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AI leaders have a crucial chance to address risks now and strengthen governance practices before playing catch-up to regulations, notes Kjell Carlsson, Ph.D. of Domino Data Lab. In a recent VentureBeat article, he shares his perspective on California's AI bill veto and why proactive governance is key to the future of AI innovation. Learn more about this addressing this opportunity: https://gag.gl/4WCTkP #AI #AIGovernance #AIInnovation #DataScience

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Looking forward to discussing how changing demographics and culture norms are affecting investment opportunities in longevity, health and well-being at The Care Summit today Alongside Cake Ventures' Monique Woodard, Ziegler's Dan Hermann, Oak HC/FT's Billy Deitch and JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Jennifer Edwards, we’ll dive into the trends shaping how we are investing in the space: - Last year marked one of the most significant social and economic moments in modern times: The number of older adults—those aged 50 and over- surpassed the number of children under the age of 15 for the first time. - In 2020 the 50 plus population contributed $45 trillion to global GDP, or 34% of the total. That equates to about 3x the revenue of the world’s 100 highest- earning companies in 2020. - The U.S. population grew by 24.5 million from 2010 to 2022, and Hispanics accounted for 53% of this increase – a greater share than any other racial or ethnic group. - Women around the world and across all ages drive 64% of consumer spending

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My post RAPID + TCT reflections #2 Amidst existential challenges, the #AM industry is also poised to play a pivotal role of onshoring and defense at this critical juncture! 🚀 Recently, I had the good fortune to host our defense partner John B., CEO of KVG at our headquarters in Ventura California. We toured our manufacturing facility (where all of our systems are assembled) and discussed many topics including the recent DoD Appropriations Act, 2025 centered on funding for additive manufacturing and onshoring to bolster national security, strengthen supply chains, and drive down digital manufacturing advancements. The action plan for standing up defense-critical supply chains is afoot and shaping the future landscape by emphasizing resilience in developing vital manufacturing infrastructure including castings, machining and forging. At Nexa3D we are proud to partner with KVG to support this call to action for defense and onshoring. Together, we are committed to strengthening supply chains, and advancing #digitalmanufacturing capabilities to safeguard our nation's future. With a growing footprint in defense logistics and digital manufacturing, the possibilities are endless as we already GM our efforts towards this common goal! 💪🔬🛠️ #AdditiveManufacturing #DefenseInnovation #OnshoringStrategy #Nexa3D #KVG #ManufacturingTransformation #NationalSecurity #SupplyChainResilience #InnovationLeadership #madeinamerica #jobcreation Image courtesy of KVG 👇

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Great article on how San Francisco is leaning in and leveraging its vast wealth of innovative thinkers, tech intensity, and vast learning and funding resources. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce is doing an amazing job embracing the next wave! Rodney Fong Anita LW Huang Katy Brown #Microsoft #AzureAI #Startups #AI

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Are you ready for TechCon SoCal? Shayne Skaff, CEO and co-founder of Blooma CRE, is joining the lineup to share what he's learned about innovation as an investor in emerging technologies over the years. Catch his talk to find out why he's so hot on #Blooma and how we're changing #CRE #lending by automating CRE portfolio monitoring and loan origination. Join us for an enlightening discussion on innovation and entrepreneurship! #TechconSoCal2024 #InnovationSummit #BloomaInnovates

