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Technical talent evaluation startup Karat makes third acquisition, swooping up Byteboard

Seattle startup Karat is boosting its technical talent platform with the acquisition of Byteboard, a San Francisco-based company that also helps companies… Read More

Seattle is top U.S. city in global talent ranking of software engineering hotspots

Seattle technical recruiting startup Karat ranked the top cities around the world for hiring the best software engineers, and Seattle… Read More

Technical recruiting startup Karat lays off 47 employees for the second time this year

Seattle technical recruiting startup Karat is laying off 47 employees for the second time this year, part of an effort… Read More

Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet four inspiring organizations using tech for good

The Pacific Northwest is home to countless people applying technology to good causes and working to improve the sector, our… Read More

Brilliant Black Minds: Startup’s project backed by Serena Williams aims to break down barriers

As a middle school student in the small Mississippi town of Collinsville, Crystal Moore would spend lunch in her school’s… Read More

Seattle technical interviewing startup Karat cuts 47 employees, citing need to invest in growth

Karat, the Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, has laid off 47 employees, citing the need to sharpen… Read More

Tech Moves: Karat hires VP for Brilliant Black Minds program; PSL adds biz leads

— Karat, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, hired Crystal Moore as its new vice president of Brilliant Black… Read More

Tech Moves: Hiya CTO lands at Amazon; ex-Splunk president joins Karat board; and more

— Seattle tech vet Marcelo Calbucci is heading to Amazon after a 4-year stint as CTO at Whitepages spinout Hiya. Calbucci… Read More

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Startups, superheroes, and the economy at a crossroads: Voices from Seattle’s tech community

After holding the GeekWire Awards virtually for the past two years, there was a feeling of real catharsis Thursday evening… Read More

Serena Williams investing in Karat to help startup prepare more Black engineers for tech interviews

Tennis star Serena Williams has made an investment in Karat, the Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews. While… Read More

Vote for Next Tech Titan: 5 Seattle companies on the verge of becoming a giant force

The Seattle startup scene has been sizzling, and there are several up-and-coming companies are headed on a path toward becoming… Read More

Meet the unicorns: A look at the Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation… Read More

Technical interviewing startup Karat reaches $1.1B valuation as another unicorn emerges in Seattle

The news: Karat, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, raised a $110 million Series C round at a… Read More

Tech Moves: GameStop hires more Amazon execs; Twitch COO joins Karat board; CEO of Washington STEM steps down; Big Fish HR chief joins Qumulo

— Seattle startup Karat added a new board member and vice president of interview delivery. Twitch Chief Operating Officer Sara… Read More

Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO

— Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at… Read More

Tech Moves: GE Healthcare exec joins Microsoft; Puppet names new CTO; Adaptive Biotech expands

— Microsoft named former GE executive Tom McGuinness corporate vice president of healthcare. At GE, McGuinness was president and CEO… Read More

Caution ahead: Startup report predicts venture capital drought, layoffs as COVID-19 crisis mounts

Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. That’s how the National Venture Capital Association kicks off a… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for the startup that best elevates its product with UX Design of the Year

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. The technology that we interact with… Read More

How Karat’s engineering chief gets things done and runs effective meetings by talking less

Zach van Schouwen, vice president of engineering for Karat, landed his job through a Craigslist ad. It was 2016 and… Read More

Tiger Global backs another Seattle startup, leads $28M round for technical interview platform Karat

As partners from top tech investment firm Tiger Global Management attended recent board meetings, they kept hearing about a small… Read More

Tech Moves: Karat names SVP sales; Phytelligence taps VP operations; SigmaDesign adds new office

Karat has named John Besteman as its senior vice president of sales. Besteman earlier ran sales teams at Forrester Research and… Read More

Meet Karat: This startup has quietly conducted 20K technical interviews for MuleSoft, Intuit, Pinterest

Before Mo Bhende and Jeff Spector decided to go all-in on a startup idea, they took a little trip around… Read More

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