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Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup

GeekWire

Shah, based in Seattle, was most recently a CTO at UiPath, the robotic process automation software giant. “This is a pivotal moment for Talkdesk as the market for conversational AI and virtual agents is expected to grow rapidly.” Founded in 2011, Talkdesk sells software built for customer service contact centers.

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

GeekWire

In his new role, Chin will be responsible for Axon’s virtual reality and augmented reality training platforms. Arora spent more than two years at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, most recently as part of the team building the space venture’s human landing system. billion contract to return astronauts to the moon.

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Oil changes for houses: Startup led by former Expedia director offers regular home maintenance

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Onder Photo) A group of travel and real estate tech vets recently launched a startup to help new homeowners stay up-to-date on maintenance issues by providing regular inspections. The company also offers a virtual agent for users to schedule a repair with a vendor. Onder CEO and founder David Krieger.

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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

GeekWire

NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. F5 Networks hired Microsoft CVP Yvette Smith as SVP of customer success and business transformation and promoted Gail Coury to SVP and chief information security officer. Redfin’s President of Real Estate Operations Scott Nagel will retire in April 2022.

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Decentralizing Agendas and Decisions

Phil Windley

After doing the last four virtually, it was spectacular to be back together with everyone at the Computer History Museum. Last month was the first in-person CTO Breakfast since early 2020. CTO Breakfast is a monthly gathering of technologists in the Provo-Salt Lake City area that I've convened for almost 20 years. Thanks Kaliya!

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Tech Moves: Nordstrom names new CTO; ex-Halo director lands at Netflix; Boundless adds exec

GeekWire

The retail giant hired Jason Morris as its new chief technology and information officer, effective May 1. Nordstrom said last year it was seeing growth in digital services such as virtual style boards and online styling appointments. Seattle immigration startup Boundless hired Wenhan Zhang as its new head of engineering.

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What Meta employees really think about their company’s brutal year

Vox

Wall Street analysts blamed a number of setbacks specific to the company: rising competition from TikTok, slowing ad sales because of Apple’s new privacy restrictions , and skepticism about Zuckerberg’s $10-billion-a-year investment in building a virtual- and augmented-reality metaverse. Zuckerberg says he has a plan to reverse the slump.

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