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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

GeekWire

Even with that attrition, this year’s list has grown to 15, meaning eight new unicorns were minted in 2021. Hint: They are in the real estate, consumer internet, transportation, clean tech and gaming categories). billion (as of July 2021). Industry : Sales contract management software. billion (as of March 2021).

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Amazon employees walk out against to board to make a change

Dataconomy

Eliza Pan, a cofounder of AECJ and a former program manager at Amazon With posters reading “Amazon strive harder” and “Earth’s best employer?” The company has a significant carbon footprint since it depends on fossil fuels to run the planes, trucks, and vans that transport items around the globe.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO Business Intelligence

After we opened the museum, the director and curatorial staff were talking about how to how to reach even more people who wouldn’t be able to come to the museum and experience it,” says Jill Roberts, program manager of the Searchable Museum at the Office of Digital Strategy and Engagement (ODSE). “We

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Thakur joins from HDFC Life where he was an assistant vice president responsible for managing technology related to digital servicing and automation, and before that worked at Reliance Jio and in a number of consulting roles. December 2021. November 2021. September 2021. August 2021. He will be based in Gurugram.

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NASA awards $2.9B to SpaceX for Starship lunar lander; Blue Origin team is left out

GeekWire

That approach proved its worth with regard to space station cargo resupply, where SpaceX’s Dragon and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus served as backups for each other ; and with regard to commercial crew transport, where SpaceX has been able to fill the gap left by Boeing’s technical setbacks. billion request.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

He was self-taught, but also took courses at Bellevue Community College to ramp quickly, and over the years worked his way through support, database administration, developer roles, into technical program management, and ultimately into leadership roles. Transporter, Time Machine or Cloak of Invisibility?

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

It’s August 2021, and while that hasn’t happened, Argo has launched a small fleet of robotaxis in Miami and Austin in partnership with Lyft. Is it the Ford program manager for a car? And it’s going to mean safer, cleaner, easier transportation worldwide. He thinks self-driving cars will be “ready when [they’re] ready.”

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