Tag: irvine
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Five Things You Should Know About Rivian’s Massive IPO
Rivian, the electric vehicle maker backed by Amazon and Ford, aims to raise about $8 billion this week in a closely watched IPO. Trading is slated to begin on Wednesday, and shares are currently priced between $72 and $74.With hardly any revenue, big …
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‘The Zoom Effect’ Is Fueling a Wave of Dental Procedures. InBrace is Cashing In.
People are assessing their smile after the pandemic moved meetings online and forced workers to stare at themselves for hours on end as they chat with colleagues.Orthodontists and the American Association of Orthodontics say that’s what’s partially be…
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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…
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Everything You Need to Know About the Activision Blizzard Walkout
Hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees in Irvine and many more remotely walked off the job on Wednesday to protest a misogynistic workplace culture. They carried signs like “Send the Frat Boys Back to School” and “Every Voice Matters.” The move ca…
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Activision Blizzard Employees Set to Walkout on Wednesday
Workers from Activision Blizzard are planning a walkout at Blizzard’s Irvine campus Wednesday morning, according to documents reviewed by dot.LA and confirmed by multiple company employees. A group of several hundred employees crafted the messagin…
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Anduril Industries Is Getting Hundreds of Millions to Build Border Surveillance Tech
Venture capitalists last month sunk nearly half a billion dollars into a Southern California defense technology startup whose surveillance towers track migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. Anduril Industries, the Irvine-based maker of autonomous…
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Robotaxi Company Pony.ai Gets Permits To Test Vehicles In Irvine
Pony.ai, a Chinese company developing driverless “robo-taxi” vehicles, has gained permission from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to test its vehicles on public roads in Irvine, along with Fremont and Milpitas. According to the DMV, t…