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Nervana Raises $600K For Artificial Intelligence Hardware

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San Diego-based Nervana Systems , a startup developing hardware specifically aimed at artificial intelligence software, has raised $600,000 in a funding round. The company--led by Naveen Rao--says it is developing computer hardware specifically for "deep learning". Aditya Agrawal, Ruchi Sanghvi, and SV Angels.

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

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New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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LA, and Southern California's Surge In Venture Capital Funds

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Managing Director: Arjan Schutte, Kathleen Utecht Investment interests: Fintech startups. Okapi Ventures. Fika Ventures. Fika Ventures. Managing Director: Ryan Blair Investment interests: Companies which leverage direct-to-consumer model. Fund size: $40M. HashTagOne. hashtagone.com. Fund size: $20M. www.amplify.la.

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Qulab Applies Artificial Intelligence To Drug Design

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Los Angeles-based Qulab , a biopharmaceuticals startup developing artifical intelligence software aimed at small molecule drug design, said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, Quleap. He also attended USC's Viterbi School of Engineering as a Ph.D.

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Halla Finds $1.4M For Online Grocery Personalization

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A brand new, Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence startup, Halla , announced on Wednesday that it has raised $1.4M According to Halla, the funding was led by E&A Venture Capital, an early stage food industry investor, and also included SOSV. The company said it has now raised a total of $1.9M

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Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups

TechCrunch LA

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a newsletter published every Saturday that dives into the week’s most noteworthy venture deals, fundraises, M&A transactions and trends. Let’s take a quick moment to catch up. Haus, like any good consumer startup in 2019, is shipped directly to your door.

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What’s the Business Model for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare?

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These are heady times for using artificial intelligence to extract insights from healthcare data—in particular, from the tidal wave of information coming out of fields like genomics and medical imaging. How can startups make money in this emerging field? This story is part of an ongoing Xconomy series on A.I.