— Kim Vu, vice president of environmental social governance at Seattle digital remittance giant Remitly, will step down from her role at the end of the third quarter. Vu wrote… Read More
Yohana, the personal concierge service launched in Seattle by a robotics pioneer juggling life as a busy mom, is expanding nationwide. Founder and CEO Yoky Matsuoka debuted Yohana in September 2021… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re sharing a few highlights from the GeekWire Summit, our annual business and technology conference, which we held this week for an audience in… Read More
Yoky Matsuoka has served as head of innovation at Google and as chief technology officer at Nest, and she won a prestigious MacArthur “genius” award in 2007 while a professor… Read More
Andy Jassy will join us for an on-stage interview at the 10th annual GeekWire Summit in October in Seattle, making one of his first public appearances since succeeding Amazon founder… Read More
Yoky Matsuoka is known for her pioneering work in neurorobotics, assisting humans by connecting the central nervous system to the central processing unit. But even in the emerging era of… Read More
Napster parent company Rhapsody snagged Angel Gambino as its chief commercial officer. Gambino founded and was CEO of Sensai, which uses AI to help organizations improve social media campaigns. Gambino’s… Read More
Yoky Matsuoka is back at Google. The robotics and AI guru was just re-hired at Alphabet, Google’s parent company, to be the new CTO at its Nest Labs smart home division, Bloomberg… Read More
After just five months at Apple, Yoky Matsuoka is reportedly leaving the company. Bloomberg reported Friday that Matsuoka, a former University of Washington robotics professor, is departing from Apple. Matsuoka… Read More
Apple is getting a hand from robotics pioneer Yoky Matsuoka. The Google X co-founder and robotic hand pioneer, formerly of the University of Washington, is joining the Cupertino-based tech giant. The… Read More
Yoky Matsuoka, a former computer science professor at the University of Washington, announced that she has joined Twitter as its Vice President of Technology and Analytics. She announced the move last… Read More
Yoky Matsuoka, the former University of Washington computer science professor who rejoined Google with its $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest last year, is now leaving the search company for Twitter, according… Read More
Editor’s Note: Yoky Matsuoka, the former University of Washington computer science professor, is one of the subjects of the new book, “Mastery,” by Robert Greene, set for publication this week. This… Read More
Yoky Matsuoka, the vice president of technology for Silicon Valley startup Nest, won’t be returning to the University of Washington, where she has been a longtime computer science professor and… Read More
Yoky Matsuoka has long been interested in the frontiers of human interaction with machines, exploring new ways for the nervous system to work in conjunction with robotics and other mechanical… Read More