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Bizible founder Aaron Bird raises $5.1M for new Seattle B2B startup studio Pienza

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He had a lot of promising enterprise software-related ideas, given his previous experience at business marketing startup Bizible. The studio plans to launch a small portfolio of B2B software companies. Pienza already plans to hire engineers for its companies out of Chennai, India. But it was hard picking just one.

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Seattle startup Yesler raises $3.3M for its B2B lumber and building materials marketplace

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Yesler founder and CEO Matt Meyers, left, and CTO Jeff Lubetkin. Instead of building with wood, however, he is choosing to build software. His company Yesler , a B2B marketplace for lumber and building materials, today raised $3.3 ” The company has 10 employees and is hiring several new positions this quarter.

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Startup of the Year: Vote for the hottest up-and-coming company at the GeekWire Awards

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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. Common Room; Ozette; SeekOut; Shelf Engine; and Strike Graph are on the brink of stardom.

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We asked 24 startups in the new Techstars Seattle class about how AI is impacting their business

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Founder: Alyse Dunn was a senior software engineer at Venmo. GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Chassi The pitch: The startup helps robotics and embedded companies ship software by automating the development workflow. AI’s impact on robotics development: “To help reduce the need to hire more senior developers,” Okoye said.

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How NaaS deployment is shaping up

TM Forum

Looking at the market more broadly, it’s hard to pinpoint the number of CSPs that have implemented NaaS, in part because not everyone hews to the same definition. TELUS is also advancing the idea of software-based services in anticipation of more complex services to come, spurred by standalone 5G. Verizon seeks to woo developers.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft distinguished engineer joins Eclipse Ventures; Outreach adds evangelist

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. — Seattle sales technology startup Outreach hired Mary Shea as its first ever evangelist. As an analyst, Shea looked at the future of B2B sales and emerging sales technologies. In her new role she will continue her research focusing on the dynamics between B2B buyers and sellers, as well as how to build more diverse sales team. .