The technical terms with the highest above-average usage in job advertisements in each state. (Canva graphic) A new study of the use of technical jargon in job advertisements has identified the worst culprits in the United States. And we would like to speak to Washington State. According to an analysis by Canva, maker of online … Read more
Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, has been given a temporary leave of absence until the Seattle area biotechnology company completes a review that “emerged from Dr. Kawas emerges during his time at Washington State University ”. In after-hours … Read more
Scale co-founder and CEO Alex Wang joined us this week at TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility 2021 to discuss his company’s role in the autonomous driving industry and how it has changed in the five years since its inception. Scale is helping AV players large and small alike establish reliable ground truth through data annotation and management, … Read more
Mark Nelson was named CEO of Tableau Software in March and leads the Seattle-based company as part of Salesforce. (Tableau and GeekWire photos) Seattle-based Tableau Software is no longer an independent public company, but is back under the watchful eye of Wall Street for a different reason. Foreclosure bought the data visualization company for more … Read more
Invest May 31, 2021 By: Rex Moore Amazon’s Jeff Bezos recently surprised investors when he revealed that new technology is key to Amazon’s future success. In fact, Bezos argues that “it is difficult to overestimate the impact of this breakthrough technology”. The CEO of ARK Investments continues Bezos: “We think [it] could approach a market … Read more
Thousands of charging stations for electric vehicles will be built across the country over the next decade. ChargerHelp !, founded in January 2020 by Kameale C. Terry and Evette Ellis, wants to make sure they keep going. Terry came up with the idea for the on-demand EV charging station repair app while working at EV … Read more
Adam Selipsky, CEO of Tableau, speaks at the Tableau Conference 2016. (Photo by Tableau Software) Adam Selipsky has years of professional experience, from positions as Vice President at RealNetworks and Amazon to managing Tableau Software as CEO for five years. But as a leader, it didn’t matter when the pandemic hit last year. “My experience … Read more
In just a few In just a few short years, Vise has evolved from starting out on the Disrupt Battlefield stage to being a unicorn. Co-founders Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra met Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire at an after party, and Maguire led a seed and Series A round while Sequoia led the Series B. Last … Read more
Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, at the GeekWire Summit 2017. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) – Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, joined Scale AI as an advisor to the CEO. The San Francisco startup, founded in 2016, supports companies in the development and management of their AI and machine … Read more
Ty Collins (right) and Mike Radenbaugh, Co-Founders of Rad Power Bikes, are named Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2019 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) – Rad Power Bikes co-founder Ty Collins has stepped down from the fast growing e-bike startup. Collins, who was previously chief marketing officer, now has an advisory … Read more