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28/09/2023

UCSB New Venture Competition awards $14K to battery material maker | Pacific Coast Business Times

Co-founders Kira Wyckoff, left, and Linus Kautzsch, right, along with NVC Finals sponsor rep. Ram Seshardi of UCSB Materials Research Laboratory. (courtesy photo) By Holly Rusch Special to the Business Times LEETA, a startup focused on the manufacturing process for battery cathode materials, won the...

27/09/2023

NVC winners aim to charge up the battery manufacturing industry | Pacific Coast Business Times

By Holly Rusch Special to the Business Times Team LEETA, the winners of this year’s UC Santa Barbara new venture technology competition, has big plans for the future of their conceived startup. The new venture technology competition offers UCSB students an in-depth development opportunity to creat...

26/09/2023

Inogen co-founder lands CEO job at Next Energy | Pacific Coast Business Times

Corey Hoven, the chief technology officer of Next Energy Technologies, at left, with Brenton Taylor, the company’s newest CEO. (Eric Isaacs photo) Brenton Taylor, a co-founder and former executive at Goleta-based Inogen, will be taking over as the new CEO of Next Energy Technologies effective imme...

08/09/2023

No baggage left behind: Avi AI helps cut down on luggage loss in aviation | Pacific Coast Business Times https://buff.ly/3rdnkkm

Generate stunning Images using Avi Art powered by DALLE2, High Quality Text Generation using GPT-3, Reduce costs & time by 90%, Scale your Digital Marketing Strategy, Marketing Automation. Intelligent(AI) Content Generators built with GPT-3, Social Media Marketing Automation. Vetted, approved and in...

07/09/2023

Transphorm unfazed by China’s new import rules | Pacific Coast Business Times

State Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, secured $5 million in state funding to launch the Ventura County Digital Upskilling pilot program. (courtesy photo) Solid digital skills are essential in today’s job market. Toward that end, a free pilot program has launched in Ventura County to t...

01/09/2023

Region ups jobs seekers’ digital skills | Pacific Coast Business Times

State Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, secured $5 million in state funding to launch the Ventura County Digital Upskilling pilot program. (courtesy photo) Solid digital skills are essential in today’s job market. Toward that end, a free pilot program has launched in Ventura County to t...

30/08/2023

UCSB leads the charge on AI cybersecurity. Read more in Pacific Coast Business Times:

Four UC Santa Barbara AI researchers are part of a new multi-university project to develop AI solutions to protect the nation's infrastructure from cyber-attacks. Pictured at the UCSB campus are (left to right) project head Giovanni Vigna, João Hespanha, Christopher Kruegel and Ambuj Singh. (courte...

28/08/2023

Santa Barbara IT company purchases Ventura firm

Santa Barbara-based CIO Solutions acquired Ventura County-based Compass Consulting in a deal that closed last week. CIO Solutions specializes in IT management and technology consulting for businesses and the acquisition of Compass Consulting will allow CIO Solutions to expand the reach of its servic...

25/08/2023

Santa Barbara life sciences company purchased in $600M acquisition

Pennsylvania-based Teleflex is purchasing Palette Life Sciences, a Stockholm-headquartered company with one of its two American offices in Santa Barbara, in order to improve its treatment options. Privately-held Palette specializes in medical products in urology, urogynecology, colorectal conditions...

17/08/2023

Mercado: Region’s AI scene highlights diversity among tech companies

A lot of the focus on the technology scene along the Central Coast this year has been on biotechnology — and rightfully so given the sprawl we are seeing pop up in the Conejo Valley. But something that isn’t quite so obvious on the surface is the amount of artificial intelligence you could find ...

16/08/2023

AI companies in the tri-county region see sizeable backing

Igor Mezić, the co-founder and chief technical officer of MixMode, at the company’s Santa Barbara office. The AI company raised $45 million in 2022. (courtesy photo) Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and the Central Coast is not sitting idly by amidst the momentum that the industry has g*i...

15/08/2023

Palette Life Sciences Enters Into Definitive Agreement with Teleflex Incorporated https://buff.ly/44aOUw7"

Acquisition will accelerate global commercial expansion of the company’s product portfolio, including Barrigel® SANTA BARBARA, Calif. and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palette Life Sciences, a fully-integrated global life sciences company dedicated to improving patient outc...

08/08/2023

Palette Life Sciences Enters Into Definitive Agreement with Teleflex Incorporated

Acquisition will accelerate global commercial expansion of the company’s product portfolio, including Barrigel® SANTA BARBARA, Calif. and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palette Life Sciences, a fully-integrated global life sciences company dedicated to improving patient outc...

