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Microsoft hires Google and Facebook product vet, building out ‘Teams for Life’ consumer group

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Microsoft made another key hire for a new consumer technology group on Wedneday, adding former Facebook and Google product leader Amit Fulay as vice president of product. Amit Fulay. ” An excerpt from the job post: Our team is responsible for creating the NEW consumer offering of Microsoft Teams. ” “I have admired?

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

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We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online. Gaming company or social company? I think in a lot of ways gaming is the new social.”

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

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Prior to joining EMC, Hittle was a member of the Ultra Electronics ProLogic senior management team, where he served for six years in key leadership positions, including Vice President Technology Applications, CTO, and Group Deputy General Manager. Produced by.

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Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

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Coatue Management led the latest round, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and Madrona Venture Group. Rec Room is among of group of community-based social gaming and entertainment apps that rely on user-generated content and have seen huge upticks in growth during the pandemic.

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This new Seattle VC firm raised a $10M fund to back women-led startups

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The Graham & Walker team, from left to right: Amanda Eldridge, vice president of business development; Rohre Titcomb, COO; Leslie Feinzaig, founder & managing director; Es Famojure, program manager; and Divya Kakkad, vice president of marketing. Graham & Walker Photos).

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

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Speaking with GeekWire this week, Larson-Green said the time was right for the next phase of her life after helping Qualtrics get to its IPO by working to build key functions and teams including people operations, program management, data science and user experience. “The technology changes all the time. Read the story.

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Seattle-area tech leaders join forces to try to raise $10M to aid India’s COVID-19 battle

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The call included Madrona Venture Group’s Steve Singh, Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta, and Amperity CEO Kabir Shahani. Tech leaders have formed a group called Seattle for India that’s trying to raise $10 million to support efforts that are delivering crucial healthcare supplies to India, which is in the midst of a COVID-19 crisis.

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