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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

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Acting head of legal Megan Lutes departed in July to join 3D printing startup Glowforge as its general counsel. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. Ali was previously CTO at Freightweb, a transportation logistics startup that raised $3 million last year.

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Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M

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The founders: BrainSpace CTO Stephen Morse is a mechanical engineer who has worked for a variety of companies, including global electrical and manufacturing company Flex. Our goal is to drive the process of startups in the community so that we are more effective as a startup ecosystem,” said founder John Sechrest in a video.

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Tech Moves: Siblings at Seattle startup swap roles; Microsoft CVP departs to focus on DEI; and more

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Reddit hired Jonathan Flesher as vice president of business development. Seattle 3D laser printing startup Glowforge added ShotSpotter CEO Ralph Clark and S’well Founder Sarah Kauss to its board of directors. Enterprise video platform Panopto appointed Intuit CRO Bobby Morrison to its board of directors. Jonathan Flesher.

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Why you should care about Facebook’s big push into the metaverse

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It’s putting some of the brightest engineering minds in the world to work on this project, acquiring virtual reality and augmented reality companies, hiring over 10,000 people to work on it, and backing the initiative with tens of billions of dollars. The company is betting a lot on this concept succeeding. Courtesy of Meta.

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Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

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Boundless co-founder and CTO Serdar Sutay has left the Seattle immigration startup. Seattle digital remittance startup Remitly hired Robert Kaskel as EVP of people and appointed National Grid CFO Peggy Smyth to its board of directors. Prior to joining Smartsheet, Leban was founder and CTO of healthcare startup CadenceMD.

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Insider’s Guide to the New Holographic Computing

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I’ve been blogging for years about a variety of research efforts which additively culminated in today’s announcements: HoloLens, HoloStudio for 3D holographic building, and a series of apps (e.g. I’ve worn it, used it, designed 3D models with it, explored the real surface of Mars, played and laughed and marveled with it.