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Tech Moves: Twilio hires ex-Microsoft engineering leader as CTO; Nintendo adds exec; and more

— Mark Simms, a former longtime Microsoft engineering leader, has joined Twilio as chief technology officer. Simms spent 14 years… Read More

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Twilio to acquire Seattle business texting startup Zipwhip for $850M

Twilio, a communications software company with Seattle roots, is acquiring Seattle-based business-texting startup Zipwhip for approximately $850 million in a… Read More

Tech Moves: Twilio names former Amazon and Google exec Chee Chew chief product officer; Washington state commerce director departs

Cloud communications firm Twilio snagged Amazon’s Chee Chew to be its chief product officer. Chew was VP of consumer engagement… Read More

Twilio co-founder promises ice cream to students facing detention for attending walkouts

Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson has a message for students facing detentions for walking out of school to protest gun violence.… Read More

Australian communications app builder Whispir lands $9M in funding, unveils Seattle office

Australian communications app builder Whispir has made some big moves recently. Late last year, the company expanded to the Americas,… Read More

This San Francisco tech company just went public, but did you know it started in Seattle?

OK, folks, it’s Friday, so let’s have a little trivia competition. Does anyone know the name of the startup company… Read More

Twilio establishes $50 million fund to support cutting-edge messaging apps

Twilio announced a new $50 million fund on Wednesday to support developers creating applications with its cloud-based communications software. The… Read More

TechStars Roadtrip: Startups headed south to San Francisco after Seattle Demo Day

After three months of hard work in startup bootcamp, the ten TechStars Seattle companies will present their business ideas this Thursday… Read More

Best of Startup Day: Twilio’s Jeff Lawson on how to make money with SAAS

Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at… Read More

Twilio partners with Microsoft’s Windows Azure

Twillio, the cloud-based communications upstart led by former Amazon.com employee Jeff Lawson, has inked a partnership that could bring its communications… Read More

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