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🌿 The Benefits of Air Quality Monitoring in Bay Area Office Buildings! 🌿 In our latest exploration of the Bay Area's commitment to healthier workspaces, we uncover the critical role of air quality data collection in enhancing office environments. 🌬️ Takeaway 1: Boost Occupant Health and Cognitive Function Regularly monitoring air quality parameters like CO2 levels, ventilation rates, and pollutant presence (e.g., formaldehyde) can significantly improve occupant well-being and cognitive abilities. Future outcome: Implement continuous air quality monitoring systems in your buildings to identify and mitigate health risks, ensuring a healthier workspace. 🔋 Takeaway 2: Enhance Energy Efficiency Effective ventilation and HVAC system optimization, driven by precise air quality data, not only caters to occupant comfort but also leads to substantial energy savings. Future outcome: Use data-driven insights to fine-tune your HVAC operations, reducing energy consumption while maintaining optimal air quality. 🌱 Takeaway 3: Support Green Building Standards Collecting and analyzing air quality data supports compliance with green building standards and certifications, promoting sustainability. Future outcome: Leverage air quality data to ensure your buildings meet or exceed environmental standards, enhancing their marketability and tenant satisfaction. By prioritizing air quality, Bay Area office buildings can create healthier, more productive, and energy-efficient environments. Dive deeper into how these strategies are reshaping our workplaces! #AirQuality #HealthyWorkplace #Sustainability #BayAreaBusiness #GreenBuildings #EnergyEfficiency

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With 5 days to go to the largest gathering of investors, innovators, and entrepreneurs in Southern California, our next speaker at TechCon SoCal is Andy White from Keshif Ventures, LLC, focusing on the theme of Investment. Andy White's current role at Keshif Ventures involves driving startup operations with a focus on data science-centric companies in San Diego. As a venture capitalist and angel investor, he leverages his extensive experience to support the growth and development of early-stage companies. Andy's keen insight into the data science domain positions him as a pivotal figure in fostering innovation and guiding startups toward success. Reflecting on his past, Andy White has been a foundational force in the startup ecosystem. As an early investor in notable platforms like AngelList, 500 Startups, and Buffer, and a founding partner in the VegasTechFund under the Downtown Project, he has a rich history of identifying and nurturing potential. With over 250 early-stage investments to his name, Andy's track record showcases his commitment to empowering entrepreneurs and driving technological advancements. Don't miss Andy White's expert insights on investment at TechCon SoCal! OPEN Silicon Valley TIE San Diego Interlock Capital Orange County OC Startup Council The Brink SBDC EvoNexus UC San Diego SDSU College of Sciences Pismo Ventures Cross Ocean Ventures Startup Steroid - Deal Flow | SPVs | Demo Day Platform Alliance for Southern California Innovation Spark Growth Ventures SoCal Startup Day Reflect Ventures Wharton Alumni Angels NuFund Venture Group Flok Labx Ventures Mercury Pankaj Kedia Serhat Pala Neal Bloom David Saxton Cheryl K Goodman Ellen M. Chang Niraj Desai Akash Pai Sufyan Subzwari Jonah Peake 🐺 Ella Napata Stephen Silver Fred Grier Scott Fox 🦊 Atlás Blake Eric Eide #TechconSoCal2024 #IndustryExperts #TechConference #InnovationSummit #TechTalks #startupsteroid #innovations #technologynews #networking #artificialintelligence #digitalhealth #robotics #startups #AngelInvestors #vc #SandDiegoStartup #founders #consumertech

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California faces a budget deficit of approximately $45 billion. Newsom proposed more than $170 million in reductions to two CalWORKs programs: one that provides home visiting services to pregnant women, caretakers and parents and another that offers mental health and substance abuse services. Newsom proposed major cuts to the state’s homelessness programs, including a one-time $260 million cut from the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program — supplemental funds that were set to be released to cities and counties this year and next year. Hundreds of millions in reductions to homelessness programs. A pause in billions for subsidized child care. A $510 million reduction to the Middle Class Scholarship program. And $300 million in annual reductions to public health funding. Those are just a handful of the proposed budget cuts across 260 state programs in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest $288 billion budget proposal Hundreds of thousands of people who have experienced domestic and sexual violence, child abuse, human trafficking and other crimes in California are at risk of losing out on vital services due to a projected 44.7% loss in federal Victims of Crimes Act (VOCA) funding to the state. Adding onto a cut of roughly $500 million from a K-12 program to help districts pay for building projects as well as the delay of $550 million from a similar program for preschool, transitional kindergarten and full-day kindergarten projects, Newsom proposed revising downward the method for calculating educational funding under Proposition 98, which “sets aside a minimum amount of funding for schools and community colleges,” according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The OC Health Care Agency will also be affected by fewer state dollars — Newsom proposed eliminating $52.5 million this year and slashing $300 million annually in state and local public health funding. https://lnkd.in/dvbC74k2

