GeekWire

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Getty Images, the iconic digital photography provider and visual content marketplace, will become publicly traded again, more than a decade after it was taken private, in a deal that values the company at $4.8 The company’s net loss improved to $39 million last year, from a loss of $51 million the year before. ”

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GeekWire

JULY 22, 2021

based biotech company made its debut as a public company. The company is now valued at nearly $2 billion. Absci CEO Sean McClain started the company in 2011 in a basement lab in Portland, Ore., The company, which began commercial operations in 2018, is still in the early stages of building its drug company customer base.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Aaron Fairchild, left, and Bec Chapin will be co-CEOs of the newly merged company Green Canopy NODE. In fact, Fairchild is the one who connected Chapin with Don Bunnell and the two launched NODE in 2016. With the merger, Bunnell has left day-to-day operations and is serving on the company’s board of directors.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MAY 13, 2020

Investing In IT is what it will take to make your company successful Image Credit: Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash. As the person with the CIO job, it is your responsibility to provide your company with guidance on how they can be successful. Back in 1985 companies spent roughly 7% of their net revenue on proprietary IT.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

billion deal with Blackstone on Tuesday, marking the latest chapter in a 13-year journey that began at a hackathon and took the company through a pandemic, a public offering, and a private equity acquisition. million, with net income of $10.5 The company later won the Next Tech Titan award in 2019. ” . ”

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GeekWire

JANUARY 8, 2021

The company said the cuts mostly affected engineering and product development functions. The Seattle office serves as the company’s main U.S. The Seattle office serves as the company’s main U.S. The company filed to go public this past summer but delayed its IPO in July. DoubleDown attracted 2.9

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GeekWire

AUGUST 16, 2021

Athira Pharma is advancing its clinical trials in the wake of allegations of image manipulation in papers authored by its CEO, the company reported today in its second quarter financial and business update. The company’s COO, Mark Litton , has since assumed day-to-day leadership responsibilities. based company on Aug.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2023

In doing so, the company is enabling its customers to reduce their emissions as the world steps up its efforts to combat climate change. Daniel Ribaya González, director of cloud products and services at Telefónica Tech, says the company recognizes the urgent need to reduce global CO2 emissions. “As

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Social media companies step up battle against militant propaganda - Reuters. All or nothing in 2016, top stock pros say - USA TODAY. The Open Technology Institute Defends Net Neutrality in Federal Court - Telecom Reseller (press release). Federal government moves to protect Quebec frogs threatened by development - CBC.ca.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The company has already used some of the funds to purchase Silvaseed , a 130-year-old Western Washington forestry company that collects cones for seeds and grows seedlings. The company can deploy its seed-dropping fleet within 30 days of a fire — a quicker time frame, the startup says, compared to traditional strategies.

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GeekWire

MAY 30, 2023

Amazon employee groups said they expect more than 1,800 workers around the world to participate in a planned protest of the company’s return-to-office mandate and climate-related impact. In a statement to GeekWire last week about the walkout, a company spokesperson said “we respect our employees’ rights to express their opinions.”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The company had raised $15 million since launching in 2016 and was not yet profitable. ” Rubica began as a research-and-design project focused on advanced cybersecurity within Concentric Advisors, a company that provides physical and digital security to prominent and high-net-worth families. . Rubica Photo).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In that way, Silverback is building on the momentum of Leen Kawas, the CEO of Athira Pharma, who became the first woman to lead a Washington state company to an IPO in more than two decades when the company went public in September. The company had $142.3 million round in March, led by U.S. Venture Partners.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

Amazon executive Jeff Wilke, long considered a leading candidate to succeed Jeff Bezos as CEO, is leaving the company. “I don’t have a new job, and am as happy with and proud of Amazon as ever,” Wilke said in an internal memo to the company’s worldwide consumer employees on Friday morning. “So why leave?

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 11, 2017

In 2016, Google’s net worth was reported to be $336 billion, and this is largely due to the advanced learning algorithms the company employs. Google was the first company to realize the importance of incorporating machine learning in business processes.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Amazon has now permanently banned over 600 Chinese brands across 3,000 different seller accounts, the company confirms to The Verge. Amazon’s crackdown began amidst reporting by The Wall Street Journal’s Nicole Ngyuen about how companies like RavPower offered gift cards in exchange for reviews.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

These were some of the ingredients that helped turn Allbirds into a $3 billion shoemaker, according to one of the company’s earliest backers. The company raised $300 million in its IPO. Net revenue came in at $219.3 Net revenue came in at $219.3 million in 2020, up 73% year-over-year. Maveron Photo).

