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Tech Moves: Pathable founder joins vanlife app; Opanga Networks taps Seattle telecom vet as CEO

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Pathable Photo) — Veteran Seattle-area software entrepreneur Jordan Schwartz joined Sēkr , a San Diego startup that aims to help “vanlife” travelers find campsites and community, as its chief product officer. The company now focuses on using machine learning to boost software used by telecom companies and network operators.

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Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP

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He was previously CEO of Synaptics, a hardware and software giant also based in Silicon Valley. Kymeta, which was founded in 2012 with backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates , makes use of an innovative type of technology called metamaterials to build antennas that can be steered by software, without moving parts.

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Alliance of Angels raising new fund to back more startups in Seattle and beyond

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Seattle has long been criticized for its lack of local investment capital available for startups, especially relative to the region’s software clout and presence of tech giants. Initially started under the umbrella of the Technology Alliance, AoA spun out of the nonprofit in 2012. Seed funding in U.S.

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Next Tech Titan: MotherDuck, Rec Room, Statsig, Submittable, Zuper vie for pivotal GeekWire Award

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Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good. Zuper , a Seattle-based startup that provides field operations software to help companies manage workers across various industries, including cleaning, maintenance, and landscaping. billion.

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Tech Moves: Former Chef CEO joins Buildkite board; Salesforce hires Code.org exec

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— Barry Christ joined the board of Perth, Australia-based software company Buildkite. He was previously the CEO of Likewise, which was acquired in 2012, and worked for Mercury Interactive, McAfee and Apple. Steinglass worked for more than five years at computer science education nonprofit Code.org, most recently as its president.

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Go read this story about how a lost NES game was recovered after 30 years

The Verge

Oberth died in 2012, but he left behind a trove of old computer hardware from his time as a developer. Then, earlier this year, the hardware was donated to the Video Game History Foundation in the hopes that the nonprofit organization could help to make sense of it. There were numerous problems standing in their way, however.

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Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

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ai, Athenahealth, and Blue Yonder, previously known as JDA Software. Founded in Seattle in 2012, Actively Learn was acquired in 2018 by New Jersey educational technology company Achieve3000. Seattle startup Ally.io, which develops goal-setting collaboration software, added three new executives: Rajiv Arunkundram as head of product.

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