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Goodbill raises $2M and expands customer base to unearth and challenge medical billing errors

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But the platform ultimately caught the attention of larger companies that opt to directly pay for the healthcare of their employees rather than purchasing health insurance plans over which they have less control — a practice called self-funding. RELATED: ‘The darkest, most bottomless pit in healthcare’: Goodbill raises $3.4M

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Seattle-area mentoring nonprofit with a global reach adds generative AI to toolkits for job seekers

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GMI Photo) A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its participants. Global Mentorship Initiative founder and CEO Jon Browning, left, with the first student cohort in Johannesburg in 2019. But college graduates in the U.S.

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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 million in seed funding for its software to streamline customer support for healthcare companies. Seattle-based 98point6 uses NLP in its products to increase healthcare efficiency. BirchAI CEO and co-founder Kevin Terrell.

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Health data startup Truveta hires Seattle Foundation CEO Tony Mestres as president

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David Bley , a Seattle Foundation board member who was previously Pacific Northwest director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will become interim CEO of the nonprofit community foundation while it searches for a permanent replacement. Truveta was established by 14 U.S. The Seattle Foundation, which had $1.14

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Tech Moves: Providence leader returns to Amazon; Seattle marketing vet joins LiveRamp; and more

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Martin spent more than eight years at Providence in Seattle, where he led the health nonprofit’s venture capital arm Providence Ventures and its internal startup incubator. Amazon has rolled out several healthcare-related products and services, including a virtual care platform called Amazon Care, as well as Amazon Pharmacy.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

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— Graham Sheldon , former corporate vice president of product for Microsoft Teams, is now chief product officer of UiPath, an artificial intelligence and automation company. — Seattle biomedical research nonprofit Sage Bionetworks appointed Luca Foschini as president. Graham Sheldon. LinkedIn Photo).

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 26, 2021

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Seattle healthcare data startup Truveta lands investment from Microsoft and forms partnership. Amazon introduced a home robot called Astro, under development for the past several years, using artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to operate autonomously in the home. . … Read More. into Seattle.