Uncommon Thinkers: From a childhood in rural India to his position leading a cutting-edge Seattle biotech startup, Anindya Roy’s journey is a remarkable one.
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Roy is the first of six profiles in our series about people in the Seattle region transforming industries and driving positive change in the world. Uncommon Thinkers is presented in partnership with Greater Seattle Partners. Read more.
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The honorees will be recognized Dec. 11 at the GeekWire Gala. Get tickets.
Tech Moves: Smartsheet names Drew Garner SVP; AWS exec Baskar Sridharan departs for startup; Joe Smolarski is new WatchGuard CEO; and more personnel changes.
Seattle’s startup lawyers and bankers are putting their own money to work. Service Provider Capital’s new Pacific Northwest fund, led by Stifel’s Minh Le and Wilson Sonsini’s Craig Sherman and David Wickwire, has raised $3 million to invest in early-stage tech companies.
This pivot away from Microsoft was more like a pirouette. Adrienne Chan left her product management job to open a ballet school in Redmond, Wash., realizing a dream that started when she was a little girl and solidified after she got a master’s degree in entrepreneurship from the University of Washington. Her tech skills remain vital in this new dance. Read more.
Startup funding news:
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Upward, a Seattle fintech startup that helps businesses embed payments and banking into their products, raised $8 million and announced a partnership with Mastercard.
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Oleria, a Seattle-based cybersecurity startup that manages employee access to applications and data, raised $19 million.
Expedia shares surged after the Seattle-based travel giant topped estimates for Q3 earnings. The company also said it is monitoring potential disruptions from the ongoing U.S. government shutdown and recent FAA-ordered flight cancellations. Read more.
Hot Links:
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Amazon is introducing Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service enabling Kindle Publishing authors to share their eBooks in multiple languages. (Amazon)
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Amazon also launched Amazon Bazaar, a new low-price shopping app now available in about a dozen countries. (TechCrunch)
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The newest cohort of Microsoft’s AI Economy Institute is focused on education and how AI impacts classrooms, educators, and workforce pathways. (Microsoft)
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Seattle startup Avante analyzes emerging patterns in how employees are using AI to understand and choose their health benefits. (Avante)
- Barnes & Noble is returning to downtown Seattle — five years after closing a bookstore in the city’s core — in another sign of resurgence for the chain, which returned to downtown Bellevue in January. (The Seattle Times, GeekWire)
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