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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Report: Sonos Plans Own Voice Assistant <#0082468> - Cameo Cuts 25 Percent Of Staff <#0082467> - URB-E Rolls Out Zero Emissions Last Mile Delivery In Santa Monica <#0082466> - DISQO Acquires Feedback Loop <#0082464> - Performio Names CRO, CTO <#0082465> *Marketplace* - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Listen to Tech vs. Media from Richard Wolpert <#ad781> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> *Thursday, May 5, 2022* *Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <http://www.preccelerator.com>* The Preccelerator® Program is an accelerator for early-stage startups offered to select companies out of the Santa Monica office of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP that provides initial capital, sophisticated legal services, interim office space, mentorship, a targeted curriculum, investment strategy counseling and access to a strategic perks portfolio with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup. www.preccelerator.com *Report: Sonos Plans Own Voice Assistant* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082468.html> Goleta-based whole home audio systems developer *Sonos <https://www.sonos.com>* is planning on rolling out its own voice assistant, according to a report <https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/4/23056149/sonos-voice-assistant-features-release-date>. The new feature apparently will let customers use their voice to tell its systems to play music, much like they can currently with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The new feature is reportedly known as "Sonos Voice".( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082468.html>) *Cameo Cuts 25 Percent Of Staff* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082467.html> Cameo, the celebrity personalized video startup with an office in Los Angeles--and many local, celebrities--has cut 25 percent of its workforce, the company's CEO said on Twitter. The company laid off 87 people from the company, but did not say how many were in the company's Los Angeles location versus its Chicago headquarters. Cameo is backed by Google Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Kleiner Perkins. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082467.html>) *URB-E Rolls Out Zero Emissions Last Mile Delivery In Santa Monica* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082466.html> Los Angeles-based clean transportation and delivery startup URB-E is rolling out a pilot of its technology in Santa Monica, to provide last mile, zero-emissions delivery services across the city, the company announced this morning. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082466.html>) *DISQO Acquires Feedback Loop* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082464.html> Los Angeles-based DISQO said it has acquired Feedback Loop, which develops software for collecting customer feedback for product and marketing professionals. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to DISQO, the acquisition will add approximately 50 new team members to the company, bringing its total headcount to more than 500 people. Rob Holland, CEO of Feedback Loop and former GVP of Oracle Data Cloud, has been named EVP, General Manager of Feedback Loop at DISQO. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082464.html>) *Performio Names CRO, CTO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082465.html> Irvine-based sales commission software developer *Performio <https://www.performio.co>* has named Neil Graham as its new Chief Revenue Officer, and Dmitri Korablev as its new Chief Technology Officer, the company said this week. Graham previously served at Salesforce.com, Tealium, PayIt, and Jive, and also has served at Oracle. 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