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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet named CEO at Vouched; Sana hires chief scientific officer

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He was previously executive vice president of engineering and CTO at tax software giant Avalara, and also led teams at Microsoft and Concur. Founded in 2018, Vouched helps companies verify the identity of customers and users by examining driver’s licenses and other forms of identification.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 25, 2024

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… Read More Amazon hires Covariant founders, inks licensing deal with AI startup in latest ‘reverse acquihire’ Amazon is hiring three of the founders from Covariant, a Bay Area startup that develops AI for advanced warehouse robotics systems. … Read More . … Read More

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

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Arora spent more than two years at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, most recently as part of the team building the space venture’s human landing system. billion contract to return astronauts to the moon. based startup Lessen named Chris Bee , a former senior director of product development at Zillow, as CTO. Athira Photos).

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

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After being in cloud and leveraging it better, we are able to manage compute and storage better ourselves,” said the CIO, who notes that vendors are not cutting costs on licenses or capacity but are offering more guidance and tools. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

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Bank downplays ties to FTX sister company in latest fallout from crypto exchange failure

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The Times reported that in the third quarter this year, the bank’s deposits grew nearly 600% to $84 million. A majority of the increase came from four new accounts, according to the Times. “It’s a startup because we’re raising capital, we’re hiring a team, and we have big growth plans,” he said. Morgan Chase.

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Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption

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In July, for example, New York City started enforcing new rules about the use of AI in hiring decisions. As companies mature in their understanding and use of gen AI, they’ll have to put safeguards in place, says Juan Orlandini, CTO, North America at Insight, a Tempe-based solution integrator.

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Juno’s lasting legacy: How the cell therapy juggernaut influenced biotech in Seattle and beyond

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billion in venture capital 2021, more than twice the amount in 2019, according to real estate firm CBRE. The technology is licensed and sometimes disappears into a black box. “We We tried to reset the model to one where the innovators were a big part of the scientific strategy and execution going forward,” said Harr.