January 2024
Caltech researchers demonstrate ability to beam power wirelessly in space.
Space Solar Power Project Ends First In-Space Mission with Successes and Lessons
November 2023
Caltech researchers reach breakthrough on technology that could deliver solar power from space.
Beam Solar Energy From Space? These Scientists Achieve a Breakthrough
May 2022
Google bought MicroLED display company that could help make AR headsets better and cheaper https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/4/23057579/google-acquires-raxium-microled-ar-vr-displays
April 2022
Exclusive: this is the new budget soundbar from Sonos https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/21/23035569/sonos-new-soundbar-2022-s36-fury-specs-price-release-date
Unlearn.AI, a startup developing a ‘digital twin’ service for clinical trials, raises $50M https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/19/unlearn-ai-a-startup-developing-a-digital-twin-service-for-clinical-trials-raises-50m/?guccounter=1
Alphabet-owned Intrinsic is acquiring fellow robotic software firm Vicarious https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/22/alphabet-owned-intrinsic-is-acquiring-fellow-robotic-software-firm-vicarious
January 2022
Mona Jarrahi: The 2022 SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics https://spie.org/news/mona-jarrahi-the-2022-spie-harold-e-edgerton-award-in-high-speed-optics?SSO=1
December 2021
Auditoria.AI Named to the Intelligent Apps Top 40 List https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/auditoria-ai-named-to-the-intelligent-apps-top-40-list
Verimatrix Launches Streamkeeper to Offer Industry’s First Battle-Ready Cybersecurity Solution Engineered to Hunt Down and Take Out Video Piracy https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211129005535/en/Verimatrix-Launches-Streamkeeper-To-Offer-Industry%E2%80%99s-First-Battle-Ready-Cybersecurity-Solution-Engineered-to-Hunt-Down-and-Take-Out-Video-Piracy
November 2021
Time Magazine: The Best Inventions of 2021- A Speaker that Reads the Room - Syng Cell Alpha https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2021/6112628/syng-cell-alpha/
DigiLens Series D Values the Company at over $500M with Samsung Electronics Leading the Funding Round https://www.digilens.com/pr-seriesd01/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_package
October 2021
Xeal raises $11M to expand its digital token payment system for EV chargers https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/28/xeal-raises-11m-series-a-for-offline-connectivity-protocol-for-ev-charging/?guccounter=1
Gorodetsky Wins NIH Director’s Innovator Award:|UCI News | UCI
Caltech and Amazon partner to create new hub of quantum computing https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-and-amazon-partner-to-create-new-hub-of-quantum-computing
Auditoria.AI Debuts SmartPay at SuiteWorld 2021https://apnews.com/press-release/Accesswire/technology-business-artificial-intelligence-00ff7194895ff0d779c0fc66a4185781
Panasonic to provide batteries for Canoo’s upcoming Lifestyle Vehicle https://electrek.co/2021/10/25/panasonic-to-provide-batteries-for-canoos-upcoming-lifestyle-vehicle/
Verimatrix Video Protection to be deployed inside new WISI Professional ABR Receiver for Hospitality Networks https://apnews.com/press-release/BusinessWire/technology-business-europe-france-paris-b1faeaf6dc4941a5bfff69b75fb7465b
With Expanded Vision for Unified IT Operations, NinjaRMM Evolves into New Phase of Growth As NinjaOne https://www.yahoo.com/now/expanded-vision-unified-operations-ninjarmm-140900364.html
September 2021
Ex-Apple designer’s ultra-premium audio hardware startup Syng raises $48.75 million
https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/23/ex-apple-designers-ultra-premium-audio-hardware-startup-raises-48-75-million-series-a/Sonos Unveils next generation Beam with support for Dolby Atmos and New Audio Formats https://www.sonos.com/en-us/newsroom/sonos-unveils-beam
August 2021
