Technology

Washington’s Liquor and Cannabis Board has paid nearly $2 million for Leaf Data Systems, the seed-to-sale tracking system that has consistently frustrated the state’s cannabis industry.

Mara Gordon is the co-founder and CEO of Aunt Zelda’s, a California company renowned for a compassionate and scientific approach to the medical cannabis space.

Multiple independent tests of CBD-infused water have found it frequently contains zero CBD. A lab that approved test results for CBD-infused water has also been flagged by the FDA for numerous violations.

A cannabis storage device by Keep Labs won an award at this year’s CES but trade show organizers blocked the company from using the word “cannabis” in any of its exhibition materials; the company ultimately declined to exhibit its product.

The MassRoots cannabis social network is apparently dead after the website and related app went dark a few weeks back.

Tech firm Flowhub has landed $23 million as part of its Series A funding round. The round was led by Evolv Ventures, a venture fund backed by Kraft Heinz, which is partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.

Blockchain technology is gaining attention as a safer seed-to-sale solution for the monitoring of legal cannabis transactions.

Brad Bogus is the VP of Growth and Marketing for Confident Cannabis, a wholesale cannabis platform that connects cannabis cultivators, laboratories, and retailers.

Colorado cannabis company Ebbu has been accused of violating Colorado investment laws by failing to properly disclose investor identities in its early fundraising rounds.

Scientists have created a bacteria solution that exudes industrial quantities of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in “magic mushrooms” that is being studied as a potentially groundbreaking treatment for depression and other mental health afflictions.

Is this new CBD-infused sportswear line from Acabada a real breakthrough in activewear apparel, or is the extraordinary hype surrounding CBD leading startups down increasingly bizarre paths?

Killer Mike joins keynotes Alicia Silverstone, George Zimmer, and many other featured speakers.

Weedmaps will no longer allow unlicensed cannabis businesses to list or advertise on their platform; additionally, the technology firm announced a new social equity program to benefit minority entrepreneurs in the cannabis space.

Jontae James is the founder of NatureTrak, a free track-and-trace software designed to help cannabis industry operators maintain compliance.

Cannabis track-and-trace compliance software company MJ Freeway has rebranded as Akerna following a merger with MTech Acquisition Corp.; the new company begins trading on the NASDAQ today.

Google has officially banned apps that assist with cannabis transactions, including delivery apps and any app that includes a “shopping cart” feature for cannabis products.