• 1/23 - Supercharging Your Company's AI Game (in Orange County):
  - to Surf Instead of Sink in Today's AI Growth Wave - with AI and other related tools. You can listen, discuss, and meet with a great panel of speakers - and others who'll be with us for this special event; also featuring lunch and a Round Table. 9:30 am to 3 pm. ABL Members have already received an Event Invitation by Separate Email - with Event Location and RSVP Link - RSVP Today!

PANEL OF SPEAKERS:
ALI PAYANI, founder of Payani Group, on using AI for growth marketing;
GREG LEBSACK, on Using AI for Exponential Business Growth;
THOMAS LEFFLER, President of Project Insight, on sharing his "AI-in-Healthtech" Project Management perspective;
SATNAM GAMBHIR, CEO of Envision Financial Systems, on AI for Initial Issues Management;
MARISA BRUTOCO, Sheppard Mullin Partner (formerly in-house counsel at Google, Amazon and Apple) and Member of SM's Technology Transactions Team, on how AI is transforming Content, Technology, and Related Legal Issues;
and ABL's BOB KELLEY making the Positioning Presentation and Panel Moderator.

These upcoming ABL ZOOM Tables will discuss "Championing Growth With Adjacency Expansion"


• 2/01 - OC ZOOM Table - featuring: to be finalized
• 2/09 - LA ZOOM Table - featuring: James Meyers of UiTV; T&C LLC; and AlphaMEDIA
• Explore Membership in ABL's Executive Round Tables >>>

• Alvaka (Oli Thordarson) on: Data Leaks Which Show ChatGPT Security & Privacy Fall Short
• Dave Berkus on: Are Remote Workers Productive & More
• CuraeSoft (Mark Parinas) on: Navigating Wage & Hour Disputes + Importance of Lunch Breaks
• Envision Financial Systems (Satnam Gambhir) on: Navigating the Challenges of Diverse Investments
• Get Visible (Jason Ciment) Provides Business Tools & Resources
• Instil (Adam Miller, JD) Named a Best Place to Work & Shares Fundraising Trends for 2024
• myKaarma (Ujj Nath) on: Tech Video Winners, Customer Service, Trust Points & More
• Payani Group (Ali Payani) on: Future of Augmented Reality Marketing
• The Primas Group (Mike Mastro) on: Trending Business Software Solutions
• Project Insight (Thomas Leffler) on: Understanding CapEx & OpEx in Project Management
• The Joy Factory (Sampson Yang & Miranda Su) on: How Cases Protect Your Device
• Marshall Toplansky on: California's Fiscal/Financial Decision Point & More

• California Lightworks (George Mekhtarian) Serves Illinois Facility with MegaDrive
• Eckert & Ziegler (Frank Yeager) & ARTBIO Announce Manufacturing & Supply Partnership
• John Tanner's NuSci Presenting In-Person Event on Feb. 15
• Optimum Info (Arvind Verma) Details Success with AGCO
• Toast (Ken Neeld) Named One of the Best Places to Work in 2024 by Glassdoor

• Eitan Medical's (Roger Massengale) Infusion Pump Used in Leading-Edge Treatment for Alzheimer's
• Pangea Laboratory (Yap Chew, PhD) Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Bladder CARE Assay
• Sheppard Mullin (Linda Igarashi) Provides Healthcare IT-Focused Articles & Podcasts
• Wipfli (JJ Johnson) Delivers Article & Ebook on HealthTech Topics

California LightWorks (CL) has published Case Study: Buckbee Weed Company, which describes how this Illinois-based company is leveraging CL for advanced cultivation, utilizing innovative lighting and energy-efficient practices. (LA)

Eckert & Ziegler (EZ) and ARTBIO, Inc., a clinical-stage biotech company specializing in the development of a new class of alpha radioligand therapies (ARTs), have entered into a strategic manufacturing and supply agreement. As such, EZ will support ARTBIO to establish manufacturing and delivery of its pipeline therapies using its proprietary AlphaDirect Lead-212 isolation technology. The collaboration aims to expedite the development of Lead-212 based alpha radioligand therapies, starting with the clinical development of ARTBIO's lead asset of AB001 in prostate cancer. (LA)

On the evening of February 15, NuSci Nutrition Science Foundation will present a Nutrition Science Workshop, in which John Tanner will share his nutrition journey after suffering a near-fatal cardiac arrest in 2009. The evening, to be held at Tanner Research in Duarte, will include dinner and a gift book. (LA)

In AGCO Boosts Dealer Financials and Performance with AMOS, Optimum Info (OI) shares its success in working with AGCO, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural machinery. The company was looking for a new business management solution to consolidate the three different platforms they were using, and found it in OI's AMOS. (OC)

