Bird Visual Parking System is powered by Google’s ARCore Geospatial API
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Bird Global Inc. has launched a new augmented, reality-powered parking technology to help adhere to local parking standards and keep walkways clear.
The company said its Bird Visual Parking System is available for free to its partner cities and requires zero infrastructure. Bird (NYSE: BRDS) said the technology is powered by Google’s ARCore Geospatial API, which can geo-localize parked scooters with pinpoint accuracy by using Google 3D scanning, augmented reality technology and Google Maps Street View data.
Bird VPS is currently being piloted in New York City, San Francisco and San Diego, California.
In other L.A.-area tech news:
- Digital electric vehicle subscription service Autonomy has partnered with workplace perks provider Next Jump to help Fortune 1000 companies offer employee discounts for electric vehicle rentals. Autonomy offers a month-to-month subscription program after a three-month minimum hold period and bundles routine maintenance, roadside assistance and registration fees into a monthly payment. Next Jump’s company clients include Google, Starbucks, PwC and The Home Depot.
- Cannabis technology company Blaze Solutions Inc. has acquired Vancouver, Canada-based dispensary software company Greenline, becoming one of the few cannabis operations software systems in both Canada and the U.S. The Newport Beach-based company said the acquisition will allow it to better serve international clients, while also gaining experience operating in Canada's federally regulated marketplace. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
- Anja Health, a cord blood banking company, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding led by Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six with participation from Harvest Ventures and Crista Galli Ventures, in addition to executives including Cleo Abram, Chris Ovitz of Electric Ant, Balaji Srinivisan, Ro CEO Zachariah Reitano, JetFuel CEO Tim Lenardo. The company said it will use the new financing to bolster its executive team, drive strategic growth and continue outreach to expecting parents.
- Real estate wealth tech platform ElevateMoney has named David Perduk as its chief investment officer. Perduk's decades-long career includes leadership positions at CBRE, Rich Uncles, RW Holdings NNN REIT and Newport Net Lease Inc. Most recently, Perduk represented institutional real estate owners focused on single tenant net lease investment properties. In early 2021, Elevate raised $1.7 million in seed capital from investors such as Walter Cruttenden, Ray Wirta and others.