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Excellent advice from Kjell Carlsson if you want a quick takeaway from the article below: “ Enterprise leaders should seize this opportunity to proactively address AI risks and protect their AI initiatives now. Rather than wait for regulation to dictate safety measures, organizations should enact robust AI governance practices across the entire AI lifecycle: establishing controls over access to data, infrastructure and models, rigorous model testing and validation, and ensuring output auditability and reproducibility."

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What a night at the Alliance for Southern California Innovation's Venture Pipeline Alumni event! 🎉 Adam Hansmann's insights on building subscription-based content companies were especially sharp 🔪. Key takeaways: +  📱 Apple's ecosystem offers new opportunities for how content and AI-driven solutions can deliver. + 🌐 Reddit's success marks new opportunities for how community-driven content can grow successfully. +  📰 The NYTimes vs OpenAI lawsuit could reshape journalism and local news coverage. +  💡Subscription fatigue is real, but so is the smart, selective spending trend on tools that help us avoid being a product of the attention economy. +  📈 Even small subscriber gains matter when consistent & building from scratch. + 🧩 Smart, engaging content draws like Wordle can drive wider subscription funnels. Looking forward to sharing how this relates to our journey at Volascope Labs soon! Thanks for including Volascope Labs in such a great event Nima Ashraf, Eric Eide, and Andy Wilson! And facilitating such a great conversation Mark diTargiani 👏 . #Innovation #ContentCreation #SubscriptionModel #Journalism #StartupJourney #VolascopeLabs

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𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐈-𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 During a Seattle AI Week panel discussion led by Boaz Ashkenazy, CEO of Simply Augmented and host of the Shift AI Podcast, State Sen. Joe Nguyen, who spearheaded the financing, discussed the plan. Read More: https://bityl.co/QYzD #seattle #ai #AIbased #incubator #startup #startupnews #startupfunding #news #NewsUpdate #businessnews #ciolook

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Ascend just released this new interview about why I love investing in Seattle/Pacific Northwest (PNW) startups at Ubiquity Ventures. Ascend is the most active pre-seed investor in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle, Portland, and more) and is run by Kirby Winfield. Thanks to Ascend's Nate Bek for the interview! Check it out the full interview: https://lnkd.in/giU2Wy3V A few snippets of what I said: ⭐️ On investing in Seattle (vs the Bay Area) "Companies like Auth0, Esper, Remitly, and others have demonstrated that they can start, grow, and thrive in Seattle. This is thanks to the continuous growth of hometown giants like Amazon and Microsoft, whose employees might outgrow the cultures at those companies." ⭐️ Why I fell in love with VC "First is about following new trends, nerding out on technologies, and getting inspired by new ideas .. resonates with the nerd engineer and the 5-year-old in me that used to love reading about new technologies ... [Next is] the innards of how companies are run, being in those pivotal meetings and discussions that change the direction of a company. These hard conversations about pivots, understanding metrics, and trying to separate the storytelling around startups from internal operations. That was the meat of building an exciting startup, which is quite different from just nerding out on cool new technologies. " And thank you to all the Pacific Northwest startups I've been privileged to invest in and work with: Eugenio P. and Jon Gelsey at Auth0 by Okta, Yadhu Gopalan at Esper, Fredrik Rydén at Olis Robotics, Claire Watts at ThruWave Inc., Adam Schoenfeld & Aviel Ginzburg at Simply Measured, Milkana Brace at Jargon, Yuriy Bulygin & Alex Bazhaniuk at Eclypsium, Inc. #seattle #seattletech #pacificnorthwest #pnwtech #portland

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James Lund shares insights on AI trends for businesses here in Portland. Thanks to Candace Beeke at the Portland Business Journal for the great conversation! Listen to the conversation here: https://lnkd.in/gY_VpqmC #AIrecruiting #automation #generativeAI #technologynews #PortlandTech #SiliconForest #TechLeadership #PortlandBusinessJournal

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Want to learn about local startups and VOTE for your favorite to win $$$? Come check out our Demo Day event where startups from our accelerator program's 6th cohort will compete for funding from VCs!

