LA Tech Week returns October 12–18 with hundreds of events spread across the city.
Our 2026 guide organizes each day by location so you can spend less time crossing LA and more time meeting the people shaping its tech ecosystem: dot.la/la-tech-week-2026-gui…
An El Segundo startup just raised $251M to manufacture medicine in space.
@VardaSpace is working to turn microgravity from a scientific experiment into practical pharmaceutical infrastructure.
Read more: dot.la/varda-manufactures-me…
Last year, @RainmakerCorp raised $25M to make it rain.
Now, the El Segundo startup has raised $100M to pursue an even bigger goal: solving the weather.
What comes next for LA’s cloud-seeding startup: dot.la/rainmaker-raises-100m…
Getting to space is only the beginning.
Redondo Beach-based @GoToImpulse just added $308M to its Series D, bringing the round to $808M.
Now it wants to solve space’s next transportation challenge: dot.la/impulse-space-308m-or…
Your company’s newest employee may not be human.
But it could have access to your emails, financial records and customer data.
Who decides what an AI agent is allowed to do? An El Segundo company thinks it has the answer: dot.la/saviynt-secures-ai-ag…
An LA-based AI company just won the backing of some of entertainment’s biggest names.
@StabilityAI raised $76M as the industry rethinks its relationship with generative AI.
Plus, air-taxi plans are coming to downtown LA: dot.la/stability-ai-entertai…
A Torrance startup just raised $1B at a $13B valuation.
Now, @Castelion is preparing to take its hypersonic missile program from rapid development to large-scale production.
Inside its ambitious next chapter: dot.la/castelion-raises-bill…
BÉIS just packed its biggest deal yet.
@SamsoniteUSA has agreed to pay $178.5M for an 85% stake in the LA-based travel brand, valuing it at approximately $210M.
But the most interesting part is not the price: dot.la/beis-samsonite-acquis…
Two LA startups raised a combined $2.37B.
@HadrianInc secured $1.37B to scale automated manufacturing. @valaratomics raised $1B to manufacture nuclear reactors.
AI needs factories and power. LA is building both.
dot.la/hadrian-valar-ai-infr…
Travis Kalanick is back with a $1.7 billion bet on robots.
His company, Atoms, wants to use industrial AI to transform food production, mining and transportation. And yes, Uber is among its investors.
Inside Kalanick’s second act: dot.la/travis-kalanick-atoms…
LA defense startup @singularitydefc emerged from stealth with $80M at a $400M valuation to produce low-cost air defense systems at scale.
Plus, @Whatnot acquired @shapedai to sharpen its AI-powered recommendations.
Read more: dot.la/singularity-low-cost-…
Selling your car shouldn’t mean wondering if you left money on the table.
This week’s spotlight looks at @Bidbusinc, the LA startup making dealerships compete for used cars.
Plus more from this week’s LA startup and venture scene: dot.la/la-used-car-dealer-bi…
LA based Tombot just raised $7M to scale Jennie, its robotic companion dog designed for older adults, people with dementia, children with autism and others who may benefit from the comfort of a pet without the burden of caring for one.
It’s a softer side of LA robotics, and a reminder that the future of robots may not only be about automation. It may also be about care.
dot.la/la-robotics-companion…
Observable Space raised $90M and landed a $94M U.S. Space Force contract.
This week’s spotlight looks at the space infrastructure race beyond rockets.
Plus: the latest LA venture deals, fund announcements and acquisitions: dot.la/observable-space-90m-…
This week’s spotlight covers Mach, Exquadrum and Paramount’s consumer AI push.
Plus: the latest LA venture deals, fund announcements and acquisitions.
Read the full story - dot.la/rocket-motors-consume…
Heaviside Industries emerged from stealth with a $28M Series A led by Interlagos.
The Los Angeles-based defense tech company is building autonomous precision munitions designed for modern battlefield conditions, including jammed and GPS-denied environments.
More in this week’s spotlight: dot.la/heaviside-autonomous-…
LA-based Village raised $9.5M to tackle one of parenting’s most frustrating problems: navigating specialty pediatric care.
The startup is building an AI-powered platform to help families, providers, pediatricians and payers coordinate care for kids with developmental, behavioral and mental health needs.
dot.la/la-startup-specialty-…
Match Group just invested $100M into Sniffies.
A big signal that the next wave of consumer apps isn’t broader, it’s more specific.
As LA heads into Milken next week, this feels like a trend worth watching.
dot.la/match-group-sniffies-…
Goodbye Coachella, hello Stagecoach 🤠
Netflix is expanding deeper into LA with a major move into a historic studio lot.
At a time when production is leaving California, this signals something different.
dot.la/netflix-doubles-down-…
LA isn’t short on ambition.
It’s short on power.
@critical_loop just raised $26M to fix that and it could unlock a lot more than people realize. dot.la/26m-power-infrastruct…
