Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more – GeekWire

Ziad Ismail. (Xembly Photo) — Ziad Ismail is now chief operating officer of Xembly, a Seattle startup that offers an artificial intelligence “chief of staff” designed to automate tedious tasks such as meeting notes, scheduling, to-do lists and more. Ismail ...

Microsoft Research head Peter Lee on the applications of GPT-4 in medicine and life sciences – GeekWire

Microsoft research head Peter Lee. (GeekWire File Photo / Clare McGrane) Peter Lee has spent a lot of time recently with GPT-4, the AI-powered tool that simulates human conversation, built by OpenAI with contributions from its partner Microsoft. “I lost ...

Microsoft exec Charlie Bell joins Twilio board; FasterBetter hires Seattle marketing leader – GeekWire

Charlie Bell speaks at the GeekWire Summit in October. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) — Microsoft executive Charlie Bell joined the board of directors of customer engagement software giant Twilio. Bell is executive VP of security, compliance identity and management ...

Former Chef CEO joins Buildkite board; Salesforce hires Code.org exec – GeekWire

Barry Crist. — Barry Crist joined the board of Perth, Australia-based software company Buildkite. Crist is the former CEO and board chair of Chef, a Seattle-based automation technology company that was acquired for $220 million in 2020 by Progress, a ...

Seattle picks 31 sites for new EV charging stations – GeekWire

The City of Seattle is placing additional charging sites to help residents charge their electric vehicles. (Seattle City Light Photo) New electrical vehicle (EV) charging stations will soon start popping up in Seattle. Seattle City Light has picked 31 new ...