GeekWire

APRIL 17, 2024

Amazon bought naming rights to the arena, helping tout its commitment to reach net-zero carbon by 2040. Individual donors include former Microsoft CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer; Connie Ballmer; Tableau co-founder Chris Stolte; and Craig McKibben, co-founder of the software company WRQ, and his wife, Sarah Merner.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused on addressing climate change causes and moving to a carbon-free economy. It can be more expensive to build and test the technology, compared to software-based enterprises.

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

. “They’re focusing on making smart investments in things that have real-world implications both near- and far-term,” said Gabriel Scheer , director of innovation for the investment and accelerator nonprofit Elemental Excelerator. Roughly 30% of the companies that Amazon backs are in green transportation.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Even though the economic flywheel has provided jobs and created wealth for spending and investment in leading tech cities, it has not solved the social challenges of homelessness, inadequate education, public safety, and transportation. Flat-out crazy, local leaders and transportation experts said. Of course, it was never this tidy.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Some started protesting and lobbying, partnering with nonprofits and city officials to propose legislation. But DoorDash, Postmates, and the other apps that arrived in the mid-2010s had their own delivery workers, armies of contractors directed by software on their phones. Anthony Chavez delivers an ice cream during Hurricane Ida.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

Hichert also conducts workshops on topics such as the future of transport and the future of migration, and she has trained the Joint Command of the South African National Defence Force on applying complexity thinking to decision-making. Cheryl Chung is a Lead Strategist in the Futures Division of Singapore’s Ministry of Transport.

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