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Former Starbucks engineering exec joins education-focused AI startup that just raised $4M

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) Seattle-area entrepreneur and tech vet Ryan Bruels joined education-focused artificial intelligence startup Atypical AI as founding head of engineering. The San Francisco-based company said it raised $4 million in pre-seed funding to boost development of its AI-powered tutoring, teaching and grading tools.

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Tech Moves: Seattle startups hire new execs; board shuffles at Adaptive and Porch

GeekWire

Cyemptive, founded in 2014, sells cybersecurity tools including an endpoint protection service and advanced perimeter firewalls. Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering. He previously worked as VP of platform engineering at Paris-based carpooling platform BlaBlaCar and was an engineer at Chef Software.

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Securing data and talent top Indian CIOs’ concerns for FY2023

CIO Business Intelligence

He is also exploring AI tools with the goal of providing workers with a self-service platform for supporting decision making. At Khatabook, a provider of accounting software for small businesses, VP of Engineering Gaurav Lahoti also ranks information and data security as his top priority. Talent retention.

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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

GeekWire

Magnify’s tool optimizes onboarding and use of software using AI and machine learning. Christine Hendric kson as VP of strategic initiatives. Carol Grant as VP of marketing. A Microsoft alum, Grant has worked as a consultant and is a former Zillow director of product marketing. The Seattle and Bend, Ore.-based

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Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial

The Verge

Tim Cook, CEO — covering “Apple’s corporate values; Apple’s business and operations; development and launch of the App Store; competition faced by Apple.” However, as Bloomberg notes , Epic withdrew a request for testimony from Facebook’s gaming head Vivek Sharma — whose name doesn’t appear in the latest filings. Apple’s witness list.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He co-founded Room on Call (now Hotelopedia) in 2015, where he set up the complete technology infrastructure, development, product management, and operations. Pujari has over 25 years of experience across sectors including BFSI, manufacturing, consulting, publishing, airlines, and healthcare. Kamal Goel Web Werks. December 2021.

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Google says it’s committed to ethical AI research. Its ethical AI team isn’t so sure.

Vox

The team has lent Google’s research organization credibility in the academic community by demonstrating that it’s a place where seasoned scholars could do cutting-edge — and, at times, critical — research about the technologies the company develops. The misfits of Google research. It’s working on so much cutting-edge AI research.

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