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Updated on April 03, 2025

The future of retirement: Meet a senior software engineer behind Renew’s proprietary tech platform

Recently, Built In LA spoke with Mike Verderese, a senior software engineer for the startup — which was recently named to Built In LA's 50 Startups to Watch in 2018 — about being first to market, the engineering team’s dynamics and what LA has that New York City can’t offer.

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Updated on April 03, 2025

This Santa Monica company is changing the way you think about fitness tech

Back in 2015, when motion recognition algorithm company FocusMotion was named to our list of 50 LA tech startups to watch in 2015, it was easy to see the company's future was bright.

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Updated on April 03, 2025

Mark Cuban Leads $3M Investment in Allergy Startup Ready, Set, Food!

The company is led by a team of physicians and parents who aim to use medical research and early allergen introduction to reduce the prevalence of food allergies.

Updated on April 03, 2025

5 tech startups rehabilitating the healthcare industry

Though we might be known as the media capital of the world, healthtech companies in LA are booming. From analytics and staffing to devices that can predict medical emergencies, here are seven local startups making life safer.

Updated on April 03, 2025

Life without bosses: What it’s like to work on Smarkets’ bottom-up, no-hierarchy engineering team

Imagine what life would be like if you didn’t have a boss. While the complete absence of a supervisor might seem like more of a hindrance than a value-add, one DTLA-based startup has found a way to make it work.

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