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Which of these companies was not started by Elon Musk?

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SpaceX, founded by Musk in 2002, aims to reduce space transportation costs and enable the colonization of. Elon Musk's ventures have been characterized by their ambitious scope.

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Construction software company Procore acquires Seattle mapping startup Unearth

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(Unearth Photos) Unearth Technologies , a Seattle startup that develops mapping software for the construction industry, announced Friday it was acquired by Procore Technologies , a publicly traded company based in Southern California. Customers include contractors, utilities, and Fortune 500 companies.

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Marketing vet Pete Hines retires after 24 years at Bethesda

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Pete Hines started at Bethesda as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications in 1999, the same year Zenimax acquired the company. In his tenure, Hines ran the marketing campaigns for the studio's biggest games, including Morrowind (2002), Oblivion (2006), Read Entire Article

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Former Facebook engineers lead Seattle-based investment firm backing data-focused startups

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He later did engineering stints with Seattle startups including Elevator, Poppy, TraceMe, and Mason, and has backed Seattle companies as an angel investor. He previously was a data warehouse manager at Netflix from 2002 to 2007. The firm raised $10 million for its first fund and has invested in more than 25 companies.

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Finpilot, a Seattle startup using generative AI to help financial analysts with research, raises $4M

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The company’s aim is to help financial analysts speed up their investment workflows. Finpilot plans on supporting other features that can automate other workflows for analysts — generating reports, comparing companies, analyzing trend data, and extracting specific segment data out of charts and text.

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SAP plans to spin out Qualtrics with an IPO, two years after acquiring software company for $8B

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SAP announced Sunday that it will spin out its Qualtrics unit with an IPO, less than two years after acquiring the experience management company for $8 billion. ” The move comes as several companies test the public markets after an initial slowdown due to the global pandemic, and despite the ongoing economic and health crisis.

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Ackerley brothers, fresh off Leeds United stake, launch new investment arm for sports and tech

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(Photo courtesy of Ted and Chris Ackerley) Ted and Chris Ackerley are on the hunt for companies at the forefront of sports and media innovation. ASG plans to invest in teams, leagues, and growth stage companies. The Ackerley brothers are also involved in a special purpose acquisition company , or SPAC, called ESH Acquisition Corp.

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