GeekWire

AUGUST 3, 2023

based enterprise software company EnterpriseDB (EDB). Dallas spent almost 25 years at Microsoft, most recently as vice president of cloud and artificial intelligence business development. Later, he became a senior advisor at TPG, leading its portfolio company Wind River as CEO and overseeing its $3.5

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GeekWire

MARCH 28, 2023

Legal contracts. Last year’s winner was Common Room, a Seattle-area startup that aims to help companies deepen relationships with their users and customers. The GeekWire Awards recognize the top innovators and companies in Pacific Northwest technology. Real estate ownership. Industrial AI. E-commerce fulfillment software.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

From left to right: Pulumi CTO Luke Hoban; Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy; Pulumi co-founder and chairman Eric Rudder; and Madrona Managing Director S. Madrona Venture Group, which led the company’s seed round in 2017, led the latest round. Madrona Venture Group, which led the company’s seed round in 2017, led the latest round.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

SAP has appointed a new global head of artificial intelligence, Walter Sun, after the previous post-holder quit to found her own AI startup. Sun has a PhD from MIT and continued to publish academic research papers during his time at Microsoft, in addition to teaching at Seattle and Washington universities.

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APRIL 28, 2017

As companies increasingly turn to artificial intelligence to communicate with customers, make sense of big data and find answers to vexing questions, some say it's time to think about hiring a chief A.I. in the workplace, see Computerworld’s Artificial intelligence in the enterprise: It’s on. ].

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

based company leveraging artificial intelligence to help develop new small molecule drugs, has raised $3.5 The six-employee company has partnerships with an undisclosed public biopharma company, the University of British Columbia, and others. Variational AI CEO Handol Kim. Variational AI Photo). million.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 10, 2024

But for Rob Clark, president and CTO of AI developer Seekr, such questions are business-critical. But with a growing number of customers and the increasing size of AI models, Clark and company recognized the need to shift to a cloud provider that could scale to its needs. “We

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2023

Former Microsoft and Amazon Alexa engineering leader Sonny Patel was named CTO and CPO of insurance tech startup Socotra. Socotra Photo) — Sonny Patel was hired by San Francisco-based insurance tech startup Socotra as CTO and CPO. Founded in 2015, Socotra sells cloud-based tools for insurance tech companies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

With ongoing advancements in cloud technology and the seemingly unlimited potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies, many organizations are eager to digitally transform and modernize their operations and software applications.

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GeekWire

MAY 7, 2021

In January, the company raised $150 million , bringing total funding to date past $1 billion. Microsoft and Amazon veteran Dirk Didascalou has been appointed the first CTO of Siemens Digital Industries, a business unit of the German multinational company. Guzmán was previously VP of local for media technology company WhereBy.Us

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The company helps entrepreneurs raise funding without going the traditional route of venture capital. “I’m passionate about the company’s mission,” Widner told GeekWire via email. “Lighter is the pioneer and the leader in RBF for software-as-a-service companies.” Founded in 2014, Vettd.ai

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2024

… Read More Where Amazon Web Services is still hiring after cutting hundreds of jobs this week Amazon Web Services announced hundreds of job cuts this week, in areas including training, sales, and physical stores technology, but noted that it’s still hiring in core areas of its business, with thousands of jobs currently posted.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

Seattle enterprise software startup Ally won last year’s award for a category that has honored companies such as Crowd Cow, Convoy, Arivale, Rover, and others in the past. Ozette co-founders Dr. Ali Ansary, CEO (left), and Greg Finak, CTO. The Series B round valued the company at close to $500 million. Ozette Photos).

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. Alexandr Wang, Scale AI’s CEO and founder, dropped out of MIT to start the company. “I’m joining Alex Wang and the team at Scale as CTO to help bring this vision to reality.” Scale AI Photo). Scale AI Photo).

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JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. What are some sites or companies in the same space? Are there any specific hard dates or important time-sensitive opportunities?

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GeekWire

MAY 24, 2021

Expedia Group has hired top executives from Apple and Verizon Media as the company overhauls its leadership structure and brand after a long period of organizational disarray and declining revenues. The key hires are part of Expedia’s efforts to streamline its operations and boost its revenues. Expedia Group Photo).

