Tag: Artificial intelligence
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Conversational AI Startup mPulse Mobile Expands As Health Care Embraces Chatbots
mPulse Mobile, a Encino-based startup that provides conversational AI for health care companies, has acquired health care communications platform HealthCrowd and received a majority investment from private equity firm PSG, it announced Monday.Financia…
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Meet the LA Startup Houses Building Companies Through Co-Living and Creative Energy
Taking their lead from social media entrepreneurs who are creating content from mansions, a new breed of startup incubators and collectives are cropping up across Los Angeles. Their programs were built largely by young entrepreneurs trying to bridge t…
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As Gun Violence Soars, Pasadena Experiments with AI to Locate Shots
With gun violence surging in Pasadena, the city has sought help in a controversial technology that some residents fear will infringe on their privacy.Pasadena saw an 85% increase in gun violence in 2020 over the year prior, according to data released …
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Within Health Self-Funds to Launch App that Tackles Eating Disorders
Growing up in a South Asian household that had rules around food and eating, Abhilash Patel developed an eating disorder.Patel never fit the typical profile for someone who has one — most people of color and men don’t. But after years of working on a …
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Thankful Raises $12 Million To Help Businesses Boost Their Customer Service Experience
Ted Mico created an automated customer service platform that works with companies like Crate & Barrel and subscription box service FabFitFun because he hated chat bots.His three-year old company Thankful was born after his own experience waiting two w…
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Snafu Records Raises $6 Million to Replace Record Executives with AI
Social media has made it easier for musicians and producers to get discovered, but they still have to impress the industry’s gatekeepers to make it big — and those executives are typically white men swayed by their own biases, whether they intend it …
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Influencer Marketing Startup CreatorIQ Raises $40 Million to Make Analytics More Accurate
As TikTok and YouTubers become the go-to brand spokespeople, companies are looking to use data to figure out which influencers are worth their money and how to best convert their fans to consumers. CreatorIQ, which raised on Tuesday $40 million to bui…
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Ferret Wants To Be a ‘Knight in Shining Armor’ for Investors. Will Ethical Concerns Stand in Its Way?
The way tech veteran and entrepreneur Rob Loughan explains it, he isn’t in it for the money. Loughan, best known for founding Octane Software, which sold for $3.2 billion in 2001, wants to change how investors assess their personal and professional ne…
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LA Is Emerging As an ‘Early Adopter’ of Artificial Intelligence, Brookings Finds
Artificial intelligence isn’t only used to develop robots that flip hamburgers or lift boxes in a warehouse; it has permeated our daily lives. Netflix’s algorithms predict what movies or TV shows we want to watch. Instagram serves up ads based on AI. …
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Venture Cash Is Pouring Into AI that Can Diagnose Diseases. Doctors Aren’t Sure They Can Trust It.
Medical imaging AI, which can help diagnose health problems doctors don’t alway see, is only getting more sophisticated—and more lucrative. Just last month, Tel-Aviv-based Aidoc raised $65 million for it’s AI-powered medical imaging platform and oth…