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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Ocean Life Network Launches New Content Network <#0083611> - TeachMe.To Debuts Marketplace To Connect Coaches, Athletes <#0083612> - Shield AI Shows Off AI Pilots On Military Drones <#0083610> - Headspace Wins Utah Health Plan Provider <#0083609> - SEC Charges Los Angeles Company Over NFTs <#0083608> - yeedi Launches New Cleaning Robot <#0083607> - SOCi Rolls Out AI Software <#0083606> - EROAD Moves North American HQ To San Diego <#0083605> - Newegg Harnesses Warehouse Robots <#0083604> - DivX Signs Patent Deal With VIZIO <#0083603> *Marketplace* - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad796> *Friday, September 1, 2023* *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 *Ocean Life Network Launches New Content Network* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083611.html> Westlake Village-based Ocean Life Network, a new startup headed by repeat entrepreneur and investor Richard Wolpert, announced this morning that it is launching a new "FAST TV" content network focused on ocean content. According to Ocean Life Network, the TV network has content deals with 25 creators, and will launch in October with 20 shows and thousands of hours of exclusive content. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083611.html>) *TeachMe.To Debuts Marketplace To Connect Coaches, Athletes* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083612.html> A new startup, San Diego-based *TeachMe.To <https://www.teachme.to>*, said this week that it has launched a new online marketplace which connects beginner athletes with local coaches. According to the company, led by CEo Nick O'Brien, it has created a marketplace to help beginners find and book local lessons with "the closest, most affordable and friendliest coaches." The marketplace currently offers lessons in golf, pickleball, tennis and surfing(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083612.html>) *Shield AI Shows Off AI Pilots On Military Drones* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083610.html> San Diego-based Shield AI, which is developing artificial intelligence piloting software, says it has demonstrated AI-piloted, autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as part of a US Air Force AFWERX demonstration. According to the company, it demonstrated its AI software running on three vertical takeoff and landing drones (V-BAT), demonstrating the use of that software to monitor and surveil simulated wildfires. The company's AI pilot is named "Hivemind AI". (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083610.html>) *Headspace Wins Utah Health Plan Provider* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083609.html> Santa Monica-based mental health and meditation app provider Headspace said on Wednesday that it has been selected by Castell, the value-based care subsidiary of Intermountain Health, to provide on-demand, mental health care. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. According to Headspace, the partnership will provide members of select insurance plans in Utah access to Headspace's clinical offerings, including behavioral health coaching and therapy. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083609.html>) *SEC Charges Los Angeles Company Over NFTs* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083608.html> The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has charged Los Angeles media and entertainment company Impact Theory for its unregistered offering of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). According to the SEC, Impact Theory had raised approximately $30M from hundreds of investors in its NFT offering, which it says violated federal securities laws "by offering and selling these crypto asset securities to the public in an unregistered offering that was not otherwise exempt from registration. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083608.html>) *yeedi Launches New Cleaning Robot* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083607.html> Los Angeles-based *yeedi <https://www.yeedi.com>* said today that it has rolled out a new, self-cleaning robot, the yeedi cube. According to the company, its new automated robot can "vacuum, mop, self-empty, self-wash, and self-dry." The company says its new robot has a list price of $699.99.( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083607.html>) *SOCi Rolls Out AI Software* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083606.html> San Diego-based *SOCi <https://www.meetsoci.com>* has rolled out a new, artificial intelligence powered product, which it says helps its customers to "quickly generate personalized, on-brand responses to all engagement types and social networks." The company said the new tool is an extension of its SOCi Social product, and is called Genius Social. Pricing on the product was not announced; the company said it is putting its customers on a "beta waitlist" for the new product.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083606.html>) *EROAD Moves North American HQ To San Diego* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083605.html> San Diego-based fleet performace management and technology provider EROAD says it has relocated its North American headquarters to San Diego, from its former location in Portland, Oregon. EROAD is based in New Zealand. The company says it provides transportation and logistics technology, fleet telematics, video-based safety, and data-driven fleet management for commercial vehicles. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083605.html>) *Newegg Harnesses Warehouse Robots* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083604.html> City of Industry-based online e-commerce company Newegg says it has adopted a new, warehouse robotics system, from a company called Geek+. According to the company, it has deployed autonomous, mobile robots in its Ontario, California warehouse, in order to move mobile shelves to workstations where employees pick and scan products to prepare for shipping to customers. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083604.html>) *DivX Signs Patent Deal With VIZIO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083603.html> San Diego-based DivX, which holds a number of digital video patents, said on Monday that VIZIO has licensed its patent portfolio. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to DivX, the agreement "resolves all patent litigation matters between the parties, including the pending U.S. International Trade Commission investigation against VIZIO." DivX -- pivoted a number of years ago from running a video sharing site to patent licensing. 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