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The savings are just too big to ignore for a ton of companies,” says David Heinemeier Hansson, the Danish developer of Ruby on Rails and co-owner and CTO of 37signals, which completed a six-month total exit from the cloud last June. “‘Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 25, 2024

For Neeraj Kumar, CTO of Arkreach, the speed with which AI technologies are being developed itself poses a threat. It is time to shift away from the launch first, think later, mentality and concentrate on creating the future by not repeating yesterday’s mistakes, even if it leads to a delay.” Artificial Intelligence

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2023

(Groundlight AI Photo) A new Seattle startup wants to make it easier for businesses to monitor their warehouses using artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies. The company also announced $10 million in seed capital. He’s also the former CTO and co-founder of high-tech appliance maker Picobrew.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2024

The CAIO role might also have to shoulder the responsibility of being a Chief Analytics Officer, especially in India,” Dr Shailendra Singh, head of data science and analytics at TVS Motor Company said. The TVS Motor Group, which houses the TVS Motor Company, already has a CAIO in the form of Mahesh Calavai , who also dons the hat of a CDO.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Shortly after leaving the company that Altman himself founded a couple of years ago, one of OpenAI’s biggest investors Microsoft welcomed the mastermind behind prominent AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E to lead a new advanced AI research team alongside Greg Brockman, the former president of OpenAI.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2023

(Madrona Venture Labs Photo) Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) announced Wednesday it raised $11 million for its fifth fund, providing fresh fuel for the Seattle startup studio as it continues to double down on developing artificial intelligence startups. Since it was launched, the fund has raised $40 million and backed 32 companies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As countless organizations race to investigate or adopt artificial intelligence technologies, many are building out an AI skilled workforce. That includes the decision to appoint or hire a chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO). Ozzie Coto, chief AI officer and CTO at The Cult Branding Co.,

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Christoph Wollersheim, a member of the services and artificial intelligence practices group at global consulting firm Egon Zehnder, pinpoints five critical areas most organizations need to address when implementing AI: accuracy, bias, security, transparency, and societal responsibility.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

On the one hand, artificial intelligence has helped both technology departments and the business units to work better, faster, and cheaper. Upskilling takes time, and contracted workers aren’t usually as close to the business as employees. growth rate, which resulted in about 117,000 net new hires.)

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 28, 2023

City skyscrapers and office parks may remain scarcely occupied in the post-pandemic work era, but commercial real estate player JLL’s business is not slowing down, thanks to the company’s embrace of technology and high-growth opportunities to adapt and prosper. Generative AI and LLMs are changing all that.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 24, 2021

Vouched , a Seattle startup that helps companies verify identity, has landed $4.5 ” Vouched uses artificial intelligence to help more than 150 companies across a bevy of industries verify the identity of their customers, clients and contractors. The idea is to provide fraud detection of a person in real-time.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

based startup that combines artificial intelligence and human empathy to help people stay on task and get stuff done, has checked a major item off its to-do list: the company has raised $3 million from Apollo Projects , the venture fund run by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his brothers. Shelpful Photo) Shelpful , a Portland, Ore.-based

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI will continue to be a growth area for the company, driving “the next major wave of computing.” The Redmond-based company describes it as “a multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs to ensure these benefits are broadly shared with the world.”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Wokelo Photos) If one promise of artificial intelligence is to minimize mind-numbing business tasks, look no further than the drudgery of doing research for mergers and acquisitions. The idea is to reduce the grunt work of M&A due diligence, creating more time for high-level analysis and human expertise.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2023

It’s also sparked conversations around ethics, compliance, and governance issues, with many companies taking a cautious approach to adopting AI technologies and IT leaders debating the best path forward. A lot of companies say, ‘We’re not letting people touch ChatGPT yet, we’re just not allowing it—it’s blocked.’”

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GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2022

A new spinout from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, BirchAI , has landed $3.1 million in seed funding for its software to streamline customer support for healthcare companies. The Seattle startup is focusing on medical device, pharmaceutical and insurance companies. BirchAI CTO and co-founder Yinhan Liu.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2020

Sampaio was a director of product in Apple’s cloud infrastructure group and previously held product management and marketing roles at Canadian companies Digital Ocean and Sandvine. • Ken Oestreich as VP of product marketing. to join London-based games technology company Improbable as general counsel. Megan Quinn. Aaron Kornblum.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

(Y Combinator Photo) Seattle-area startups that just graduated from Y Combinator’s summer 2023 batch are tackling a wide range of problems — with plenty of help from artificial intelligence. The companies include: Talc AI, a service for assessing large language models. Talc AI Talc.ai What’s your secret sauce?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 19, 2023

This often leads to non-compliance and millions of dollars in penalties, or people getting stuck in contracts with no exit. Company culture must be at the center of any talent strategy, particularly when employees are spoiled for choice. Creating a positive employee experience is critical to retain IT professionals,” he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Never forget the power of people Despite trendy talk about current and future use cases, as with any technology artificial intelligence is only as powerful as the people developing and working with it, says Satish Jayanthi, co-founder and CTO at Coalesce. Hiring in tech has always been a rollercoaster,” Hruby says. “It

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals.

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