Toast has been named a winner of Glassdoor's 16th annual Employees' Choice Awards, honoring the Best Places to Work 2024. These awards are based on the input of employees who voluntarily provide anonymous feedback on Glassdoor by completing a company review about their job, work environment and employer over the past year. AND Toast was also named one of Built In's Best Places to Work in the U.S., Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. (OC)

Eitan Medical announced that a cutting-edge treatment that inhibits Alzheimer's has been administered for the first time in Israel at Tel Aviv Medical Center's Ichilov Hospital using Eitan's Sapphire Infusion Pump. The pioneering hospital has initiated treatment with the FDA-approved drug, Lekambi, to delay Alzheimer's disease. The hospital is the only medical center outside the US authorized for this treatment. (OC)

Pangea Laboratory has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for its non-invasive Bladder CARE Assay, intended for the quantitative urine-based diagnosis of bladder cancer and upper tract urothelial carcinoma in patients presenting with hematuria and suspected of having either cancer. Pangea Lab is poised to commence multicenter clinical trials as the next step toward obtaining premarket approval for the device. (OC)

Recent resources from Sheppard Mullin (SM) include an Healthcare IT Today article featuring quotes from SM Partners: What's Special About AI Risks and Remedies in Health Care?, and a Health-e Law Podcast Episode: In Tech We Trust? The Case for Transparency: A Discussion with Dr. Laura Tully. (OC)

Wipfli's recent resources include: Healthcare outlook 2024: How the right tech tools and staffing can help chart a stable course and Maximizing the potential of your EHR, an ebook. (BA)

CIO Dive recently published seven technology trends they will track in 2024; in summary they are:
- Generative AI will empower more non-technical talent;
- CIO - the 'total technology leader;'
- Distributed cloud finds its on-prem footing;
- Generative AI hype dwindles as quest for ROI intensifies;
- FinOps practices mature;
- Regulatory scrutiny pushes transparency from AI vendors; and
- SaaS drives cloud spending increases.
CIO Dive also says, 'Tech leaders are expected to make headway on generative AI implementations, all the while keeping the cloud bill in check. CEOs will also want to know when investments in AI will deliver value, and expect their CIOs to keep close watch over a fast-moving regulatory environment.' (https://www.ciodive.com/news/business-technology-trends-CIO/703985/)

A survey of more than three dozen investors predicts that startup valuations are not heading for a banner year in 2024. Instead, valuation trends will break down according to sector and stage, VCs predict. But new founders should take heart: Seed valuations are expected to be the most durable. The further along your startup is, the less sunny the forecast is for your next fundraise. (https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/startup-valuations-predictions-2024/)

Connected cars are forecast to make up 95% of all vehicles on the road by 2030, with each one generating an estimated 25 gigabytes of data per hour, which is the same amount of data as it would take someone to stream 578 hours of music. Meanwhile, a survey of 2,000+ car owners and lessors in the U.S. revealed that only a few drivers understand what a 'connected car' is and what data is actually being collected, according to Salesforce research. However, once the definition of the connected car was understood by the consumer, drivers ranked connected features - Apple CarPay or Android Auto integration, gaming or video streaming, driver assist features, Wi-Fi/in-car data, smartphone app functionality like remote lock and remote start, emergency assisted services like OnStar, touchscreen console, and over-the-air software updates, and more - as almost as important as a car's brand. (https://www.zdnet.com/article/connected-cars-powered-by-ai-will-make-up-95-of-all-vehicles-on-the-road-by-2030/)

The Wi-Fi Alliance is now officially certifying devices that support Wi-Fi 7, the next generation of wireless home internet. With certification, Wi-Fi 7 devices are guaranteed to interoperate, and in 2024, we will see new tech products like phones, laptops, and routers endowed with the standard, which could represent huge speed and efficiency gains compared to even Wi-Fi 6E. The alliance says in its announcement that Wi-Fi 7 will be better than existing standards for things like high-bandwidth streaming and low-latency wireless gaming, and that's crucial as virtual reality gains popularity and people continue commuting to their kitchen tables or home offices to commune with co-workers over Zoom. (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24024838/wi-fi-certified-7-announced-ar-vr-streaming-4k-8k)

CES 2024 took place in Las Vegas January 9-12. Following is a selection of media headlines and links.
> Biggest Trends of CES 2024, Per CNET (CNET)
> The CES tech trends to watch in 2024 - CTA (VentureBeat)
> ZDNET's top 10 CES stories you don't want to miss (ZDNet)
> CES 2024 was all about interoperability beyond the smart home (The Verge)
> The 15 best robots and AI tech we've seen at CES 2024 so far (ZDNet)
> CES 2024 Health Tech: The Things That May Actually Improve Your Wellness (CNET)
> CES 2024: The biggest transportation news (TechCrunch)

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