Metallic Glass Gears Up for ‘Cobots,’ Coatings, and More:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/metallic-glass-gears-up-for-cobots-coatings-and-moreCaltech Announces Breakthrough $100 Million Gift to Fund Space-based Solar Power Project:
Sonos and Liverpool FC team up to enhance the football experience through great sound https://www.sonos.com/en-us/newsroom/sonos-liverpool-fc-team-up
June 2021
STMicroelectronics and Metalenz partner to transform optical sensing for consumer automotive, and industrial applications https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/06/02/2240486/0/en/STMicroelectronics-and-Metalenz-Partner-to-Transform-Optical-Sensing-for-Consumer-Automotive-and-Industrial-Applications.html
April 2021
Sonos unveils exclusive new stations and shows coming to Sonos Radio and Sonos Radio HD https://www.sonos.com/en-us/newsroom/radio-new-stations
Sonos partners with Audi to deliver premium audio experience https://www.sonos.com/en-us/newsroom/sonos-and-audi
Unlearn.AI named to the 2021 CB Insights AI 100 List of Most Innovative Artificial Intelligence Startups https://www.unlearn.ai/post/unlearn-ai-named-to-the-2021-cb-insights-ai-100-list-of-most-innovative-artificial-intelligence-startups
March 2021
Atomic III: New $260M Fund and Open Call to Future Founders:
https://medium.com/the-atomic-blog/atomic-iii-our-new-260m-fund-and-open-call-to-future-founders-to-come-build-with-us-5e11ed356182Auditoria Raises $15.5 Million to Expand AI Platform Automating Finance Backoffice:
https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/31/auditoria-raises-15-5m-to-automate-repetitive-accounting-tasks/
Canoo unveils fully-electric pickup truck set for 2023 https://electrek.co/2021/03/10/canoo-unveils-fully-electric-pickup-truck-set-for-2023/
February 2021
KPPB is a Supporting Sponsor for the 9th Annual UCLA MedTech Partnering Conference:
https://tdg.ucla.edu/9th-annual-ucla-medtech-partnering-conference-2021
Metalenz Reimagines the Camera in 2D and Raises $10M to Ship it:
https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/04/metalenz-reimagines-the-camera-in-2d-and-raises-10m-to-ship-it/
January 2021
KPPB is hiring!
December 2020
Hennessy Capital and the Canoo SPAC Merger:
November 2020
Unlearn.AI Announces Series A extension with new investment from Epic Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, and Global Pharma Company Eisai https://www.unlearn.ai/post/unlearn-ai-announces-series-a-extension-with-new-investment-from-epic-ventures-alumni-ventures-group-and-global-pharma-company-eisai
October 2020
Innovate Pasadena’s Connect Week 2020 Goes Virtual:
https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/connect-week-2020-goes-virtual/
Machine Learning Speeds Up Quantum Chemistry Calculations:
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/machine-learning-speeds-quantum-chemistry-calculations
September 2020
Replicant Raises $27 Million To Propel Its Voice AI For Customer Service Phone Calls:
August 2020
Electric vehicle startup Canoo to go public via SPAC:
https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/18/electric-vehicle-startup-canoo-to-go-public-via-spac/Welcome new KPPB attorney Kendrick Hsu:
We are excited to welcome new associate attorney Kendrick Hsu to our team. Kendrick has experience prosecuting applications in the areas of semiconductor fabrication and devices, MEMS, optics, virtual reality displays, augmented reality displays, medical devices, and mechanical devices. Kendrick previously served as a primary patent examiner at the United State Patent and Trademark Office where he examined patent applications directed to all aspects of liquid crystal displays. As a previous patent examiner, Kendrick knows the ins and outs of the patent office and his broad academic and work experience allow him to understand a wide variety of inventions.http://www.kppb.com/kendrick-hsu
In light of this exciting news, we have outgrown our current LA office. We will be announcing plans for a new LA office in the coming year… stay tuned!
