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JetClosing raises $8.5M as pandemic highlights demand for digital title and escrow service

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Social distancing rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic are driving up demand for JetClosing ‘s digital home closing service. JetClosing is part of a growing trend in real estate to shift the homebuying experience online — one that has accelerated due to the global health crisis. JetClosing CEO Dan Greenshields.

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Seattle tech vet launches startup accelerator exclusively on Clubhouse with 13-company cohort

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The accelerator will run for four weeks, with programming designed to support the startup founders toward presenting on Investor Demo Day on May 1. The companies represent such verticals as FinTech, EdTech, Real Estate, VR/AR, Logistics, and CPG and Products. PREVIOUSLY: ‘Developers, developers, developers!’

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 6, 2022

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housing market continues to show signs of weakening, impacting Seattle real estate tech companies such as Zillow Group and Redfin. Flyhomes does another round of layoffs as slowing housing market hurts real estate tech companies. … Read More. Redfin CEO: ‘The housing market could get worse’ The U.S.

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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

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Coding for Cancer Hanako Osuga, in the background, is the program coordinator leading the Coding for Cancer program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, an effort designed to expose students to the possibilities of applying computational skills to cancer research. Denver and Dallas and has helped more then 6,200 people get housing.

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Why this Seattle-area startup ditched its physical office — and what it means for the future of work

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-based startup, which sells technology that enhances live programming, offered its desks, chairs, monitors, and other furniture to employees for their home office setup. Tagboard is also using savings in overhead to provide a technology/internet stipend for remote work and to pay for in-person activities when social distancing mandates lift.

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Inside the AI Revolution: Tech execs on the new realities for software, startups, and the future

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Bridget Frey, CTO at Redfin , the tech-powered real estate company that operates in more than 100 markets in the U.S. Frey, Shani and Shim share real-world examples of AI impacting software development, real estate, and meetings. Using ChatGPT to generate 4x more localized real estate content.

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Zillow rival Opendoor will go public via SPAC; home buying and selling platform valued at $4.8B

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The fresh cash comes from a PIPE (private investment in public equity deal) of $600 million and up to $414 million of cash via the SPAC, which is led by Social Capital’s Chamath Palihapitiya. The company makes money on fees, similar to a real estate commission, as well as the difference between what it buys and sells a home for.