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Amazon and Microsoft vets raise $10M for computer vision startup used in warehouses

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Dirac worked as a senior principal engineer at Amazon Web Services for more than six years, where he led the AutoML program. Geiger is a longtime product design and engineering consultant. He’s also the former CTO and co-founder of high-tech appliance maker Picobrew.

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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

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The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people. He previously held engineering leadership roles at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. Steve Shure. Neeva Photo).

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

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Rogers spent the past decade at Amazon and was most recently director of business, product and technology for Amazon One , the tech giant’s palm-reading ID system. The company’s marketplace lets retailers purchase warehousing space on an on-demand basis, avoiding long-term warehouse leases. Sajo Jacob. Magnify Photo).

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

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NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. He joined PSL in 2015 as chief design officer. Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. com CEO Jay Westerdal is a senior venture partner.

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Young and visionary: Meet the finalists for Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

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Khanna previously co-founded Glia Intelligence, a machine learning consultancy for physical retail. He also worked as an AI engineer at Amazon Web Services and interned at Microsoft Azure. Michael Petrochuk, co-founder and CTO of WellSaid Labs. Michael Petrochuk. Stephanie Strong. Boulder Photo).

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

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Chanin Kelly-Rae was a manager of diversity for a division of Amazon Web Services in 2019. Recode reviewed some of this data for the Amazon Web Services division of the company, and it shows large disparities in performance review ratings between Black and white employees. “We Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.

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Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem

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Chanin Kelly-Rae was a head of diversity for Amazon Web Services in 2019. Recode reviewed some of this data for the Amazon Web Services division of the company, and it shows large disparities in performance review ratings between Black and white employees. “We Meron Menghistab for Vox. Isaac Brekken/AP.