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Juro draws $23M into its browser-based contract automation platform

TechCrunch

London-based legaltech startup Juro has grabbed $23 million in Series B funding for its browser-based contract automation platform. “These companies often process very high volumes of contracts, which is where we really help. “We do this by bringing those contracts out of Word and into a custom-built, browser-native editor.”

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How genAI is transforming financial services

CIO

By Michael Cullum, VP of Engineering at Bud Financial Generative AI (genAI) is a powerful tool that is transforming the financial industry and empowers financial services professionals. At the same time, banks can use this data to improve their own decisions around areas like credit affordability and application processes.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower CTO

But hiring a lead developer, or even a VP of Engineering, can create a gap between the founders and the developers. Closing the Gap: Hiring A Fractional Startup CTO We’re not suggesting that early-stage startups should hire a full-time CTO. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap.

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Faction raises $4.3M to deploy 3-wheeled EVs for driverless delivery

TechCrunch

“We keep doing the same things over and over again,” said McKendrick, who was previously VP of engineering at the now shuttered self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics. Now, with prototypes built and an ambition to scale, McKendrick has raised $4.3 million in seed funding led by Trucks VC and Fifty Years.

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An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities)

Honeycomb

Or, the small crisis with engineering management. In 2018, Honeycomb co-founder & CTO Charity Majors wrote a blog post titled, “An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities).” The software engineering community was rethinking some long-held ideas about engineering career paths. No rights for them.

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Scaling Organizational Empathy With Box’s VPE, Saminda Wijegunawardena

Gitprime

In this Perspectives in Engineering interview series, engineering leaders talk about how to build, coach, and scale world-class technology teams. Saminda Wijegunawardena , VP of Engineering at Box, calls this increasing distance “abstraction.” This role doesn’t change whether an engineering org is 5, 500, or 5000 strong.

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How Splice Builds Globally Distributed Engineering Teams

Gitprime

One of the primary reasons to build a distributed engineering organization is that a company is not limited by geographic boundaries. The engineering team at Splice is now fifty-something people. We grew from five engineers to fifty-five in about the first eighteen months, fully distributed,” Buriticá says. “We