GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

(Orbite Photo) After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called Orbite is ready to start signing up customers for private-sector astronaut training programs. Prices for the five-night suborbital training program start at $49,500 per person.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Battlesnake originated in the Pacific Northwest as a developer recruiting event in 2015, and by 2019 the flagship Battlesnake Tournament in Victoria drew 1,200 developers and another 1,000 spectators intrigued by the e-sports-like drama of watching competitors compete with their coded snakes. It’s mostly for fun.”

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

“Over the course of 2022, we are planning to make Windows Terminal the default experience on Windows 11 devices,” explains Kayla Cinnamon , a program manager for Windows Terminal at Microsoft. “We We will start with the Windows Insider Program and start moving through rings until we reach everyone on Windows 11.”.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

That left a wide assortment of independent developers to fill the gap, many of whom were showing off brand-new games. Many games at PAX this year were the product of first-time developers, including several studios from the Pacific Northwest. Studio Kumiho is the sole returning developer from GeekWire’s last PAX roundup.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I remember sitting in an auditorium in the office in the US in late 2019 when I was relatively new to the company,” says Shannon Booth, senior talent development partner at Schneider Electric, of the company’s initial presentation for OTM. It even enables employees to market their skillsets internally. “I

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Kitaboo

JULY 14, 2020

Training evaluation refers to an attempt to obtain relevant information on the effects of a training program. The primary objective of evaluating any training program is to develop an understanding of whether it has achieved its stated objectives. Benefits of Evaluating Training and Development. Transparency in Feedback.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The structure opened in downtown Seattle in 2019. The startup has an exclusive license to use novel CAR T-cell technology developed by Jensen and his team. “With our clinical trials and our academic programs, we can treat and help dozens or tens of dozens of patients,” Jensen said.

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GeekWire

MARCH 8, 2023

(Starfish Space Illustration) Starfish Space , a Seattle-area startup founded by two veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, has raised $14 million in funding to support its plans to develop spacecraft capable of hooking up with bigger satellites to boost their orbits — or safely dispose of them. ”

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GeekWire

JUNE 23, 2020

Over the next three years, Microsoft says it will double its number of Black-owned suppliers and spend an incremental $500 million with those companies; double its investment activity with Black-owned financial institutions, including a $100 million FDIC program; and establish a $50 million investment fund to support Black-owned small businesses.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

Amazon said in a blog post that more than 800 new AWS jobs — including software developers, UX designers, and technical program managers — will be located at Redmond Town Center. Amazon previously announced its Project Kuiper plans for Redmond in December 2019. The majority of that growth has been centered on Bellevue, Wash.

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GeekWire

JUNE 30, 2021

based company developing technologies to accelerate the process of drug discovery, announced today that it plans to go public via an IPO. Absci aims to circumvent current processes for developing protein-based drugs, which often require manufacture in mammalian cells, a cumbersome and difficult method. million in 2019.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 17, 2020

when it graduated from Techstars Seattle in May 2019. Tech giants including Microsoft and Google are also developing voice transcription features and services. million round in September 2019; total funding is $6.5 Symbl was previously known as Rammer.AI Symbol Image). The company previously raised a $1.8

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TM Forum

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When in 2019 TM Forum set up the. Autonomous Networks (AN) Program. Since then, COVID-19 has accelerated global enterprise customers’ digital transformation programs, creating an opportunity for CSPs to unlock at least $700 billion in new revenues from industrial 5G and B2B2x opportunities.

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2021

Originally bundled into Office 97, Clippy’s intent was to pop up and help computer users navigate through programs such as Word or Excel. In 2019, Clippy resurfaced as an application for Apple’s MacOS. It dared followers to like a tweet 20,000 times to make it happen, and the number was easily eclipsed by lunchtime.

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GeekWire

JULY 23, 2021

OpenSesame saw an increase in demand for employee development programs focused on diversity, equity and inclusion; leadership; and enabling a safe working environment and wellness in the workplace. billion in 2020, according to EdSurge , a 30% increase from 2019. education tech startups raised a record $2.2

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

“It’s the last test in our development program for Hopper, and by all accounts, it’s been very successful,” Lapsa said. ” Stoke Space was founded in 2019 by Lapsa , a veteran of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture; and Tom Feldman , who worked at Blue Origin after interning at SpaceX. .

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Amazon showed off its latest drone design in June 2019. under a trial program. “We will continue to develop and refine our technology to fully integrate delivery drones into the airspace, and work closely with the FAA and other regulators around the world to realize our vision of 30 minute delivery.”.

