, short-form video. Hardworkers — a Cambridge, Mass.-based

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based Catasys , a developer of artificial intelligence-enabled healthcare technology, said this morning that it has named Gustavo Giraldo to its board of directors, replacing existing director Sharon Gabrielson. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

Newport Beach-based Veritone , which is developing artificial intelligence software used for sentiment analysis for media firms, political campaigns, corporations, and the government, said it has closed on a $50M funding agreement. The funding comes from Acacia Research. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2018

Greycroft Ventures , which has a big presence in Los Angeles, has backed Silicon Valley-based BlueCart , a developer of machine learning software and other tools for the hospitality industry, to the tune of $5M. BlueCart said this week that it raised $5M in its Series B-1 funding, bringing its total raised to $22M.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance has been acquired by BlackBerry , in a deal worth $1.4 Cylance, develops artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity software, which detects and reacts to cybersecurity threats. billion in cash, BlackBerry announced this morning. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based Retina, a startup that is using artificial intelligence for predicting customer lifetime value, said on Tuesday tht it has raised $8M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Alpha Intelligence Capital and Vertical Venture Partners. Retina is led by co-founder and CEO Emad Hasan.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Westlake Village-based Eta Compute , a developer of technology for energy efficient artificial intelligence processing, has raised $12.5M The company's lead product is the TENSAI AI software platform, which it says is aimed at use in AI applications for the smart home and consumer Internet-of-Things markets.

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Xconomy

JULY 17, 2018

So says retail giant Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) as it announced this morning a five-year partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) to use machine learning and other technologies, deepening an existing partnership between two of Amazon’s biggest rivals.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based GumGum Sports , which develops artificial intelligence powered software which helps sports team measure advertising being presented in sports coverage of their teams, has rolled out a new analytics module it says streamlines sponsorship analysis and reporting.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence developer Boundless Mind , which is uses AI to personalize the interaction of users on apps, has been acquired by New York-based Thrive Global , a startup founded by Arianna Huffington focused on behavior change. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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MAY 18, 2020

TRASH , a startup that was part of Venice-based Snap 's Yellow accelerator program, has rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) video creation platform. According to TRASH, its new AI software makes it easy to create and share videos from your phone, using the AI to automatically edit those videos.

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MARCH 24, 2020

Santa Monica-based Aparavi , which develops data automation software and services, says it is opening up its platform for an early access release. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Logically.ai , a startup which recently set up an office in Los Angeles, says it is developing artificial intelligence which it claims can help fact check statements and news, says it will apply its AI application to fact check the U.S. Presidential debates. READ MORE>>.

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