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How Zillow Group is thinking about AI and the future of real estate

GeekWire

Zillow CTO David Beitel was one of the first executive leaders at the real estate giant. “We want to make it easy for people to find homes they love,” said longtime Zillow CTO David Beitel. “We want to make it easy for people to find homes they love,” said longtime Zillow CTO David Beitel.

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Prophia, which extracts info from commercial real estate contracts, raises $10.2M

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Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Increasing competition in the commercial real estate sector has forced many companies to adopt tech in order to operate faster, CEO and co-founder Cameron Steele told GeekWire. Prophia Photo).

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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.

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Former Amazon and Microsoft exec Joseph Sirosh launches stealthy new generative AI startup

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He previously was chief technology officer at real estate giant Compass, and was CTO of AI at Microsoft, where he worked for more than five years. ” Training its chatbots on verified and approved data from users could also help give CreatorsAGI an edge given privacy concerns around generative AI.

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JLL reinvents itself for the AI era

CIO Business Intelligence

City skyscrapers and office parks may remain scarcely occupied in the post-pandemic work era, but commercial real estate player JLL’s business is not slowing down, thanks to the company’s embrace of technology and high-growth opportunities to adapt and prosper.

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Inspectify, which sells software for property inspection services, lands $5.7M

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It aggregates data from each inspection and aims to replace static PDF reports. The startup serves real estate investors, property managers, lenders, insurance carriers, and brokerages. The fresh cash comes amid a real estate market slowdown. The Washington, D.C.-based

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Rethinking home inspections: Zillow and Flyhomes vets land $8M for Seattle startup Inspectify

GeekWire

The news: Inspectify , a 2-year-old Seattle startup tackling the home inspection process, raised $8 million from several VCs, real estate giant Redfin, and execs from startups such as Built Technologies, Side, Sundae, Flyhomes, and Steadily. “It’s such a massive industry,” Jensen said of the real estate sector.