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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

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Arora spent more than two years at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, most recently as part of the team building the space venture’s human landing system. billion contract to return astronauts to the moon. based startup Lessen named Chris Bee , a former senior director of product development at Zillow, as CTO.

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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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The company now has 25 employees and plans to hire. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. Media executive Virl Hill was named head of worldwide business development and strategy for Microsoft’s media and entertainment group. .

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Chief AI officer: What it takes to land the C-suite’s hottest new job

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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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AI2 spinout BirchAI lands $3.1M for healthcare customer support platform

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A new spinout from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, BirchAI , has landed $3.1 The Seattle startup is focusing on medical device, pharmaceutical and insurance companies. “It Terrell co-founded the company in June 2020 with CTO Yinhan Liu and Austin-based COO Sumant Kawale. BirchAI Photo). “It

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Tech Moves: Starbucks tech leader departs; former T-Mobile exec joins Ossia board; and more

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Starbucks Senior Vice President of Technology Wouleta Ayele has departed the Seattle coffee retailer to join California fast-casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen as CTO. He was previously an advisor to the company and spent time as a CEO-in-residence at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. (Sweetgreen Photo).

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. He co-founded Room on Call (now Hotelopedia) in 2015, where he set up the complete technology infrastructure, development, product management, and operations. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. February 2022. January 2022.

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Tech Moves: UW announces director for new DoD program; Microsoft vet joins EQT; and more

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The private equity company also develops and owns companies around the globe. At Microsoft, Brown oversaw corporate development, M&A and strategic investments including the company’s acquisitions of LinkedIn and GitHub. based Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, appointed Holly Vance as its general counsel. Holly Vance.