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Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Techstars unveil cohort for ‘Future of Longevity’ Accelerator

GeekWire

Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Techstars unveiled the first cohort for the new Future of Longevity Accelerator , a program that supports startups building products and services for caregivers. See the full list of companies below, with descriptions from the program. Companies range from device makers to software platforms.

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Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP

GeekWire

Kymeta Photo) Rick Bergman , former executive vice president at semiconductor giant AMD, joined Seattle-area mobile connectivity company Kymeta as its new CEO, effective April 1. Sellers was previously CMO at Seattle apparel startup TomboyX and vice president of marketing at real estate company Flyhomes. Rick Bergman. based company.

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Topgolf Callaway tees up digital transformation for global expansion

CIO Business Intelligence

While golf clubs and golf balls remain the company’s beating heart, over the past 40 years its revenue mix has shifted to include apparel and gear. Topgolf driving ranges provide golfers with data about their performance at the range via a mobile app. Topgolf is a tech company,” Casanova says.

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Transformational or overhyped? How these geeks at Seattle’s giant ‘Founders Bash’ think about AI

GeekWire

Charlotte Massey , co-founder of Gnara , an apparel tech company for women’s outdoor apparel. I think the real power is then the way that we interact with technology, and being able to talk to computers without needing to know how a program works. Here’s what they had to say: Charlotte Massey. Saurabh Jain.

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How Celanese makes people central to its digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Celanese operates more than 50 large manufacturing plants across 27 countries, and has made several significant acquisitions in recent years, including Dupont’s $11 billion mobility and materials (M&M) business. Our digital program is about driving value, not implementing fancy technology like robots, twins, and drones.

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Tech Moves: Madrona grows investment team; MicroVision, Axon add board members; and more

GeekWire

Prior to Amazon, Sharma co-founded LifeLemon, a consumer apparel e-commerce startup, led marketing at Flipkart, and was a developer at Oracle. Seattle startup Saykara, which offers a mobile AI assistant for physicians, hired Joy Efron as VP of marketing. She was also an associate at SoftBank Venture Capital in India. Saykara Photo).

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The Amazonification of the American workforce

Vox

As more Americans became Amazon Prime subscribers — the program boasts more than 200 million members worldwide as of April 2021 — it precipitated a shift toward more online shopping that only intensified in 2020. “A million a week is a high-volume operation, but Amazon, on a peak day, is doing a million units a day.”.

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