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GeekWire

MARCH 9, 2023

Drachman, a former executive at Seagen, led Neoleukin since it spun out of the University of Washington in 2019. The November layoffs coincided with a decision by Neoleukin to discontinue development of a computationally designed protein therapeutic being tested in a phase 1 trial. Neoleukin later raised $86.2

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GeekWire

JUNE 18, 2021

The company is developing immunotherapy treatments for blood-based and organ-based tumors in adult and pediatric patients. Umoja launched in 2019 and is working to commercialize technology developed at Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Purdue University. The new funding will help develop treatments for clinical trials.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

When it comes to the diverse learning requirements of today’s corporate workforce, a one-size-fits-all training program is no longer considered an effective strategy. A customized L&D program can help your organization cater to every employee and support them in achieving their specific goals. Strategic Course Development.

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GeekWire

MARCH 28, 2023

The Boeing plant at Snohomish County’s Paine Field in 2019. The county and Washington State University aim to open a research and development center in the area that’s focused on sustainable aviation fuel. Many Washington state companies and institutions have taken steps to support the plant-based fuels.

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GeekWire

JULY 28, 2020

Though there are low-income internet programs in the region, they aren’t well utilized or known in the communities that need them most. About 47% of residents surveyed who would qualify for the programs were unaware of them. In households with people of color and Native Americans, 49% were unaware of low-income programs they could use.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 9, 2023

Century launched in 2019 to develop therapies from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can be derived from adult tissue, and pulled in $242.7 Along with the layoffs, the company is de-prioritizing a program for glioblastoma and a discovery program for blood cancers. “As million in an IPO two years later.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2024

What is even more disheartening is that while a healthy number of young girls and women enroll and thrive in early education STEM programs, this enthusiasm and drive seems to wane at the college and university levels, where women account for just 16% of those who earned a bachelor’s degree in computer and information sciences.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard booster makes its landing in December 2019. The payload was developed by Space Lab in collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder. NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program provided funding for payload development and flight.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Starliner development program has suffered through years of delays and about $1.6 An uncrewed test flight went awry in 2019, forcing a re-do in 2022. That’s likely to be a make-or-break moment for Boeing and Starliner. billion in cost overruns that Boeing has had to absorb.

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

What: STC’s Corporate Customer Experience Management program enabled the operator to overcome pandemic-related challenges and quickly meet changing customer needs in unprecedented circumstances. compared to the end of 2019, according to the GSMA. Who: Saudi Telecom Company and Huawei Technologies. AI Maturity Model. Source: STC.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A booming interest in youth programs, which GeekWire profiled in 2019 , has attracted 500 players. All of these teams and programs would use the Marymoor Cricket Community Park, a multi-purpose facility that could also host professional cricket events, including Major League Cricket, U.S. Construction could begin in 2023.

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The Verge

JANUARY 12, 2021

The platform is different from ones developed by other startups and larger automakers because it integrates more of the car’s electronics, allowing for greater flexibility in cabin design. Canoo took meetings with a variety of companies from Silicon Valley, China, and elsewhere in 2019 and 2020, the people said.

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

How: The NX Ambassadors Club was created to advance a stalled corporate rebrand and transformation effort by empowering and building trust among employees; developing paths for peer mentorship, education, and advancement; and establishing and sharing corporate values that resonate with a 21st century workforce.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

“We have been on this transformation journey for a few years now, and prior to the pandemic we implemented a product mindset by restructuring our squads around our newly developed product taxonomy,” Leibman says. The program is currently reducing taxi time by about 10 hours per day. This was a huge change for our teams.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

However, “the fact that technology is actually actively developing solutions for that problem right now, I think is a really cool confluence.”. Rakow points to existing Alaska programs, such as its use of “Flyways” software from startup Airspace Intelligence to efficiently map out routes. Santa Monica, Calif.-based

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Total funding to date is $76 million since the company’s launch in 2018 and two previous rounds raised in 2019. In 2007, he co-founded Chronus , a company that built digital tools for employee development programs. Vellore came up with the idea for Ally after an experience at his previous startup.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

He spent 15 years at Boeing, starting as a chief engineer and program manager and serving the last seven years as a director. Kienberger takes over the position from Mike Hettich who served as CEO since 2019 and is retiring from the company. headquarters in Kirkland, Wash. .

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GeekWire

AUGUST 20, 2020

Amazon showed off its latest drone design in June 2019. “But people close to the program say whatever drone service Amazon is able to launch in the near term will amount to little more than a glorified trial in a controlled and extremely limited area,” BI reporter Eugene Kim noted. Read the full patent below.

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GeekWire

JUNE 19, 2020

Virgin Galactic’s chief astronaut trainer, Beth Moses, exults over the view out the window of the company’s VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo rocket plane during a suborbital spaceflight in February 2019. “NASA is developing the process to fly astronauts on commercial suborbital spacecraft,” Bridenstine said in a tweet.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 14, 2022

Companies have been responding of late by offering volunteer time off and by partnering with organizations that could benefit greatly from the added help of programs and staff time. Since then, LinkedIn has “grown into one of the major enterprise partners for Year Up,” says Audrey Rhodes Market, the Year Up program manager at LinkedIn.

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