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Former Microsoft deputy CTO Lila Tretikov joins NEA as head of AI strategy

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NEA Photo) Lila Tretikov , the former deputy chief technology officer at Microsoft, has joined SIlicon Valley investment firm NEA as partner and its new head of AI strategy. Tretikov, who previously led the Wikimedia Foundation as CEO, will help NEA and its portfolio companies harness the power of AI. Lila Tretikov.

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society

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Amazon CTO Werner Vogels sits down for a wide-ranging conversation on the GeekWire Podcast at Amazon in Seattle, focusing on issues including AI and social responsibility. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Early versions of generative AI were “like a dancing bear,” says Werner Vogels , the Amazon chief technology officer.

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TipHaus, which helps companies distribute tips, raises $3.5M and launches banking tool

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Launched in 2018, TipHaus sells software to hospitality companies to help managers reduce errors related to tip distribution. The company links with point-of-sale systems to combine tips, classify them, and allocate them to the relevant staff member. But the company survived and is now in more than 2,000 locations across the country.

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Legal-tech startup uses AI to search relevant case history to better predict case outcomes

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Predict.law co-founders, from left: CEO Pat Wilburn, CPO Stan Zaporozhets, and CTO Dave Contreras. Applying AI and machine learning training on precedent case history and the fact patterns associated with those cases, Predict.law uses technology to replace the current process of manually searching for relevant prior cases.

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Building Evolvable Architectures

Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO of ThoughtWorks

The software development ecosystem exists in a state of dynamic equilibrium, where any new tool, framework, or technique leads to disruption and the establishment of a new equilibrium. It’s no surprise many CIOs and CTOs are struggling to adapt, in part because their architecture isn’t equipped to evolve.

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This energy startup wants to make utility data more accessible — and spur creation of new companies

GeekWire

The company has developed technology that pulls customer data from U.S. That includes companies installing heat pumps that need to figure out the right-size device for a space. More than 40 companies are using Bayou’s product, though not all are paying customers. million pre-seed round. The list goes on.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

CIO Business Intelligence

The dynamic nature of the cloud — and the need for continually optimize operations — often drives requirements unique to a CIO’s enterprise, meaning that even some popular third-party cloud cost optimization tools may no longer fit an enterprise’s specific requirements. Garcia gives the example of the AWS cURL file, written three times daily.

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