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Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M for fifth fund as studio doubles down on AI startups

GeekWire

Founded in 2014 by Madrona Venture Group, the 12-person studio fast-tracks the startup journey for entrepreneurs. The startup studio said about 84% of the companies it backs fit into its core theme: intelligent applications. However, it has evolved from “big data and intelligent applications into the generative AI movement.”

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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

GeekWire

. “Lighter is the pioneer and the leader in RBF for software-as-a-service companies.” The company now has 25 employees and plans to hire. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. Founded in 2014, Vettd.ai Microsoft Photo).

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We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2014, I interviewed Gerri Martin-Flickinger, then CIO of Adobe, on this topic. It’s actually being delivered by a web service that’s run by IT. We put IT offered services right into the product.” Martin-Flickinger, who, before Adobe, was CIO of McAfee and VeriSign, became CTO of Starbucks for many years.

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