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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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.” — Uber appointed Sukumar Rathnam as its new chief technology officer. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. Amazon Web Services sales leader Ernesto Chavarin joined Bellevue, Wash.-based Founded in 2014, Vettd.ai

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Amazon and Microsoft vets raise $10M for computer vision startup used in warehouses

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Groundlight AI Photo) A new Seattle startup wants to make it easier for businesses to monitor their warehouses using artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies. Dirac worked as a senior principal engineer at Amazon Web Services for more than six years, where he led the AutoML program.

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Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

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DefinedCrowd founder and CEO Daniela Braga and Allen Institute for AI CEO Oren Etzioni are part of the newly formed National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force. Boundless co-founder and CTO Serdar Sutay has left the Seattle immigration startup. Daniela Braga (left) and Oren Etzioni. His last day was Friday.

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How to leverage data to create a more intelligent organization

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Addressing a major pain point for businesses globally, Extreme Networks CIO John Abel, Sanmina CIO and Senior Vice President Manesh Patel, and Erik Singleton, a consultant at North Highland Worldwide will discuss using data to solve supply chain challenges. Check out the full summit agenda here. Don’t miss out – register today.

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Tech Moves: Smartsheet CFO joins Auth0 board; Outreach opens NYC office; Concure Oncology adds CEO; and more

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Demoz most recently was a senior manager of software engineering at Google Cloud and previously a software development manager at Amazon Web Services. office in Seattle and hired Microsoft alum Benjamin Gauthey as VP of global strategy and business development. The Seattle office will initially hire 10 employees.

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Young and visionary: Meet the finalists for Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

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Khanna previously co-founded Glia Intelligence, a machine learning consultancy for physical retail. He also worked as an AI engineer at Amazon Web Services and interned at Microsoft Azure. Michael Petrochuk, co-founder and CTO of WellSaid Labs. Michael Petrochuk.

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South Africa’s King Price Insurance moves to cloud as business grows

CIO Business Intelligence

King Price, a South Africa-based, privately held short-term insurance provider, were able to radically transform their business strategy, increasing system resilience, customer expansion and market adaptability in the process of adopting cloud technology. These acquisitions rocketed our cloud adoption and expertise.