Articles about kieran snyder

Textio co-founder discusses bias in workplace communications, and how some AI propagates it

Understanding bias in workplace communication, whether it’s in job descriptions, performance feedback or elsewhere, was a founding objective of Textio,… Read More

Ask the Expert: Working remotely vs. in the office — which actually works better?

Our latest Ask the Expert business advice column focuses on the debate over remote work, which continues to be a… Read More

Former Textio CEO Kieran Snyder dives into new research on how AI is impacting the workplace

Kieran Snyder, the co-founder and former CEO of Seattle-based Textio, has launched her next project, less than two months after… Read More

Augmented writing startup Textio restructures; CEO says generative AI ‘more and more important’

Textio, the Seattle-based augmented writing platform, conducted a “broad team reorganization” this week, according to co-founder and CEO Kieran Snyder.… Read More

These tech workers bring valuable lessons from the office to coaching kids’ sports — and back again

Patience. Teamwork. Goal setting. A desire to compete. The place where you work and the buzzwords you hear might have… Read More

About to take early stage startup job? Amid concern of downturn, CEO says to ask these hard questions

In addition to the usual questions about pay and benefits and culture and so on, a climate of economic uncertainty… Read More

Podcast

Words with AI: Language and the future of work, with Textio CEO Kieran Snyder

What’s the impact of the words we use? Augmented writing platform Textio uses machine learning and natural language processing to… Read More

Textio brings inclusive writing guidance to LinkedIn, and Seattle startup bounces back after pandemic

Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio has always sought to help people better communicate where they do their work, whether it’s… Read More

Study ranks Washington as biggest abuser of jargon in job ads; startup CEO tells us why words matter

A new study on the use of jargon in job ads has identified the worst offenders in the U.S. And… Read More

Compassion Seattle: Is this the path to solving homelessness? Tech, biz, politics leaders speak out

That Seattle has a homelessness crisis isn’t in dispute; how to solve it is. Stepping right into the middle of… Read More

Textio raises $12M as Seattle startup looks to reach job candidates with writing technology

Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio has closed a $12 million funding round as the company looks to expand beyond the… Read More

Textio lays off 30 amid COVID-19; Seattle startup hopes its AI writing tech will aid all job seekers

Textio, the Seattle startup whose augmented writing platform helps companies use language that attracts the right job candidates, laid off… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ first job ad for Amazon turns 25 — here’s why it’s ‘very weak’ by modern standards

A modern analysis of Jeff Bezos’ first-ever job ad for Amazon, posted 25 years ago today, shows that the ad… Read More

Augmented writing platform Textio now predicts what you want to say

Textio, a Seattle startup that helps companies write better job listings, today introduced a new feature that uses artificial intelligence… Read More

Textio raises $20M to expand ‘augmented writing’ platform for the enterprise

Textio, the Seattle startup that provides an “augmented writing” platform to help companies put together better job postings, has raised… Read More

Geek of the Week: Textio’s Kieran Snyder has all the right words to describe life as a startup CEO

In an email back to our new Geek of the Week, who happens to have a PhD in linguistics and once… Read More

Meet the tiny Seattle startup helping Twitter solve its diversity problems, one job posting at a time

Twitter raised the bar for the conversation around diversity in the technology industry on Friday, not just releasing its own… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon vets raise $1.5M to help recruiters optimize job postings with Textio

It’s only been five months since Kieran Snyder and Jensen Harris left corporate jobs for the startup world, but they’ve… Read More