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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.

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Recruiting software company SeekOut lays off employees in another round of cuts

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(SeekOut Photo) SeekOut , a Seattle-area startup that sells recruiting software and raised $115 million in 2022, is trimming its workforce for the second time in the past eight months. We’ve reached out to the company for comment. Founded in 2017, SeekOut’s software is used by more than 1,000 companies to help with recruiting.

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Seattle startup Muir AI, which helps companies calculate complex carbon emissions, raises $3.25M

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Muir AI co-founders Chief Technology Officer Peter Williams (left) and CEO Harris Chalat. The company has raised $3.75 Muir’s co-founders are CEO Harris Chalat , who came from aerospace companies SpaceX and Relativity Space, and Chief Technology Officer Peter Williams , who worked in aerospace and at Amazon.

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Docusign to acquire Lexion for $165M in exit for Seattle-based AI contract management company

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(GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Docusign announced an agreement to acquire Lexion for $165 million, signaling plans to integrate the Seattle-based company’s AI-powered contract management technology into its Intelligent Agreement Management Platform.

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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

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MagniX’s chief technology officer, Riona Armesmith, works on electric propulsion systems like the one in the background at the company’s headquarters in Everett, Wash. ” Why are MagniX and a host of other companies — ranging from Rolls-Royce to MagniX’s Arlington, Wash.-based

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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With more and more companies undertaking the journey of digital transformation, the role of the CIO has become critical. March 2022. He joins the Indian beverage company after a 17-year stint at Wockhardt where he was associate vice president of information technology head. February 2022. January 2022.

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This energy startup wants to make utility data more accessible — and spur creation of new companies

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The company has developed technology that pulls customer data from U.S. That includes companies installing heat pumps that need to figure out the right-size device for a space. More than 40 companies are using Bayou’s product, though not all are paying customers. million pre-seed round. The list goes on.

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