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Amazon Web Services launches startup accelerator for generative AI companies

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The Amazon Web Services accelerator, revealed Tuesday, is a 10-week program aims to “empower companies applying generative AI to solutions from legal and marketing, to software engineering, green energy, and life sciences, including drug discovery.” ” It also provides up to $300,000 in AWS credits.

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Amazon renewable power leader on AI’s energy strain, a political dust-up in Oregon, and more

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1 corporate purchaser of renewable energy worldwide. “Renewable energy is the place where you have a big impact on our carbon footprint today,” said Charley Daitch , the Amazon Web Services director of energy and water strategy. AWS Photo) Other tech giants are likewise investing in carbon-free energy.

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Seeq lands $50M to grow manufacturing analytics software platform

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Seeq’s software: Founded in 2012, Seeq’s analytics software is used by industrial manufacturers to collect and analyze data. It has close partnerships with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Seeq CEO Steve Sliwa. Seeq Photo). New funding: Seattle startup Seeq raised $50 million in a Series C round.

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Cisco’s VC arm invests in Seattle-based manufacturing analytics software startup Seeq

GeekWire

Seeq raised another $28 million for its analytics software used by industrial manufacturers to collect and analyze data. It has close partnerships with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Founded in 2012, Seeq helps customers across various industries — oil and gas; food and beverage; metals and mining; etc.

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Tech Moves: AWS vet lands at health startup; ex-Qualtrics exec joins Typeform board

GeekWire

LinkedIn Photo) Harshit Shah , a former head of engineering at Amazon Web Services, is now chief technology officer at Boston, Mass-based healthcare software company Kyruus Health. Deputy Secretary of Energy. Harshit Shah. He also previously spent a decade at Microsoft in various managerial roles. Lehto led the studio.

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Customer Centricity at Amazon Web Services

All Things Distributed

As regular readers of this letter will know, our energy at Amazon comes from the desire to impress customers rather than the zeal to best competitors. In 2012,AWS announced 159 new features and services. We don’t take a view on which of these approaches is more likely to maximize business success.

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DTW 2022: Catalyst Awards celebrate excellence in innovation

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Amazon Web Services, Cognizant, Hansen Technologies, NEC, Sterlite Technologies Limited. Ciena, Gotransverse, MATRIXX Software, Salesforce. Future Connections, Incognito Software Systems, Sterlite Technologies Limited. Colt Technology, Gamestream, The Football Association, stc, Verizon. Participants. Title: Green 5G.

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