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AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence

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Wokelo co-founders Saswat Nanda, left, and Siddhant Masson, both worked previously as management consultants. That’s the premise behind Wokelo , a Seattle-area startup co-founded by two former management consultants, Siddhant Masson and Saswat Nanda. ” Funding: The company, founded in 2022, has raised $1.5

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

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Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. Silicon Valley Bank hired former Viewpath CEO and president Natalie Steck as a director on its Seattle team. Tony Bacos. Frontdoor Photo).

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Tech News Roundup April 1

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The following are some of the hot topics we are tracking in the technology ecosystem: Technology Ticker. Annual Race for Tech Visas Is Under Way - Wall Street Journal. Memo: RealNetworks reorganizes, names new CTO. NASA Awards Spacecraft Avionics Development Contract.

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7012 Regs and Cyber insurance on collision course with small business

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This two-part article isn’t intended to fan the flames, but rather to give the context behind the regs, provide meaningful definitions for practical use, offer probable implications for industry, and set out why the seemingly most reasonable solution for businesses may be the most dangerous to them. First of all, what is UCTI? What is it not?

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Tech Moves: Hiya adds startup vets; Bellevue College taps former governor as interim president; and more

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He is currently chairman of Locke Global Strategies, a consulting group, and a senior advisor and consultant for law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, specializing in doing business in China and the U.S. Banfield’s co-founder is Bruce Roberts , who is CTO of the new startup. ambassador to China and secretary of commerce.

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Seattle startups move into growing science cluster in South Lake Union

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At the time, lab space was hard to find in the city, said Outpace chief technology officer Scott Boyken. Outpace Bio co-founder and CTO Scott Boyken (left) and CEO and co-founder Marc Lajoie. In January, BioMed Realty told the Puget Sound Business Journal that 45% of Dexter Yard had been leased.

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Top Technology News for 7 June 2016

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buys podcast streaming app Stitcher from Deezer for $4.5M (Steven Perlberg/Wall Street Journal). Can renewable energy be too much of a good thing? Why the Economic Payoff From Technology Is So Elusive - New York Times. CALIBRE Systems Wins OPM/GSA Human Capital and Training Solutions Contract. Scripps Co.

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