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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Santa Cruz Ventures Closes Round 1 with farm-ng

Santa Cruz Ventures announces its first investment in farm-ng with a $10.05 million Series A funding, led by Acre Venture Partners and Xplorer Capital, among others. This investment underscores the belief in farm-ng's potential to revolutionize sustainable agriculture through robotics and AI solutions.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Developing an AI Social Contract with Zach Friend

In this episode of Shift AI, Zach Friend Santa Cruz County Supervisor shares his journey from working in the Obama Whitehouse to helping the Biden Administration craft meaningful AI legislation with the local community in mind. He also covers the way that governments are dealing with AI regulation and the social contract that needs to be established with county constituents.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Joby: Watch This Precision Landing!

The Joby team welcomed back the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Airports to Marina, CA, as they carried out a flight test campaign focused on landing accuracy and precision.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Fake News Education for Students

Starting this year, California's public school students will begin receiving media literacy education, aimed at teaching them to distinguish between authentic news and fake news, as well as differentiating genuine news articles from paid internet advertising

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Zero 2024 Walk-Throughs

Zero Motorcycles, unveiled its model year 2024 product line complete with several all-new models. Headlined by new mid-power options, the MY24 product line represents an expansion of the company’s vast array of products.

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