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Thales Launches Innovation Platform Designed To Tap Into U.S. Startups, Academic Research

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

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Thales Launches Innovation Platform Designed To Tap Into U.S. Startups, Academic Research

Thales USA President and CEO Alan Pellegrini. Photo: Thales

Looking to better position itself within the innovation ecosystems in the United States, Thales Group on Thursday announced the creation of a group that will work and invest with technology startups and leading academic institutions in the country to bolster its own growth initiatives and bring its technology to new markets.Thales is calling its new innovation platform xPlor, which includes membership in the Boston area’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, a facility that brings together researchers, faculty, students and…

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