Software, Hardware by Apium Controls Submarine, Aircraft Swarms
Swarms of drones might be the stuff of nightmares, but for Tyler MacCready they’re a dream. His Glendale-based Apium is working on software and hardware to direct a flock of autonomous vehicles, such...
View ArticleUpfront Ventures’ Mark Suster Quickly Bought in to L.A.’s Future as a Tech...
STATS | NAME: Mark Suster AGE: 48 HOMETOWN: Philadelphia COMPANY: Upfront Ventures TITLE: Managing Partner As a managing partner at Santa Monica’s tech-focused Upfront Ventures, Mark Suster is...
View ArticleCan Robots Help Humans Get in Gear?
Robots don’t have feelings, but they might be able to help with yours. That’s the thesis of Pasadena’s Embodied Inc., a startup co-founded by USC computer science professor Maja Matarić, which is...
View ArticleSpaceX Settles Overtime Pay Class Action for $4 Million
SpaceX settled an overtime pay class action with 4,100 workers on Wednesday for $4 million. Plaintiffs alleged supervisors at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. of Hawthorne set schedules for their...
View ArticleFirms Look to Connect With Augmented Reality
L.A.’s virtual reality startups snag most of the headlines, but many in the local tech industry have turned their attention toward augmented reality, reflecting a national trend of increased...
View ArticleTunnel Skepticism Runs Deep
The average earth tunneling machine is slower than a snail. That irks Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of Space Exploration Technologies Inc., known as SpaceX, and Tesla Motor Co., who sees the...
View ArticleElon Musk Drills In on Report in Business Journal
Boring Co. founder Elon Musk acknowledged last week that his company would likely struggle to gain government approval for a tunnel extending from Los Angeles International Airport to Sherman Oaks,...
View ArticleVR Playhouse Launches Virtual Reality Training Program
Glassell Park-based boutique studio VR Playhouse has launched an educational program meant to attract students, artists, developers and directors to the virtual reality industry, according to a...
View ArticleHopscotch Signs 40 Collegiate Programs for Sports App
Sports app developer Hopscotch of El Segundo announced on Monday that it signed up more than 40 athletic programs as customers last month. The developer’s app provides breaking sports news, season...
View ArticleCoinstar to Feature Provision Holographs at Kiosks
A holographic advertising display, powered by Chatsworth-based Provision Interactive Technologies Inc., will be available on Coinstar LLC’s coin-counting kiosks in most Giant Eagle supermarkets,...
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