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2021

Vizio’s TVs have long delivered performance and picture quality far above their price, though in recent years competitors like TCL have tried to outdo the company in this regard. “We The company says there are currently over 12 million active SmartCast accounts. million TVs in 2020. percent from $36.4 million in 2018 to $147.2

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With a net worth of $160 billion, Bezos would be impacted as a Washington state resident. ” Levin cites research from economist Cristobal Young, who published a study in 2016 that found most wealthy people don’t move to avoid paying high taxes. Bezos has sold billions in Amazon stock over the past several years.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It also announced that as of today, it has purchased enough carbon offsets to essentially cancel out all the planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions the company has released since it was founded in 1998. But relying on offsets doesn’t actually wean the company off fossil fuels. Google released 4.9

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GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2021

Breakthrough Energy Ventures is led by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and publicly launched in December 2016. ” In November, one of the startups backed by the fund, QuantumScape went public by virtue of a merger with Kensington Capital, a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A study spanning 2016-2020 found that chronic homelessness had increased at an annual rate of 27% statewide and 42% in Seattle-King County. Bezos’ net worth since launching his fund has increased from $160 billion to more than $200 billion today, according to Forbes. million for Portland Homeless Family Solutions, Portland.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It may be, too, that companies wish to avoid the reputational damage that comes from failure, and instead prefer to redefine success as whatever they get. The company was forced to develop new processes to keep information flowing around the business, and hire a third-party consultant to sort out the ERP system at a cost of $3.8

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

.” Expedia reported strong earnings on Thursday, posting fourth quarter net income of $276 million on revenue of $2.3 Kern’s take on the metaverse is not too far off from what former Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told the GeekWire Summit crowd in 2016. “I

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The Verge

APRIL 26, 2022

After a record-breaking 2021 with annual revenue of $257 billion — the first time it has gone over $200 billion for a year — Google’s parent company reports in a filing (pdf) that it has started off 2022 with Q1 revenue that’s up 23 percent from the same period last year , reaching $68 billion. billion 2016: $20.3 billion loss.

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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2021

Jeff Bezos in Seattle in 2016. The Evening Standard , which says details are being kept under tight wraps, said Bezos’ yacht could be modeled after Oceanco’s Black Pearl — “one of the largest and most ecological sailing yachts in the world,” according to the company’s website. billion in Amazon stock.

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GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2021

Turntide’s executive chairman and CEO, Ryan Morris, emphasized that the company’s backers are looking for a payoff that goes beyond dollars and cents. Under Gates’ leadership, Breakthrough Energy Ventures was publicly launched in 2016 as a billion-dollar fund to support innovations that reduce carbon emissions.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It will buy the credits from Dutch company SkyNRG, which will then supply cleaner-burning fuel to Alaska Airlines. Business travel accounted for about three percent of Microsoft’s carbon footprint during its 2019 fiscal year, according to a company factsheet. Reducing flights is still the best way to reduce emissions.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2021

He originally joined the travel company’s board in 2005. AskJeeves was acquired in 2005 by IAC, the internet media company run by Barry Diller, who is also chairman of Seattle-based Expedia Group. The company posted revenue of $4.2 Its net loss for the first nine months of this year was $2.2 billion in 2019.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

Self-driving technology startup Aurora, which was founded by the former head of Google’s autonomous vehicle program, is the latest company to announce that it’s going public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (or SPAC). But its executives have deep and diverse experience with autonomous vehicles.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The company, founded in 2012, handles more than 150 billion files for customers such as Hyundai, Cinesite Studios, Telus, and others. “It’s an exciting time to join the company’s board.” Sornsin co-founded the company in 2016. His departure is part of a “realignment” at the company.

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GeekWire

MAY 7, 2020

The Seattle real estate company posted its first quarter earnings report on Thursday with $191 million in revenue, up 73% and beating expectations of $178 million. Net loss per share came in at $0.64, lower than estimates of -$0.75. ” Revenue from the company’s Brokerage division came in at $102 million, up 26%.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 13, 2022

I had not attended any classes since 2016 so getting back into the groove of being a student did not come easily,” Hirz says. With retention rates suffering and a persistent skills gap in the IT hiring market, companies are establishing new ways to retain employees while meeting their needs for new skills.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

blasts off from the company’s launch complex in Alaska. Almost a quarter-century later, McCaw’s Teledesic venture is long-dead, but the dream lives on — thanks to the impending merger of McCaw’s Holicity “blank check” company and Astra , one of the rising stars of the satellite launch industry.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

Chinese EV startup Byton is halting operations for at least six months due to financial problems that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has confirmed to The Verge , following reports from The Detroit Bureau and local media.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

. “While the negotiations among nations perhaps didn’t deliver the headlines hoped for,” said Reenst Lesemann , CEO of the wave energy company C-Power , the event’s strong showing by the private sector makes him optimistic. John Kerry, the U.S. Electric Era Image). — LevelTen Photo).

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Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Royalty calculation is one of the most complex parts of eBook distribution as there are various business models, percentages, and definitions of net/list price to take into account. Be sure to look for trusted companies/ partners with clear and transparent communication. Digital Publishing / August 5, 2016.

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