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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

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billion contract to return astronauts to the moon. Seattle-based home services technology company Porch Group added two new board members : Imagination Capital co-founder and Managing Partner Rachel Lam , and former Aviva plc Group CEO Maurice Tulloch. Freelancing platform Upwork hired former Amazon General Manager Saty Bahadur as CTO.

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

After being in cloud and leveraging it better, we are able to manage compute and storage better ourselves,” said the CIO, who notes that vendors are not cutting costs on licenses or capacity but are offering more guidance and tools. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

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Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

You need to know where the data’s coming from, how it’s transformed, and what the outputs are,” says Nick Amabile, CEO at DAS42, a data consulting firm. As companies mature in their understanding and use of gen AI, they’ll have to put safeguards in place, says Juan Orlandini, CTO, North America at Insight, a Tempe-based solution integrator.

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The 10 biggest funding rounds for Pacific Northwest startups in 2022

GeekWire

Funding was down more than 50% in the second half of 2022 compared to the same time period in 2021, according to data from GeekWire’s fundings list. Group14 Technologies Chief Technology Officer Rick Costantino (left) and CEO Rick Luebbe inside of the company’s commercial-scale manufacturing factory in Woodinville.

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Generative AI copilots: What’s hype and where to drive results

CIO Business Intelligence

GitHub first launched its copilot in 2021 , and Microsoft 365 Copilot became generally available a few months ago. The ambiguity of what’s working today and which users will benefit is driving some CIOs to ask whether adding Copilot licenses to Microsoft 365 is worth the price.

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UK’s new digital strategy promises change – will it deliver?

CIO Business Intelligence

The first step would be to release a photo ID application on iOS and Android built in partnership with HMRC and using facial recognition to verify the identity through smartphone and driving license. The technology industry is excited by this ambitious strategy and is ready to support its delivery and implementation.”.

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The Emergence

Crafty CTO

If you’re the CEO and not deeply technical, having a CTO or fractional CTO that can understand emerging AI and then translate that raw material into “most potentially impactful for us” is a great option, and can flow smoothly to the next point. trained model arrived, licensed for research and commercial use.