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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

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He joined Microsoft after the Groove deal, ultimately succeeding Gates as the company’s chief software architect, and helping to lead the launch of Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. It’s a cellular IoT device that can be embedded into almost any hardware and connect to the internet without relying on WiFi.

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$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

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Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused on addressing climate change causes and moving to a carbon-free economy. It can be more expensive to build and test the technology, compared to software-based enterprises.

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

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“This is a transformational time,” said Tonia Buell, alternative fuels program manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Even Matthew Metz, the Seattle founder of the EV-boosting nonprofit Coltura , can’t say for sure if the infrastructure build out is on track to meet demand.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

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Device driver and E/PROM programmers are closest to the hardware, and that bottoms-up understanding how a computer operates — from booting to loading the OS, to launching apps and beyond — is still immensely valuable, even in the era of cloud and AI/machine learning!”. It was one of the first software startups in Austin and the U.S.,

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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

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Lockstep , a Seattle accounting software startup, has emerged from stealth mode. Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Shanahan , previously chief operating and innovation officer at Globys, a software company offering digital billing products. and practiced clinical psychology until switching to software engineering in 2015.

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SMU Continues To Innovate In Cyber Security Innovation: Launches new institute and innovation gym

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The work of the institute will have a far-reaching impact, spanning retail, defense, technology, healthcare, energy, government, finance and transportation – everything that makes our world work.”. “My business career was built on technology services, so clearly the issue of cyber security is something I take very seriously,” Deason said.

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Two climate investors on the hot technologies, market trends and the urgency to act

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But the climate tech sector — which includes low-carbon innovation in clean energy, construction, transportation, agriculture and carbon removal — is getting buffeted and bolstered by larger forces at play. Elemental Excelerator is a nonprofit that has invested in more than 150 climate startups.

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