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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

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Sullivan was previously head of product for the AI DevOps group at Amazon Web Services, where he led teams helping customers build and manage cloud-based applications. based $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund , launched by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, appointed Paul Bodnar to help lead programs on climate finance, industry and diplomacy.

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Here’s how Microsoft is helping India with its COVID-19 catastrophe

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Financial support for nonprofits: Through the Microsoft Philanthropies employee giving program, employees in the U.S government is mobilizing to help. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy tweeted Wednesday that Amazon is also part of the U.S. I am heartbroken by the current situation in India. I’m grateful the U.S.

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How “windfall profits” from AI companies could fund a universal basic income

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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Meta President Nick Clegg, Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google’s President of Global Affairs Kent Walker, and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith at the White House. The second, considerably less important, is charity.

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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

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That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

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Techstars Seattle, which hosts a three month accelerator program, graduated its 11th cohort this year and is led by Managing Director Isaac Kato. ” Sharma joined Madrona last year from Amazon Web Services. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Redmond, Wash.-based

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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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The company provides back-end tech and software to help companies build training and onboarding programs. Skilljar raised $33 million in funding after the pandemic created increased demand for its services. Medina, co-founder and CEO, previously worked for Amazon Web Services and led a division of Microsoft.

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

Vox

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.