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Seattle healthcare data startup Truveta lands investment from Microsoft and forms partnership

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Seattle-based Truveta will leverage Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to analyze health data under a new partnership with the software giant announced Wednesday. Microsoft is also investing an undisclosed amount in Truveta, which emerged from stealth mode last year and already has more than 100 employees. Microsoft Photo).

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Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet lands at IonQ; Microsoft principal researcher joins startup

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She also spent two decades at Microsoft in various leadership roles. Former Microsoft principal researcher Joseph DeGol joined Irvine, Calif.-based DeGol joined Microsoft in 2018. Adrian Adams stepped down as CEO, president and chairman at Impel Pharmaceuticals , where he led the Seattle biotech company since 2020.

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Microsoft Azure Quantum joins the quest to create new hydrogen fuel-cell catalysts

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Johnson Matthey via YouTube) Chemists at Microsoft Azure Quantum are teaming up with Johnson Matthey , a British-based clean-tech company, to identify new types of catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells. Microsoft’s cloud-based supercomputing platform. The simulations were run on Azure HPC.

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Microsoft says hackers from Russia and North Korea attacked COVID-19 vaccine makers

The Verge

Cyberattacks that originated in North Korea and Russia have been targeting companies conducting research for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, Microsoft said in a new blog post. The company says the attacks were aimed at seven leading pharmaceutical companies and researchers in the US, Canada, France, India, and South Korea.

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Tech Moves: Madrona adds Silicon Valley partner; Walmart execs join Nex; and more

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Camp previously was vice president of marketing at Seattle recruiting startup SeekOut, and held marketing leadership roles at Qualtrics, Limeade, and Microsoft. Anderson was previously a VP at Twilio and also worked at Zipwhip, Expedia, and Microsoft. . — Stephanie Camp joined Zendesk as vice president of global demand generation.

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Microsoft will acquire CyberX to beef up Azure IoT security offering

GeekWire

Microsoft will acquire CyberX , a Boston-area cybersecurity startup that helps companies protect their IoT devices and networks. The deal will enhance Microsoft’s Azure IoT security product. Customers include Qualcomm, NEC, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, and others.

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Tech Moves: Sea.citi adds board members; another Microsoft vet joins Magic Leap; and more

GeekWire

Augmented reality platform Magic Leap added longtime Microsoft manager Tracey Trewin as chief product officer. At Microsoft, Trewin worked on new business and consumer products and helped scale products such as Windows and Xbox. She follows former Microsoft leader Peggy Johnson, who became Magic Leap’s CEO in August.

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