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GeekWire Podcast: Apple Vision Pro, a developer’s take; Detecting and defusing AI deepfakes

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(Apple Photo) First up this week on the GeekWire Podcast: an inside look at developing software for the Apple Vision Pro spatial computing headset. Related story: Apple Vision Pro: Why one longtime software shop is jumping head-first into spatial computing Then, we dive into AI, politics, and a new attempt to defuse deepfakes.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 17, 2024

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. … Read More Former Convoy engineers take another swing at trucking tech with new Seattle startup Andrew Huff and Oliver Jones aren’t done trying to build software for the trucking industry. … Read More Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B … Read More Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B

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

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Spectio uses artificial intelligence to address common pain points that occur while using these tools, such as communication and documentation. She also worked at iLink Digital for nearly two years and helped run a software development services company. He worked as a software engineering manager at Qualtrics for seven years.

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Founders with unique backgrounds unite over climate concerns and launch new venture fund

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Salpeter lives in western New York where he runs Sweet Farm , an nonprofit organization that combines sustainable agriculture and animal rescue with a technology startup accelerator. SNØCAP’s founding trio has a broad scope of expertise and experiences that should be helpful in its pursuit of diverse technologies to fund.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 19, 2023

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million seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Hetz Ventures to fuel growth of its software that provides data infrastructure capabilities at the “edge.” million seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Hetz Ventures to fuel growth of its software that provides data infrastructure capabilities at the “edge.”

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Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more

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Xembly Photo) — Ziad Ismail is now chief operating officer of Xembly , a Seattle startup that offers an artificial intelligence “chief of staff” designed to automate tedious tasks such as meeting notes, scheduling, to-do lists and more. He moves from business spend management platform Coupa Software.

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Microsoft targets AI skills gap with new training program and grant challenge

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Microsoft is partnering with OpenAI and competing against tech giants including Amazon and Google in the race to capitalize on the growing wave of generative AI technologies in software and online services. The skills initiative includes what Microsoft calls the first Professional Certificate on Generative AI in online learning.

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