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Seattle investment bank that helps buy and sell companies forms new SPAC to target ‘industry 4.0’

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is seen as the fourth industrial revolution, using the building blocks of computing and advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, deep learning, computer vision, Internet of Things (“IoT”), gene sequencing, energy storage, and blockchain, to transform the physical, digital and biological worlds,” the firm wrote in a SEC filing.

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‘Intersection of innovation’: Why top tech VC firms are betting big on life science startups

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New technologies such as artificial intelligence are changing the way drugs are discovered and developed, and more biotech startups have adopted an engineering mindset. Sujal Patel , for instance, crossed into life sciences after founding Madrona-backed data storage company Isilon Systems, which sold to EMC for $2.25

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‘The dark matter is just sitting there’: What’s standing in the way of AI for life sciences

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Life sciences panelists at Madrona Venture Group’s Intelligent Application Summit. From left: Cyrus Biotechnology CEO Lucas Nivon, Microsoft researcher Jonathan Carlson, Deepcell CEO Maddison Masaeli, and moderator Chris Picardo, a Madrona venture partner. GeekWire Photo / Charlotte Schubert).