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Context Relevant

Context Relevant changes name to Versive, launches AI-powered enterprise security technology

Context Relevant — a well-funded Seattle-area startup founded in 2012— has been flying under the radar for the past few years… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Adaptiva seeks software engineer to craft cutting-edge enterprise systems

Adaptiva is a classic Pacific Northwest tech company: Self-started, not too flashy, and elbow-deep in the complex technology that keeps… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Wild Tangent seeks engineer to help develop HTML5 games platform

WildTangent began building its first app and games platform in Seattle almost 20 years ago, but it still has that startup… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Context Relevant seeks distributed system engineer to tackle complex software solutions

Context Relevant does some cool stuff. The big data analytics company works on problems like predicting customer behavior and preventing fraud… Read More

Tech Moves: Context Relevant names new CEO; Puppet Labs appoints first president and COO ahead of possible IPO

—Context Relevant, a big data analytics startup which underwent a management shakeup last year, named Joseph Polverari as the company’s new chief executive… Read More

Seattle startup Context Relevant cuts staff after ‘deep operational review’

Seattle startup Context Relevant — a heavily-funded big data analytics company backed by Madrona Venture Group — has cut a… Read More

Stealthy startup raises $400,000 for projects like replacing gas in whipped cream canisters

Korvata, a startup seen around University of Washington student pitch competitions since last year, has graduated into the real world… Read More

Context Relevant CEO steps down as VC board member takes reins

Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura has stepped down from the heavily-funded big data analytics startup that he founded three years… Read More

Data science startup Context Relevant scores $13.5M, names former anti-terrorism chief Richard Clarke to new post

Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura has a simple message as a screen saver on his computer: “Don’t mess it up.”… Read More

Nextcast: Context Relevant’s Stephen Purpura on the progression of big data

Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura is working on the leading edge of big data — helping companies use their data… Read More

Tech Moves: Urbanspoon names CEO; Bsquare CFO to depart; Ian Lurie returns as Portent CEO; and more

—Eight months after joining Urbanspoon, Keela Robison has been promoted to CEO from SVP and general manager. She is the… Read More

Context Relevant lands $21M, looks to bring ‘big data’ to Wall Street

Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura can’t tell you the Wall Street firms that are buying up his company’s predictive analytics… Read More

National security expert Richard Clarke to advise Seattle big data startup Context Relevant

Seattle big data startup Context Relevant has struck a partnership with Richard Clarke’s cybersecurity consulting firm Good Harbor Security Risk Management.… Read More

Hey, y’all: Meet the Seattle researcher responsible for the awesome U.S. dialect quiz

My family is spread out across the country — from Charlotte, North Carolina to Wooster, Ohio to Seattle, Washington. Three… Read More

Meet the Seattle 10: These innovative startups are looking to change the world

Seattle is ripe with innovation. From aerospace to biotechnology to software to retail, startup companies in this moss-covered part of… Read More

Data analytics startup Context Relevant scores $7M series A from Madrona, Bloomberg and others

Context Relevant has reeled in $7 million in fresh funding, money that the Seattle company will use for continued development… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Startup of the Year

We’re nearing the end of the voting for the GeekWire Awards, and today we’ve got a big category on hand:… Read More

Context Relevant inks deal to help Concur mine travel data, raises $1.5 million

Seattle startup Context Relevant today announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Concur Technologies to bring its… Read More

Context Relevant rebuffs ‘acquihire’ offers, attracts top data scientists

Context Relevant doesn’t want to be the next “acquihire,” selling out to a large technology company before the promise of… Read More

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