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

GeekWire

Hint: They are in the real estate, consumer internet, transportation, clean tech and gaming categories). Industry : Real estate. 2021 : Real estate startup Place comes out of nowhere with $100M round, led by Goldman at $1B valuation. Industry : Cloud data storage. Can you name the five other startups?

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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. Seattle hybrid cloud storage startup Qumulo appointed Adriana Gil Miner as its chief marketing officer. contract management startup Icertis. . Adriana Gil Miner.(Qumulo Qumulo Photo).

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Tech Moves: Ex-Tableau sales chief Kelly Breslin Wright joins Gong; Slalom expands board; more

GeekWire

In her new role, Lansinger is tied to a completely different vertical: real estate. The Seattle region’s red-hot real estate market keeps making headlines. SDN manages furniture inventory and storage for owners while also providing a platform for stagers to rent or buy furniture. Vancouver, Wash. .

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

On the other hand, if you look at it from a basic compute and storage and silicon standpoint, we’ve made substantial progress in the 17 years I’ve been doing this. Is it the Ford program manager for a car? The interior real estate of the vehicle is a huge opportunity. It is extremely valuable real estate.

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