Atomwise Raises $123 Million in Series B Financing:
https://www.atomwise.com/2020/08/11/atomwise-raises-123-million-in-series-b-financing-co-led-by-b-capital-group-and-sanabil/
June 2020
Inspired By Female Squids, Scientists Genetically Engineered Human Cells To Become Translucent:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anuradhavaranasi/2020/06/02/inspired-by-female-squids-scientists-genetically-engineered-human-cells-to-become-translucent/#1c3792e8460bScientists Mixed Squid DNA With Human Cells to Control Their Transparency in 'Revolutionary' Study:
Cephalopod protein changes optical properties of human cells:
https://cen.acs.org/materials/biomaterials/Cephalod-protein-changes-optical-properties/98/i22
UCI scientists engineer human cells with squid-like transparency:
https://news.uci.edu/2020/06/02/uci-scientists-engineer-human-cells-with-squid-like-transparency/
May 2020
8 VC’s Investment in Unlearn.AI https://www.unlearn.ai/post/8vcs-investment-in-unlearn-ai
April 2020
Radically Reducing IP Spend in the Face of COVID-19:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/radically-reducing-ip-spend-face-covid-19-david-bailey
February 2020
Hyundai will build electric vehicles with EV startup Canoo:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/11/21133461/hyundai-canoo-electric-cars-partership-kiaKPPB client UC Irvine has been ranked 3rd fastest rising university in the US:
https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/five-fastest-rising-universities-united-states
January 2020
GuRu places mmWave wireless chargers in roving robots and room decor:
Agenda for UCLA TDG #MedTech2020 has just been announced!
https://twitter.com/UCLATDG/status/1217530153053474816Virtualitics selected as one of 5 finalists for SXSW pitch week in enterprise and smart data:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sxsw-announces-2020-pitch-finalists-300991447.html
October 2019
How Neural Nets Will Personalize Medicine: Meet The Startup That’s Changing How We Find New Drugs:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johncumbers/2019/10/26/how-neural-nets-will-personalize-medicine/#43254fcf33dbWalmart and Green Dot Extend Relationship and Form Fintech Accelerator:
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2019/10/29/walmart-and-green-dot-extend-relationship-and-form-fintech-accelerator
September 2019
Canoo’s first subscription-only EV is a refreshing rethink of the VW Microbus:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/24/20882538/canoo-evelozcity-ev-subsicrption-electric-vehicleSonos’ first portable speaker is the Move:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/5/20847533/sonos-move-bluetooth-wireless-speaker-price-specs-featuresCanoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/24/canoo-takes-the-covers-off-of-its-debut-electric-vehicle/
July 2019
Replicant Launches with $7 Million in New Funding and Adds Veteran CEO:
Regulatory approval next hurdle for Saluda Medical:
May 2019
How a Squid’s Color-Changing Skin Inspired a New Material That Can Trap or Release Heat:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-squids-color-changing-skin-inspired-new-material-can-trap-release-heat-180972162/DigiLens Secures Investment from UDC Ventures and Samsung Ventures for Holographic AR Displays:
https://www.digilens.com/press-release/digilens-secures-investment-from-udc-ventures-and-samsung-ventures-for-holographic-ar-displays
April 2019
Squid skin inspires creation of next-generation space blanket:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p077v8zfCanoo, the electric vehicle startup formed from Faraday Future’s ashes, seeks $200 million:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/23/canoo-the-electric-vehicle-startup-formed-from-faraday-futures-ashes-seeks-200-million/
March 2019
NASA's JPL Seeking Applicants for First Space Accelerator:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7353Congrats to client Canoo on coming out of stealth mode! We are excited to join them as they re-invent urban motion (KPPB also not for sale):
https://www.wecanoo.com/How Sonos and IKEA Plan to Furnish Homes Through Sound And Design:
https://blog.sonos.com/en/symfonisk/
February 2019
Congrats to firm client Verimatrix on acquisition by Inside Secure:
A sneak peek at Planet Labs’ next generation of dove satellite imagery (spot KPPB’s Anaheim office!):
https://www.planet.com/pulse/imagery-from-our-next-generation-of-dove-satellites/CalAmp Continues Global Expansion:
https://investor.calamp.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2019/CalAmp-Continues-Global-Expansion-into-Latin-America-the-UK-and-Other-Countries-Through-Strategic-Acquisitions/default.aspx
January 2019
Interview with KPPB client and non-traditional entrepreneur:
https://www.creativelive.com/blog/5-essential-steps-toward-starting-your-business/UCI Professor Alon Gorodetsky Turns Science Fiction into Reality:
http://innovation.uci.edu/2019/01/uci-professor-alon-gorodetsky-turns-science-fiction-into-reality/
Sonos unveils in-ceiling, in-wall and outdoor speakers:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/05/sonos-unveils-in-ceiling-in-wall-and-outdoor-speakers/
October 2018
Plex now includes web series:
2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry:
http://m.caltech.edu/content/2018-nobel-prize-chemistryCongratulations to MacArthur Fellow Doris Tsao!
