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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

GeekWire

Helion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Pihl (left) with founder and CEO David Kirtley at their facility in Redmond, Wash. 2022: Highspot raises $248M at $3.5B billion (as of January 2022). Industry : Sales contract management software. Valuation : $3.96 billion (as of Sept. Founded : 2015.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says. Cold: On-prem infrastructure As they did in 2022, many IT leaders are reducing investments in data centers and on-prem technologies. “We Enterprise communications services saw slow but steady 1.6%

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