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I recently had the honor to attend a women in venture dinner and speak about enterprise SaaS at the GFX event in Sacramento. It was fun to connect with so many powerhouses in venture within the Sacramento ecosystem. The energy there is contagious. The Greater Sacramento region is a growing hub for quality deal flow. Innovative companies are being built there that you need to know and here are some of the leaders who can help you find them! 💡 Special shoutout to: Monique Brown Nikki Sims - Growth Factory Alyssa Anglin McCarthy Capital Areana Flores Amanda Sanders Anne Descalzo Aury Cifuentes - How Women Invest Brooke B. Moneta Ventures Cheryl Beninga Emilie Mazzacurati @Jeni Chang - Founder Institute & Brass Tacks Fengru L. @Francesca D’Cruz - Fall Line Capital Hillary Talbot Keeva Coe Letitia Kouchekey (Heshmat) - Work Health Solutions Lynda Grindstaff Mariane Bekker - Progressive Ventures Micki Seibel - Farmhand Ventures Pam Kaur - BankTech Ventures Rachel Stern - Govtech Ventures Sara Ledterman SC Moatti Mighty Capital @Shannon - Green Light Equity Partners @Stacey King - California Innovation Fund Vittoria Lecomte HawkTower, VC for California's future The Sacramento ecosystem is definitely a place to discover deal flow. If you’re looking for quality ventures, don’t overlook what’s happening there! 🌱 #SacramentoStartups #VentureCapital #Innovation #DealFlow #WomenInVC #GreaterSacramento #GFX

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🌟 Upcoming Webinar Alert for #CaliforniaCommunityColleges! 🌟 Are you ready for the new #VisionAlignedReporting (VAR) requirements? This new framework goes beyond traditional MIS reporting, creating new opportunities—and challenges—for select programs. We're here to help guide you through it! Join us (HIGHER DIGITAL Inc.) tomorrow/Tuesday (October 29, 2024) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (PT); 4:00-5:00 pm (ET) for an in-depth #webinar tailored to help California Community Colleges adapt to these upcoming changes. Join former California CIOs Joseph Moreau and Fred Rocha, along with Brian Carroll, MBA, formerly with Southern New Hampshire University and now a HIGHER DIGITAL Inc. Senior Consultant - Enterprise Architecture and Integrations Design, will share essential insights on timelines, new data requirements, and #successful strategies for ensuring compliance. In 45 mintues, you'll learn about: 🔹 Key differences between VAR and MIS reporting 🔹 Essential steps to ensure smooth VAR implementation 🔹 Resources and support for streamlined compliance Don’t miss this opportunity to prepare and position your institution for success! Register now to secure your spot and connect with experts ready to support your journey: https://lnkd.in/ecX4bxug Foundation for California Community Colleges #HigherEducation #CaliforniaCommunityColleges #VisionAlignedReporting #Compliance #HigherDigital #EdTech #Webinar #Collegebuys

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Dear Friends, Join hosts, Yuri G. Rabinovich and Niko Leon with this week’s special guest Diane Fraiman, a trailblazer in the Pacific Northwest's technology ecosystem, bringing over 35 years of industry expertise. Diane shares valuable perspectives on the key success factors for early-stage companies, the vital role of strong leadership, and the evolving landscape of venture capital. Want to deepen your investing knowledge? Subscribe to the VNTR Capital Podcast and check out the full episode. Links in the comment section below! 🎧 Let us know your thoughts on Diane’s insights in the comments below!

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