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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

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Coding for Cancer Hanako Osuga, in the background, is the program coordinator leading the Coding for Cancer program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, an effort designed to expose students to the possibilities of applying computational skills to cancer research. Denver and Dallas and has helped more then 6,200 people get housing.

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Inside the AI Revolution: Tech execs on the new realities for software, startups, and the future

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Bridget Frey, CTO at Redfin , the tech-powered real estate company that operates in more than 100 markets in the U.S. Frey, Shani and Shim share real-world examples of AI impacting software development, real estate, and meetings. Using ChatGPT to generate 4x more localized real estate content.

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Tech Moves: Lyft hires CFO from Amazon; Tomo adds CMO; Gopuff taps more Seattle talent

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Tomo, a new real estate startup led by ex-Zillow leaders, announced Sarah Makar as CMO. Social media management tool Hootsuite appointed four new board members: Angel investor and HubSpot board member Julie Herendeen , who will serve as board chair. Lisa Wallace joined as VP of program operations. Sarah Makar.

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GeekWire 200 update: Top Pacific Northwest tech startups hold their ground atop the list

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180) signed a new four-year deal with Major League Baseball, which will use Tagboard’s production platform for programming. 168) closed an $11 million Series B round and announced former Amazon leader Anna Collins as the real estate startup’s new CEO. Social Nature (No. Tagboard (No. Read the story.

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Redfin CEO says strength of housing market ‘almost feels eerie’ amid economic and health crisis

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The Seattle real estate company laid off 7% of its staff and furloughed hundreds of agents in April as the COVID-19 outbreak began spreading. Redfin is investing in tech-enabled tools that aid the remote homebuying process, such as virtual tours, video appointments with agents, and more to help adjust for social distancing mandates.

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Amid widespread tech industry layoffs, some companies are still hiring in a ‘flipped’ labor market

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Cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf ; pet sitting giant Rover ; and real estate company Redfin have all cut positions, among other companies. Seattle startup 98point6 raised $43 million earlier this month to help increase development capacity for its virtual healthcare technology. (Glassdoor Graphic). headquarters.

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Real estate giant Redfin beats Q2 estimates with $214M in revenue; CEO says ‘we’re inside a tornado’

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Seattle-based real estate company Redfin topped Wall Street estimates for its second quarter earnings , reporting $214 million in revenue, up 8%, and a net loss per share of $0.08. The real estate market is on a roller coaster this year as buying activity slowed due to the pandemic but has rebounded in recent months.