— Mark Simms, a former longtime Microsoft engineering leader, has joined Twilio as chief technology officer. Simms spent 14 years at Microsoft, most recently as director of architecture in the… Read More
Twilio, a communications software company with Seattle roots, is acquiring Seattle-based business-texting startup Zipwhip for approximately $850 million in a cash and stock deal, the companies announced Monday. Update, July 14: The… Read More
Cloud communications firm Twilio snagged Amazon’s Chee Chew to be its chief product officer. Chew was VP of consumer engagement at Amazon, where he worked on the core retail experience.… Read More
Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson has a message for students facing detentions for walking out of school to protest gun violence. He’ll buy you ice cream. In a post on Twitter… Read More
Australian communications app builder Whispir has made some big moves recently. Late last year, the company expanded to the Americas, choosing Seattle as the location for its first U.S. office.… Read More
OK, folks, it’s Friday, so let’s have a little trivia competition. Does anyone know the name of the startup company — founded in 2008 by a former Amazon Web Services… Read More
Twilio announced a new $50 million fund on Wednesday to support developers creating applications with its cloud-based communications software. The newly-formed Twilio Fund has already chosen its first startup. San… Read More
After three months of hard work in startup bootcamp, the ten TechStars Seattle companies will present their business ideas this Thursday at Demo Day. But it won’t end there. For the… Read More
Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Among the entrepreneurs on the agenda… Read More
Twillio, the cloud-based communications upstart led by former Amazon.com employee Jeff Lawson, has inked a partnership that could bring its communications technologies to thousands of developers building technologies through Microsoft’s cloud… Read More