01/08/2023

Santa Barbara-based Invoca has adopted new, generative AI features to its products.

Santa Barbara-based Invoca says that the company has adopted new, generative AI (artificial intelligence) features to its products. According to the company, it is using a combination of generative AI, larg

31/07/2023

Umbra is a Silicon Valley outsider - they prefer it that way

Satellite imagery company Umbra's story can be summed up as a marriage of technological innovation and unit economics.

28/07/2023

Transphorm Wins 15 Million Contract from the National Security Technology Accelerator

27/07/2023

Teleflex to Acquire Palette Life Science

GlobeNewswire Teleflex to Acquire Palette Life Sciences Provided by GlobeNewswire Jul 26, 2023 10:30 AM UTC WAYNE, Pa., July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE:TFX), a leading global provider of medical technologies, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to...

26/07/2023

Genelux Corporation Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering:

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genelux Corporation (“Genelux” or “the Company”), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company...

20/07/2023

Payment and commerce technology company Fortis, has expanded its solutions into Canada. The company has also acquired SmartPay and introduced enhanced funding and settlement capabilities to meet the needs of marketplaces and software platforms.

19/07/2023

Santa Barbara Axxess, a discount book and fundraising platform, has been acquired by local tech startup Twism. The acquisition aims to offer affordable marketing options to smaller businesses, replacing traditional methods with a virtual coins-based loyalty system integrated into the Twism mobile app.

By the edhat staff Santa Barbara's longstanding discount book Axxess and fundraising platforms has now joined forces with a local tech startup. Santa Barbara Axxess has been acquired by Twism, a Santa Barbara-based cloud-based loyalty management solutions provider for customers. This new online plat...

18/07/2023

Wireless telecommunications provider Cox Business is g*ining traction in Santa Barbara with its reliable connection and affordable plans.📱 Read more here:

Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech and Hilliard Sumner from Cox Business during their fireside chat.   The first time Hilliard Sumner…

08/06/2023

Building a stronger community: Cox Charities donates $10,000 to Santa Barbara nonprofits, fueling STEM education, environmental preservation, and veterans' welfare. To learn more about Cox Charities, visit
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06/06/2023

The Station is back! Catch up on the latest in transportation news. Tesla 's annual shareholder meeting brought some interesting updates, including JB Straubel's return as a board member. We also learned about delays in the next-gen Roadster, upcoming EV products, and Elon Musk's decision to dabble in advertising. Read more:

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B.

05/06/2023

German startup Patient21 raises €100M ($108M) in Series C funding led by Pitango VC platform combines digital healthcare with physical clinics, focusing on dentistry. The emphasis on in-person consultations ensures high-quality care. Read more:

Patient21, a four-year-old German startup that combines a digital healthcare platform with brick-and-mortar clinics, has raised €100 million.

02/06/2023

Indian fintech startup PhonePe secures an additional $100M investment from General Atlantic, bringing the total raised in their ongoing financing round to $850M. With a valuation of $12B, PhonePe leads in UPI transactions and aims to process $1T annually. Read more:

The new investment from General Atlantic takes PhonePe's total fundraise as part of the ongoing funding to $850 million.

01/06/2023

Indian IoT startup, Infinite Uptime, secures $18.85M funding led by Tiger Global. Their predictive maintenance solutions improve equipment reliability using real-time monitoring and data analytics. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3BY5UtN

31/05/2023

Bumble acquires Official, an app for strengthening couples' relationships. The move expands Bumble's relationship-focused ecosystem. Official remains standalone with potential collaboration. Bumble leverages AI to enhance efficiency and predict good connections. Addressing the loneliness crisis, Bumble aims for meaningful real-life connections. Learn more:

Bumble has acquired relationship-focused app Official as part of its broader strategy of strengthening what it would consider the ecosystem of love.

30/05/2023

Fighting a parking ticket with AI? It worked! I used Chat-GPT to contest a crosswalk violation. In seconds, it provided a brilliant response and drafted a persuasive letter to the judge. After submitting it with some personal touches and evidence, I received a "NOT GUILTY" verdict! Read more:

I asked ChatGPT to contest my parking ticket. It answered with a perfectly formatted letter to a judge that methodically laid out the relevant statutes.

29/05/2023

We remember and honor those who have lost their lives in military service.

29/05/2023

EyeWris took Shark Tank by storm with fashionable reading glasses on your wrist. Say goodbye to digging for readers! Scroll down to catch a glimpse behind the scenes of our journey.

Shark Tank Finale LIVE Updates: EyeWris Reading Glasses g*in popularity after show, The finale of Shark Tank left both audience and investors to bank