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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. Generative AI and LLMs are changing all that.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

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Hint: They are in the real estate, consumer internet, transportation, clean tech and gaming categories). Helion co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Pihl (left) with founder and CEO David Kirtley at their facility in Redmond, Wash. Industry : Sales contract management software. Valuation : $3.96

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

GeekWire

Rascoff, who stepped down as CEO of Zillow in early 2019, resigned from the Seattle-based real estate company’s board in April. He led technology and product operations at retailers Gap Inc and L Brands, and spent more than a decade as a consultant at EY. contract management startup Icertis. Arvin Patel.

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Tech Moves: Qualtrics exec moves to Google; NHL Seattle expands team; former Amazon exec named Bluecrew CEO; and more

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Wood is co-founder and currently a partner at consultancy AirNote. He was a longtime member and former chairman of the Washington Technology Industry Association’s board of directors. Seattle hybrid cloud storage startup Qumulo appointed Craig Bumpus as its first chief revenue officer.

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Think carefully before considering cloud repatriation

CIO Business Intelligence

Most IT leaders have assets moved to the cloud to achieve some combination of better, faster, or cheaper compute and storage services. They also expect to benefit from the expertise of cloud providers—expertise that isn’t easy for companies to develop and maintain in house, unless your company happens to be a technology provider.

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