http://m.caltech.edu/news/doris-tsao-named-macarthur-fellow-83949
Congratulations to MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta!
September 2018
Planet Labs will help build a climate monitoring satellite to be launched by CA:
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-climate-summit-economy-20180914-story.html
August 2018
Google Glass offers hope to kids with autism:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/google-glass-offers-hope-kids-autism-n896771Verimatrix Shortlisted for 2018 IBC Innovation Awards, Named Two-time Finalist for this Year’s CSI Awards:
https://martechseries.com/sales-marketing/programmatic-buying/verimatrix-shortlisted-2018-ibc-innovation-awards-named-two-time-finalist-years-csi-awards/KPPB client Fuzionaire announces the launch of Fuzionaire Diagnostics:
"Announcing Fuzionaire Diagnostics, a True Breakthrough in Chemistry, Applied to Saving Lives," by Nova SpivackHow Sonos Is Building the Audio Internet:
https://www.wired.com/story/sonos-nick-millington-exclusive-interview/
July 2018
DigiLens working on new windshield screen:
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/629527928/glass-has-ancient-origins-but-a-high-tech-futureCongrats to the team at Sonos, Inc. on the exciting next step:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/06/sonos-files-to-raise-up-to-100m-in-ipo/Verimatrix Announces Technology to Address Security Gaps for Blockchain Applications:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verimatrix-announces-veriteem-distributed-ledger-technology-to-address-security-gaps-for-blockchain-applications-300683022.htmlUnlearn.AI uses AI to predict Alzheimer’s disease progression:
https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/12/researchers-use-ai-to-predict-alzheimers-disease-progression/
June 2018
Massive congrats to the Sonos team on the successful product launch!
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/06/sonos-announces-a-compact-home-theater-smart-speaker/
May 2018
Terminal to help technology companies build engineering teams:
https://privatecapitaljournal.com/terminal-secures-13m-series-us-vc-firms/
AI is changing scientific investigation:
https://news.stanford.edu/2018/05/15/how-ai-is-changing-science/
DARPA shares additional details regarding upcoming subterranean SubT robotics challenge:
https://www.wired.com/story/darpas-next-challenge-a-grueling-underground-journey/
Ever.AI pushes out new features to best in class facial recognition product:
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/02/1494988/0/en/Ever-AI-Extends-Product-Suite-with-First-U-S-Based-Liveness-Detection-Offering.html
April 2018
LoomAI behind the new AR emoji on the Samsung Galaxy S9:
https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s9/augmented-reality/?cid=sem-mktg-pfs-mob-22518-22138&gclid=CJmjlYygsdoCFVdWfgodc6kEHQ&gclsrc=dsCaltech Researchers Developing Autonomous Drone Ambulance:
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/04/30/caltech-researchers-autonomous-drone-ambulance/
March 2018
Congratulations to the RainCube team on the successful launch as part of OA-9 resupply mission – looking forward to successful deployment from ISS:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/raincube.phpInvisibility material developed at UCI:
https://news.uci.edu/2018/03/29/now-you-see-it-invisibility-material-created-by-uci-engineers/
February 2018
Virtualitics closes $7 million funding round! $11.4 million raised so far:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/virtualitics-closes-7-million-series-175700470.html