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AI2 spinout MajorBoost uses artificial intelligence to help medical providers deal with insurance calls

GeekWire

A new health-tech spinout from Seattle’s Allen Institute for AI (AI2) aims to reimagine how doctor’s offices and insurance companies communicate with each other, using artificial intelligence to deal with time-consuming phone calls. The company is hiring for several roles. MajorBoost co-founder and CEO Lekshmi Venu.

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Taking the Canadian Insurance Industry Digital

Cloud Musings

. - McKinsey & Company Founded in 1871, Economical Insurance operates within the old and relatively static Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry. According to the American Insurance Association (AIA) , the modern insurance industry, developed primarily in England after the Great London Fire in 1666.

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Private equity looks to the CIO as value multiplier

CIO Business Intelligence

Several CIOs and other IT leaders in private equity (PE) environments say they see a trend toward the position being elevated, both with investors and at the portfolio companies they fund. Zibtek counts several PE-backed companies as customers, and Merrill is an investor in PE funds.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Even internally, finance companies such as Discover , have focused on building IT and tech training platforms to upskill workers to help meet the rapidly growing need for talent. Software The software industry is a natural fit for IT jobs, seeing as it’s an industry that fully relies on technology.

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‘Just infuriating’: Online retailer Zulily flip-flops, now plans to lay off employees amid holidays

GeekWire

But many of them were surprised Wednesday to get an email notifying them that today would be their last at the company. Today’s is just infuriating,” said Benjamin Normoyle, a longtime engineer at the company who received the message, speaking with GeekWire on Wednesday. 31 for these employees, according to the memo.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft CVP joins Builder.ai as president; Moonbeam hires Seattle marketing vet

GeekWire

Photo) — Vahé Torossian , a longtime former corporate vice president at Microsoft , joined software development startup Builder.ai uses AI and other tech to help companies build and maintain apps across various verticals. The company raised a $250 million Series D funding round in May. London-based Builder.ai

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State of IT jobs: Mixed signals, changes ahead

CIO Business Intelligence

And in the adjustment to a post-pandemic workforce, employees and employers have found a new battleground, with IT pros continuing to seek remote and flexible work opportunities, while companies grapple with the cost of following through with return-to-office mandates.

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