Top news of the week: 17.02.2023.
‘Tableau has been killed by Salesforce’: Past and current Tableau employees gather at ‘Irish wake’
On an otherwise run-of-the-mill weeknight at Fremont Brewing near Lake Union in Seattle, the line for beer stretched past the front doors and into the outdoor seating area. The reason:… ...
Seattle founder who sold company to Google says tech giant has ‘slowly ceased to function’
A former Google employee who just left the tech giant after three years says he witnessed a “gradual decay of a dominant empire” and said the company “has slowly ceased… Read More
At Microsoft's demo last week, the “new Bing” incorrectly summarized Gap's Q3 2022 earnings and provided wrong info on a pet vacuum and Mexico City nightlife
By Dmitri Brereton / DKB Blog. View the full context on Techmeme.
Sam Altman is tech’s next household name — if we survive the killer robots
Sam Altman, the man behind ChatGPT, is a new kind of Silicon Valley power player.
Maninder Dhaliwal is investing in scalable founders
The chair of TiE Vancouver wants to bolster the local tech ecosystem through early-stage angel investment.
How this sales startup is using GPT-3 tech to boost lead qualification
The economic slowdown and tech layoffs have dealt a double blow to enterprise sales teams. Outreach CEO Manny Medina thinks AI can help. The Seattle startup is testing a new… Read More
One chart shows how seed stage valuations were a rare bright spot in VC during a turbulent period
Median valuations at seed stage startups grew by nearly 17% in 2022 despite the rough market.
Portland VC Profile: Julie Harrelson
When I started Ascend in 2019, I realized even though I was o-l-d OLD, I had more in common with the folks in town who were earlier in their professional investing journeys than the ...