Afro Tech: Exclusive: Matt Barnes Becomes The Face Of HOPP, A Rideshare App Linking Users To Drivers Based Off Interests

Ball may be life but so is business!

From early days of playing basketball to now acting as partners on a new rideshare venture that will bring innovation to the states like never before, Ray Young and Khalid Taylor alongside former NBA player turned entrepreneur, Matt Barnes, are here to change the way you catch a ride from here on out.

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Built in LA: Thatgamecompany Raises $160M to Take Its Signature Game to the Metaverse

Santa Monica-based gaming studio thatgamecompany (yes, that’s the actual name) announced Thursday that it raised a massive round of funding. The $160 million raise, led by TPG, will be used to help the company turn its most popular game, Sky: Children of Light, into a theme park-like metaverse experience.

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Built in LA: Crexi’s Auction Platform Is a Big Deal for the Commercial Real Estate Industry — Literally

Going once. Going twice. SOLD…for $205 million?!

No, that number is not a typo. It’s online auction property sale of Beltway Business Park in Las Vegas, which set the record for the largest single-asset online real estate transaction in history. And it’s a big deal for the digital transactions provider Crexi — literally and figuratively.

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Los Angeles Business Journal: Retina AI Gives Online Advertisers Valuable Intel

For online marketers, getting advertisements in front of internet users likely to become long-term customers is crucial to the success of a campaign. To that end, Santa Monica-based startup Retina AI Inc. is developing technology that gives companies the ability to predict whether a specific web user might be likely to respond to an ad — and report whether they already have in the past.

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