Articles about HighSpot

‘Exclusion compounds’: Women in tech push to shape AI before it’s too late

Speakers at the Women in Tech Regatta in Seattle said AI is at risk of repeating longstanding patterns of exclusion, from biased hiring tools to gaps in who’s shaping AI strategy. Read More

Highspot merging with rival Seismic in major sales software deal

Highspot is one of Seattle’s most prominent enterprise software companies and has raised $650 million since launching in 2011. Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon leader lands at Anthropic; Microsoft government affairs vet retires

Steven Maheshwary, a former generative AI leader at Amazon, is now a go-to-market lead in strategic partnerships at Anthropic, the AI giant behind Claude and backed by Amazon. Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Tola Capital; Amperity names CPO; Edelman exec joins Boeing

— Vahé Torossian has joined Seattle firm Tola Capital as a venture partner. Torossian was at Microsoft for more than… Read More

‘The best AI has the best data’: Highspot, new GeekWire 200 leader, taps AI to boost sales teams

Highspot CEO Robert Wahbe believes AI will accelerate the value proposition for some sales tech companies and dilute the value… Read More

Tech Moves: Open-source software company Expanso names CEO; Highspot adds exec; and more

— Seattle tech veteran David Aronchick is the new CEO of Expanso, the company he co-founded to promote adoption of the… Read More

Amazon looks to boost generative AI projects with new $100M cloud initiative

Amazon Web Services says it will invest $100 million in a new initiative to connect its machine learning and artificial… Read More

Sales software startup Highspot lays off 15% of staff, its second cut this year

Highspot is trimming headcount again. The Seattle-based sales software company confirmed that it laid off 15% of its workforce. The… Read More

Sales software company Highspot cuts 10% of its workforce

Highspot is laying off about 100 employees, or 10% of its workforce, becoming the latest well-funded Seattle company to cut… Read More

The 10 biggest funding rounds for Pacific Northwest startups in 2022

Venture capitalists slowed investments this year in response to the cooling economy. But some startups were still able to secure… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams leader joins Highspot; Edifecs, Acumatica add execs; and more

Bhrighu Sareen was named president of product & engineering at sales enablement software startup Highspot. Sareen previously spent 17 years… Read More

Vote for Next Tech Titan: 5 Seattle companies on the verge of becoming a giant force

The Seattle startup scene has been sizzling, and there are several up-and-coming companies are headed on a path toward becoming… Read More

Tech Moves: Tableau’s new data chief; Outreach, Trulioo add CPOs; Gemini recruits CTO from AWS

— Microsoft alum Wendy Turner-Williams is now chief data officer at Tableau. She joined from Tableau’s parent company Salesforce where… Read More

Meet the unicorns: A look at the Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation… Read More

Highspot raises $248M at $3.5B valuation as demand rises for software that helps salespeople

The news: Highspot raised another big round, this time reeling in $248 million as part of a Series F round.… Read More

Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec

— Enterprise sales startup Highspot appointed four new executives: Arvind Prakash as VP of product management. Most recently VP of… Read More

Four Seattle-area unicorns make Forbes ‘Cloud 100’ ranking of best private companies in the cloud

Forbes has released its sixth annual Cloud 100 ranking of the world’s top private cloud companies, and four high-value startups… Read More

Tech Moves: Twitch names CTO; Highspot adds board member; Apptio promotes sales leader

— Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch named Christine Weber as its new CTO. Weber was most recently chief information officer… Read More

Another unicorn in Seattle: Enterprise sales startup Highspot raises $200M round at a $2.3B valuation

Highspot has joined the growing list of billion-dollar startups sprouting up in the Seattle area. Seattle’s newest unicorn just raised… Read More

Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO after IPO; Asha Sharma joins Instacart as COO; and more

Julie Larson-Green, an engineering leader and executive who spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, is retiring from her position… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

— George “Skip” Battle, the former CEO of AskJeeves, has resigned from Expedia Group’s board of directors. He originally joined… Read More

Tech Moves: Airbnb HR leader joins Convoy; OutSystems hires Microsoft vets; Highspot’s new chief scientist; and more

—Digital freight startup Convoy announced Sunita Solao, previously an HR leader at Airbnb, as vice president of people and a… Read More

Forbes ranking of ‘America’s Best Startup Employers’ includes 13 Seattle-area companies

Seattle-area companies grabbed 13 spots on a list from Forbes on Tuesday that calls out “America’s Best Startup Employers.” The… Read More

Dogs, views, snacks and more: Vote for Geekiest Office Space ahead of 2020 GeekWire Awards

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. It takes more than a ping-pong table to attract the… Read More

GeekWire 200 update reveals trending startups in edtech, consumer tech, B.C. and more

There’s a growing cohort of education tech companies across the Pacific Northwest. A flurry of up-and-coming startups are sprouting up… Read More

Highspot raises $75M to support rapid growth of ‘sales enablement’ software in $50B category

New funding: Seattle startup Highspot today announced a $75 million “Series D-1” investment round, bringing total funding for the 7-year-old company… Read More

Highspot reels in $60M for AI-powered software used by Fortune 500 sales teams

Across industries, despite the tide of automation and artificial intelligence, most companies still employ humans to deal with customers for… Read More

Fast-growing sales tech startup Highspot leases big Seattle waterfront office with room for 800 people

Highspot will soon have a new spot to call home. The startup that builds artificial intelligence-powered sales software has leased… Read More

Vote for AI Innovation of the Year: Seattle’s artificial intelligence clout featured at the GeekWire Awards

Artificial intelligence is one of the Seattle area’s fastest-growing tech frontiers, so it only makes sense for the field to… Read More

Tech Moves: InfluxData hires former Salesforce exec; Alder adds to C-suite (again); Aiqudo brings on Alexa vet; and more

Open-source database firm InfluxData has a new SVP of engineering in Jim Walsh, who formerly held a similar role at… Read More