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Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B in significant exit for Portland-based company

GeekWire

Jama Software CEO Marc Osofsky. Jama Software Photo) Portland, Ore.-based based Jama Software , makers of a product development platform, has agreed to be acquired by technology investment firm Francisco Partners in a $1.2 billion deal, the company announced Monday.

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Microsoft vet and ex-Beats by Dre CEO lead new hardware-focused Seattle startup studio

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Amish Patel, left, and Susan Paley recently launched Conduit Venture Labs, a new startup studio for hardware companies. Conduit Venture Labs Photo) Key Takeaways Conduit Venture Labs is a new startup studio in Seattle that aims to create a portfolio of hardware companies.

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Apple has a new head of hardware engineering in latest executive shuffle

The Verge

John Ternus, Apple’s new senior vice president of hardware engineering | Photo: Apple. Apple’s hardware team is getting its biggest shakeup in nearly a decade, as Dan Riccio — who served as the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering since 2012 — transitions to “a new role” at the company.

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Early reviews of Microsoft’s new Surface Duo praise hardware, pan buggy software and muddy camera

GeekWire

Tech reviewers are giving the company high marks, mostly, for the unique hardware of the Duo, a hinged device with two 5.6-inch But beyond that, the underlying software on the Surface Duo appears to be suffering from numerous bugs, at least in the version that came with review devices. (Microsoft Photo).

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OctoML raises $28M grow machine learning software used by Qualcomm, Microsoft, AMD

GeekWire

The University of Washington spinout aims to help companies deploy machine learning models on various hardware configurations. It has nearly 1,000 early access sign-ups for the “Octomizer,” its first TVM-based software-as-a-service offering. OctoML raised a $15 million round in April 2020. The OctoML team. OctoML Photo).

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Turtle Beach is making dedicated flight sim hardware for PC and Xbox consoles

The Verge

Gaming peripheral company Turtle Beach announced at E3 2021 that it’s getting into a new product category: flight sim hardware. The company is launching the VelocityOne Flight system for $350, and it’s compatible with PC and Xbox consoles via USB. This hardware doesn’t feature force feedback or rumble. Turtle Beach.

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CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas

GeekWire

of Commerce will lead a delegation of companies to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place in Las Vegas next Tuesday through Thursday. The delegation of six companies includes robotic barista maker Artly — a Seattle-based startup founded in 2020 in a bid to use tech to make the perfect cup of coffee — and others.

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