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Textio sues former customer over optimized job descriptions allegedly ‘repurposed and sold to its own customers’

EDITOR’S NOTE: This lawsuit was dismissed on Oct. 26, 2018. Textio alleges in a new lawsuit that a former customer… Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute hires Amazon Alexa machine learning leader ; Microsoft chairman takes on new investor role; and more

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has attracted another top player in the AI world. Doug Raymond, a longtime AI… Read More

Working Geek: Textio co-founder Jensen Harris taps musical skills to orchestrate harmonious code

Jensen Harris, co-founder and chief technology officer for Seattle’s Textio, has a passion and talent for classical music — and a… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Make your pick for Startup of the Year

If you needed another reminder of Seattle’s robust startup scene, take a look at the finalists for this year’s Startup… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: CEO of the Year candidates lead their companies to big growth

They run companies across various industries, from AI training to text analysis to wireless networks. But all five of our GeekWire… Read More

GeekWire 200 Year in Review: A high-profile IPO, plenty of acquisitions and startups on the rise

Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of… Read More

Tech Moves: A new associate at Madrona; a change on Expedia’s board of directors; and more

Chris Picardo has joined Madrona Venture Group as the firm’s newest senior associate, GeekWire has learned. Picardo, a Seattle native, most recently served as… Read More

The right words have benefits: Textio talks perks in job listings, and how ‘leave’ beats ‘vacation’

Using the right language in job postings has its benefits. And whatever benefits your company is boasting about providing can… Read More

If Amazon wants to fill jobs at its second HQ, data shows this city hires engineering talent the fastest

The competition between North American cities looking to woo Amazon and land the e-commerce giant’s second headquarters could turn into… Read More

Tech Moves: Curious Capital co-founder moves to Ignition Partners; Vacasa adds former Expedia exec to board; and more

Cameron Borumand, a Seattle venture capitalist and co-founder of the new venture fund Curious Capital, has joined Ignition Partners as… Read More

Trying to fill a job in AI? Stop using the term AI, advises listings language experts Textio

Leave it to the experts in machine learning to figure out that “machine learning” has lost its oomph. When it… Read More

It’s not a ‘win-win outcome’: Let’s ‘close the loop’ on the most overused corporate cliches in all 50 states

I always knew I should have looked for work in Hawaii. After all, that’s where the “magic happens” according to… Read More

Learn how three experts are bringing the power of artificial intelligence to cloud computing

This time, it seems like it’s actually going to happen. We’ve been hearing promises about how artificial intelligence and machine… 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

Want to fill that Seattle job opening? Textio lists 2017’s best and worst words for your listing

Your place of work might be an equal opportunity employer, but if you want to fill a job in Seattle… Read More

GeekWire 200 November update: New products and big funding rounds help startups climb the list

As most of us settle in with a big glass of egg nog for the holidays, many of the top startups… Read More

Textio makes job post data public so companies can find out how they stack up to competition

When Textio arrived on the scene a couple years ago, it addressed two big pain points for the tech industry. “How… 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

New Textio tool uses machine learning to find the most effective words

Picking the right words is a key component of many jobs, and most of the time, we rely on our… Read More

Textio raises $8M as major tech companies use its tools to attract more diverse job applicants

Textio has made plenty of headlines recently as companies like Twitter, Microsoft, Starbucks and Square have publicly talked about how… 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

Interview: Why Windows UX leader Jensen Harris is leaving Microsoft to co-found the startup Textio

What if recruiters could know, before posting a job listing, if the specific language in the job description will actually attract the types… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon vets form Textio, a new startup looking to discover patterns in documents

Kieran Snyder, a linguistics expert who previously worked at Amazon and Microsoft’s Bing unit, and Jensen Harris, who spent 16… Read More