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Dec 7, 2023
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Matt Shea, Chief Strategy Officer at MixMode, Joins Forbes Technology Council
Forbes Technology Council Is an Invitation-Only Community for World-Class CIOs, CTOs and Technology Executives. SANTA BARBARA, Calif.,...
Apr 26, 2023


MixMode Appoints Karen Buffo as Chief Marketing Officer
Cybersecurity Industry Veteran Brings More Than 20 Years of Marketing Experience to Support Continued Growth SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April...
Apr 24, 2023

MixMode Selects CrowdStrike as Cybersecurity Partner, Joins CrowdStrike Elevate Partner Program
New integration with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform provides enterprise customers with high-fidelity endpoint telemetry to combat novel...
Apr 20, 2023

AppliedVR Partners with Lovell to Better Serve Government Healthcare Systems
Lovell® will represent AppliedVR as its Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business vendor in the federal space. LOS ANGELES and...
Apr 12, 2023


Construction insurance company Billy raises additional $2.5 million
Construction insurance company Billy announced today the closing of an additional $2.5 million led by Entrada Ventures and MetaProp,...
Apr 5, 2023


MixMode Welcomes John Phillips as VP Federal Sales
Phillips brings two decades of successful federal sales leadership experience SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --...
Apr 5, 2023

Four Inc. Announces Partnership with MixMode to Offer AI Cybersecurity Solutions to Gov. Agencies
HERNDON, Va., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Four Inc., a federal aggregator, has partnered with MixMode, a leading provider of...
Mar 28, 2023

AppliedVR Becomes First VR Provider to Receive HCPCS Level II Code from CMS as Durable Medical Equip
Decision places AppliedVR's flagship product RelieVRx™ in an existing benefit category, providing a critical next step for securing...
Mar 21, 2023

Tower Announces World’s First Heterogeneous Integration of Quantum Dot Lasers on its SiPho Platform
Integrates a GaAs QD laser on Tower’s versatile high-volume SiPho Foundry platform MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel – March 2, 2023 – Tower...
Mar 2, 2023


MixMode Adds to Sales Leadership with Addition of Todd DeBell as VP, Channel
Company's strong 2022 growth leads to more key executive hires, including DeBell and his extensive experience building and leading vendor...
Feb 16, 2023


MixMode Announces Mark Rotolo as Chief Revenue Officer
Follows a strong year of growth in 2022 SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MixMode Inc., the leader in AI-driven...
Feb 14, 2023

Buying & Selling Businesses: Managing the Process With Clarity, Intention, and a Strong Team
Feb. 1, 2023 - Buying, selling, or investing in a business is no easy feat. You have to get clear on your goals, make sure that they...
Feb 3, 2023

A Constellation of International Investors Funds Anari AI’s AI-Powered Cloud Computing Solution
BY KOSTIANTYN TUPIKOVON JANUARY 31, 2023 Serbian provider of AI-powered cloud-based virtual chips Anari AI closed a USD 3M Seed round The...
Jan 31, 2023


d-Matrix Launches Chiplet Connectivity Platform to Address Exploding Compute Demand for GenerativeAI
New Jayhawk platform capitalizes on innovative energy efficient chiplet interconnects to improve performance and reduce data center...
Jan 24, 2023

Live Data Raises Its Series A to Provide Multiple Verticals with Real-Time Job Change Data
January 09, 2023 08:55 AM Eastern Standard Time SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- It takes resources to build something great. ...
Jan 9, 2023


Heska Corporation Completes Acquisition of LightDeck Diagnostics
LOVELAND, Colo., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Heska Corporation (NASDAQ: HSKA; "Heska" or the "Company"), a leading global provider of...
Jan 3, 2023

The VA is turning to VR to help vets manage chronic pain
Caregivers at 18 Veterans Affairs facilities will write patients a “prescription” for an FDA-authorized eight-week VR program called...
Dec 8, 2022

Anari AI raised an investment to optimize domain-specific workloads in the cloud
Anari AI has raised an investment led by deep-tech fund Entrada Ventures, and joined by funds Tensor Ventures, Earlybird, Acequia...
Nov 30, 2022

New Microsoft Partnership Accelerates Generative AI Development
One of the hottest trends in artificial intelligence (AI) this year has been the emergence of popular generative AI models. With...
Nov 15, 2022


d-Matrix Unlocks New Potential with Reinforcement Learning Based Compiler for At Scale DIMC Platform
November 15, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, d-Matrix, a leader in high-efficiency...
Nov 15, 2022

Podcast with Daniel Volz, Co-founder and CEO of Kipu Quantum
Daniel Volz, co-founder and CEO of Kipu Quantum, a software company working to accelerate the delivery of quantum advantage is...
Nov 15, 2022


Anchore Expands Federal Footprint with $1.58M Tactical Funding Contract Award
Recent contract, new customer installations, and marketplace listings further advance Anchore's presence in the federal market. Oct 27,...
Oct 27, 2022


d-Matrix Announces Opening of India R&D Center, Appoints Pradip Thaker, PhD Head of India Operations
Dr. Thaker will lead d-Matrix’s India operations with a focus on R&D, growth, talent acquisition, engineering, product innovation and...
Oct 11, 2022

AppliedVR Wins Q3 '22 Comparably Awards-Recognized for Happiest Employees, Best Company Compensation
Fast-growing and mission-driven virtual reality medicine leader pioneering a new category of immersive therapeutics recognized for...
Oct 10, 2022
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