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Tech Moves: SoundCommerce vet launches startup; Microsoft Federal leader departs; and more

GeekWire

She also worked at iLink Digital for nearly two years and helped run a software development services company. After selling her startup OwnTrail, Seattle tech vet Rebekah Bastian joined Seattle 3D printer maker Glowforge as senior vice president of product. Roh, who is moving to Hawaii, founded Seattle-based IntuitiveX in 2016.

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X-ray vision in the warehouse: ThruWave raises $6.4M to help online retailers see through packages

GeekWire

Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using the company’s hardware and software, which was first developed at the University of Washington. ThruWave’s sensors mount alongside conveyor belts and make 3D images of the items inside via antennas and what the company calls “compressive sensing.”

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

GeekWire

He was also founder and CEO of i3D, which enhanced the interconnectivity of web platforms with the virtual 3D world of the product Second Life, and was an engineer at Redmond, Wash.-based Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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Virginia Announces Research Commercialization Awards

CTOvision

In order to compete with other states and globally, we must focus on early stage economic development. AXON AI, LLC (Harrisonburg), Echosight Modeling and Prediction Software , Dr. Sven Brueckner, $50,000, Modeling and Simulation. These investments are planting seeds that are helping us grow the new Virginia economy.”. BlueTherm Corp.

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Tech Moves: Hiya adds startup vets; Bellevue College taps former governor as interim president; and more

GeekWire

3D content platform Unity Technologies appointed Scott Pitasky as chief people officer. He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute. Seattle-based business solutions software firm Changepoint hired Ingrid Rood as VP of its North America sales organization. Vancouver, B.C.-based

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Parkinson’s meds are hard to grab, so TikTok users crowdsourced a solution

The Verge

He started sketching designs for a 3D-printable bottle that would remove the need to dig for an individual pill. Alldridge has graphic design experience, but he had never tried making a 3D-printable object before. But the 3D printmakers of TikTok had already latched on to the idea. Illustration by Brian Alldridge. And it didn’t.

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If it doesn’t take our jobs, AI could make work better

Vox

He was recently granted the additional title of head of generative AI at Stern, and is helping develop an AI initiative for Stern’s MBA program so students, faculty, and administrators can become comfortable with AI tools in the workplace. How can this improve my life? How can I actually get smarter?’” said Grennan. It’s inspiring me.”

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