Articles about Ray Ozzie

Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

Blues Wireless, an IoT startup founded by former Microsoft exec Ray Ozzie, has raised $22 million from investors including Microsoft… Read More

Ray Ozzie’s latest project: Former Microsoft exec raises $11M for IoT startup Blues Wireless

Collaboration software pioneer and former Microsoft executive Ray Ozzie has raised $11 million for his latest startup, Blues Wireless, an… Read More

Microsoft’s Skype buys Ray Ozzie’s startup Talko, but former exec won’t be returning

Talko, the mobile communications startup co-founded by former Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie, has been acquired by Microsoft’s Skype… Read More

Ray Ozzie lays out Microsoft’s mobile challenge: Developers only have so many ‘calories’ to spend on new platforms

Software pioneer Ray Ozzie knows a thing or two about the inner workings of Microsoft. After all, Ozzie spent five… Read More

Ray Ozzie’s startup Talko wants to reinvent the phone call, starting with an iPhone app

What has Ray Ozzie been focusing on since leaving his position as Microsoft’s chief software architect? Here’s the answer. A new app and… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Ray Ozzie named to HP board

HP today named three new directors to its board, and one of the new faces will be very familiar to… Read More

Ray Ozzie’s stealthy startup Talko raises $4 million

The last time we caught up with software pioneer Ray Ozzie, he was talking about the power of one’s connections… Read More

Ray Ozzie on startups: Don’t underestimate the power of your connections

Ray Ozzie, the software pioneer best known around these parts as Microsoft’s former chief software architect, was the surprise keynote… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Paul Allen’s sub, Ray Ozzie’s legacy, and more from our live events

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Seattle rock legend Dave Dederer shares the inside secrets of digital… Read More

Q&A: Ray Ozzie on startups, Microsoft, and what he’s dreaming up next

[Updated with video above] Our opening conversation at the GeekWire Summit featured Ray Ozzie, the online collaboration pioneer and former… Read More

GeekWire Summit: How to stay innovative in a world of technological change

You only get to celebrate your first birthday once, and we partied in style on Wednesday as we hosted more… Read More

Live from the GeekWire Summit

[The program will start around 1:30 p.m.] We’ve lined up some great speakers this afternoon for the GeekWire Summit in… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Facebook, T-Mobile, Swype and more join lineup of speakers

We’re gearing up for our big GeekWire Summit, the inaugural half-day conference March 7 in downtown Seattle. Last week we… Read More

Introducing the GeekWire Summit: Our new conference will go inside the future of tech

As journalists and participants in the Pacific Northwest tech community, we’ve long believed that Seattle deserves a world-class tech conference that involves people… Read More

Ray Ozzie’s new startup has ‘huge goals’ for new era of social communication

Ray Ozzie, the Lotus Notes creator who replaced Bill Gates as Microsoft’s chief software architect, lifted the lid just a… Read More