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Weekly Round Up: LA's Black and Latino Founders to Follow
Weekly Round Up: LA's Black and Latino Founders to Follow
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This week: Songtradr acquired MassiveMusic. Venice-based Trueface was acquired by Pangiam. L.A. startups Red 6, e-gree and Ready, Set, Food! raised funding.
Founders of color are leading the new wave of L.A. tech startups. Who stands out? We asked the region's top VCs to weigh in. The list includes a young CEO who grew up without internet access who's now building an esports empire as well as a music industry veteran using artificial intelligence to predict what songs will become breakout hits.
Legendary musician Quincy Jones has embraced an environmentally friendly non-fungible token (NFT) platform geared toward musicians and their fans. So far, it's raised $63 million.
Your face could soon serve as your passport, boarding pass and health check. Airport security provider Pangiam acquired Santa Monica-based Trueface and their facial recognition tech, as more airports embrace biometrics to screen passengers.
Would allowing third-party parental monitoring apps on Snapchat make for fewer instances of drug sales and cyberbullying? Parents who've lost loved ones to such incidents protested outside the app's headquarters Friday, calling for new solutions.
A recent report from Mozilla finds TikTok has been allowing users to post sponsored political content funded by PACs, despite claims that it bans political ads from its platform.
Is your employer planning to resume in-office work? We talked to L.A. startups and tech giants about their remote work policies and whether and how they're preparing to bring back workers safely:
Fanimal's co-founders pitched their new live-events company to investors in the middle of a pandemic, promising that it would have a leg up on rivals hampered by lockdowns. As live events return, it's now showtime for the startup.