San Diego-based Inseego, which develops mobile hotspot hardware to provide Wi-Fi hotspots via cellular networks, has rolled out its 5G MiFi mobile hotspot devices to Switzerland. According to Inseego, its 5G MiFi M2000 device is now available in Switzerland on Swisscom’s nationwide 5G network. The company said its device supports both 5G using sub-6 GHz bands, and 4G LTE networks in Switzerland. T

Costa mesa-based artificial intelligence software developer Veritone announced this morning that it now supports the NVIDIA CUDA platform for its AI and machine learning (ML) software. According to Veritone, its support for NVIDIA’s CUDA GPU allows its customers tor un its AI and ML tasks both on-premise or in the Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) clouds. NVIDIA is a major developer of

Brea-based networking products maker TP-Link said today that it has rolled out two new Wi-fi routing products at Costco. According to TP-Link, its new Deco X5700 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System and the Archer AX3200 Wi-Fi 6 Tri-Band MU-MIMO Router are exclusive to Costco, and offer up high speed Wi-Fi 6 support; The Deco X5700 provides “mesh” support to help eliminate WiFi dead spots in a home, for c

Private equity investor Digital Colony, which has offices in Los Angeles, is the lead investor in a $1.25 billion funding for data center operator Vantage Data Centers, the two said this morning. Vantage Data Cetner said the equity capital funding will go towards ongoing expansion and development across North America and Europe. The company develops what it calls “hyperscale” data center campuses.

Today’s interview is with Jo Webber, the CEO and founder of Pod.io, a startup which has developed an app to help people connect with others over shared interests. Jo told us why, in a world full of social networking apps, why Pod.io is necessary, how it’s different, and how the company is approaching a launch during a global pandemic. What is Pod.io? Jo Webber: Why we created Pod, was we’ve look

Hollywood-based Klio Studio, a new startup founded by a former US Navy officer-turned talk show host and film producer, has launched its software on Microsoft Azure, saying it has created a new, cloud-based production management solution, purpose built for film, television, and commercial productions. The startup, founded by Adrienne Lunson, said its software allow producers and collaborators to t

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures, the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has made investments in four companies working on 5G technology and products. According to Qualcomm Ventures, it made strategic investments in Celona, Cellwize, Azion and Pensando. Size of the investments were note disclosed. Celona is developing software to automate deployment of cellular wireless technology by enterprise com

Los Angeles-based Linksys, which is the connect home division of Belkin, says that it has introduced a new, 5G and Wi-Fi 6 mobile hotspot, which works in Korea. Linksys said its new 5G Mobile Hotspot uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon X5S 5G Modem-RF Systema nd Qualcomm FastConnect 6800. The hotspot works only with Korea Telecom. The company says it has a similar hotspot with Hong Kong, with CSL. Linksy

Camarillo-based wireless internet service provider (WISP) GeoLinks has scored private equity backing, saying on Tuesday that it has received private equity funding from Rock Mountain Capital. Size of the investment was not announced. According to GeoLinks, the funding will go twoards network expansion plans, plus go to strategic acquisition and to streamline internal growth and operations. GeoLink

Los Angeles-based Replicated, a developer of software for monitoring and managing Kubernetes-based cloud applications, has scored $25M in its Series B funding round, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding was led by Two Sigma. Replicated was founded by Grant Miller and Marc Campbell. The company develops software which makes it easier for software vendors to package and distribute their pro

DataBank, a provider of colocation and managed services company which is owned by Los Angeles-based private equity investor Colony Capital, has made a $30M, strategic investment in EdgePresence, a developer of data centers. According to Colony Capital, EdgePresence provides multi-tenant, modular data centers, which include critical power, monitoring, physical security, and cooling, and are deploye