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Former AWS engineers raise $3M to take on tech giants with ‘world’s fastest spreadsheet’

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Founded in 2021 by former engineers at Amazon Web Services, the company is targeting a wide range of customers that use Row Zero for business intelligence, finance, operations, marketing, and more. It’s aiming to fill a gap between pricey spreadsheet tools and software that requires programming skills.

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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

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2015 PREDICTION TIME!! Their individual effect on society and commerce will become moot as these technological capabilities merge to deliver products and services straight out of Star Trek! Identity will be the new security perimeter for consumers of cloud services. Rise of the "Cloud System Integrator" (a.k.a.

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Seattle startup Downstream, which helps brands with their Amazon ads, acquired by Jungle Scout

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Connor Folley , an ex-Amazon marketing manager, and Salim Hamed , who worked in business intelligence engineering for Amazon Web Services, launched the company in late 2017. Revenue from Amazon’s third-party seller services spiked 57% in the holiday quarter to $27.3 Founded in 2015, Jungle Scout has more than 500,000 customers.

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Seattle investors back Battlesnake, makers of a growing game that turns coding into competition

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Battlesnake originated in the Pacific Northwest as a developer recruiting event in 2015, and by 2019 the flagship Battlesnake Tournament in Victoria drew 1,200 developers and another 1,000 spectators intrigued by the e-sports-like drama of watching competitors compete with their coded snakes.

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How a Seattle fintech entrepreneur built a network of support through multiple organizations

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He participated in the Founder Cohort Program with the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) where he met other founders doing similar work in analytics and met useful mentors. The program “changed his life,” Derby said. Derby launched Stakana in 2015.

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Amazon reports $149B in revenue for holiday quarter, beating estimates, but shares fall 6%

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In a sign of the broader tech spending slowdown, revenue for Amazon Web Services grew just 20% in the fourth quarter, compared to 40% growth in the year-ago period. Amazon Web Services: Amazon’s cloud business was up 20% at $21.3 Shares of Amazon were down as much as 6% in after-hours trading. billion, with $5.2

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How AI is helping the NFL improve player safety

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For example, in 2015 the league dramatically increased its data collection efforts by equipping all players with RFID sensors that pinpoint every player’s field position, speed, distance traveled, and acceleration in real-time. This season, the NFL has worked closely with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to debut a new joint effort: Digital Athlete.

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