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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

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Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. Fong hails from Dropbox, where he served as VP of Infrastructure Engineering. You can check out the video of their demo here.

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Fintech startup Vise raises $65 million in Series C led by Ribbit Capital

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Vise uses an AI-powered platform to give independent financial advisors the same level of data as advisories with their own analyst departments. Vise does a lot of heavy lifting where the latter is concerned, freeing up advisors to focus on the former. The end goal is to “enable financial freedom for everyone.”

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Storm in the stratosphere: how the cloud will be reshuffled

Erik Bernhardsson

AWS licensed their technology , rebranded it Redshift, and launched in 2012. If you looked at Redshift in 2012, there was a lot of things that favored it. I spent six years as a CTO and moving from one cloud to another isn't something I even remotely considered. I'm very happy we're out of this era. Enter Snowflake.

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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The collection of companies is, however, defined by a wide range of focuses, from pioneering diabetes treatments to retrofitting autonomous trucking, curated by the SkyDeck’s small team and a number of advisors. Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system.

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QA Wolf exits stealth with an end-to-end service for software testing

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Indeed, Statista found that organizations spent around 23% of their annual IT budgets on quality assurance and testing between 2012 and 2019. Perl was previously the head of technology at home service booking platform Dispatch and the CTO of pharmacy supply chain firm Zipdrug. ” QA Wolf promises a lot.

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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

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And, on the flip side, it’s just as important to be mindful of team chemistry and take action when there’s a problem, says Srini Kadiyala, CTO of OvalEdge. Accept inconvenient challenges Marcelo Lebre, president and CTO of Remote, says sometimes the best opportunities appear at surprising times.

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Senior care startup Honor secures $370M in debt and equity, reaches unicorn status

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a startup focused on in-home care for older adults, after selling chat service Meebo to Google for about $100 million in 2012. Perceptive Advisors led the debt financing with a “significant” commitment from Ares Management funds. And for those needing in-home care, navigating options can be overwhelming. . Rowe Price Associates Inc.,

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