AI in Seattle: Coming Out of Stealth Mode

AI in Seattle: Coming Out of Stealth Mode

This article originally appeared on GeekWire and is a part of an Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored thought leadership program. BY CAROL TICE As a devastating fire raced through Lahaina last summer, planning for emergency aid and recovery was well underway, even before aid organizations could arrive. Aid workers knew just where to go in the ravaged town to make best…

Connecting Underserved Communities: Comcast Advances Digital Equity in Washington

Connecting Underserved Communities: Comcast Advances Digital Equity in Washington

This article originally appeared on GeekWire and is a part of an Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored thought leadership program. BY CAROL TICE Most Puget Sound residents know Comcast NBCUniversal–six of ten internet users in our state have used its Xfinity internet and, or cable TV service. What is less well-known is how Washington State benefits from the telecom and entertainment…

3 execs on why Seattle’s economy is equitable and inclusive for women in business

Women who lead with purpose in the Pacific Northwest This article originally appeared in the Puget Sound Business Journal and is part of an Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored thought leadership program. By Laura Newpoff – Contributor Seattle has a strong presence of women in local government and corporate leadership positions, is home to many companies founded by women and boasts strong…

How to be an ‘Uncommon Thinker’: What we learned profiling innovative leaders solving big problems

How to be an ‘Uncommon Thinker’: What we learned profiling innovative leaders solving big problems

Before we get into the final installment of the Uncommon Thinker Awards in partnership with GeekWire, we would just like to say a big, THANK YOU!!! to the entire team at GeekWire for the amazing coordination of the program from the nomination process to the judging to the editorial coverage and, for the big finale,…

Uncommon Thinkers: UW prof and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel has a rare ‘creative brilliance’

Uncommon Thinkers: UW prof and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel has a rare ‘creative brilliance’

Shwetak Patel landed in Seattle in 2008. Since then, he’s co-founded three startups built on technology he helped invent. Patel currently leads a health tech group at Google and is a professor at the University of Washington. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) This article originally appeared in GeekWire. Editor’s Note: This is part of a series…

Uncommon Thinkers: Blake Resnick finds a larger purpose in tech, making drones for public safety

Uncommon Thinkers: Blake Resnick finds a larger purpose in tech, making drones for public safety

Blake Resnick at Brinc HQ in Seattle, where the company designs and manufactures its drones. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) This article originally appeared in GeekWire. Editor’s Note: This is part of a series profiling “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change. All six will be recognized at the GeekWire Gala on Dec….

Uncommon Thinkers: For USAFacts’ Poppy MacDonald, ‘facts are paramount’ for democracy

Uncommon Thinkers: For USAFacts’ Poppy MacDonald, ‘facts are paramount’ for democracy

USAFacts President Poppy MacDonald testifying before the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress at a hearing held Oct. 27, 2021 titled: “Strengthening the Lawmaking Process: How Data can Inform and Improve Policy.” (USAFacts Photo) This article originally appeared in GeekWire. Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”:…

Growth in AI raises many questions

Growth in AI raises many questions

This month, GSP attended the Seattle Times’ interactive symposium on artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of work featuring University of Washington (UW) public-policy lecturer Akthar Badshah, co-executive director of United for Respect Andrea Dehlendorf, and UW technology and law professor Ryan Calo. Seattle Times business reporter Melissa Hellmann moderated a lively discussion on artificial…

Salesforce expanding headquarters to Seattle following $15.7 billion Tableau acquisition

Salesforce expanding headquarters to Seattle following $15.7 billion Tableau acquisition

While the San Francisco-based Salesforce already has around 1,000 employees in Washington, the company plans to make Seattle its second headquarters following its acquisition of Tableau, co-CEO Marc Benioff said during a conference call Monday. “I am a huge admirer of the talent market in Seattle…there’s very few places where you can put together a software…