Intellectual Ventures
Tech Moves: Seahawks legend Doug Baldwin joins Intellectual Ventures; Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar changes roles; Adaptiva lands marketing exec
Intellectual Ventures spinoff Xinova lays off staff as invention network company aims for profitability
Why Big Data is a bigger deal than venture capital in the artificial intelligence game
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Five big ideas from Nathan Myhrvold, the original ‘mad scientist’ from Microsoft
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Tech at The Seattle Art Fair; blockchain convention; and DIY hardware development
From curbing malaria to better food carts, Xinova’s David Kraft believes in innovation
Tech Moves: Nordstrom hires Expedia tech vet; Univ. of Washington names head of new clean tech center; and more
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How Lumotive will put metamaterials in self-driving cars, with Bill Gates’ backing
Bill Gates, Airbus and SoftBank invest in satellite video startup that wants to help us ‘see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered’
Bill Gates-backed startup Sunlight Payments helps track grant money for philanthropic projects
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Intellectual Ventures’ Global Good teams up with Motic on AI-powered microscope
Intellectual Ventures’ malaria-hunting AI microscope is ready for commercial debut
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Gourmet tech: Nathan Myhrvold’s ‘Modernist Bread’ finds new twists in one of the oldest foods
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Entrepreneurs swarm to get in on the idea factories at Intellectual Ventures and AI2
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Help wanted: Intellectual Ventures sets up ISF Incubator to commercialize discoveries
Intellectual Ventures spinout Xinova creates new company Allied Inventors to manage IP assets
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This engineer has worked with Gates and Bezos — now he wants to succeed Dave Reichert in Congress
Holographic beam-forming antenna startup Pivotal Commware raises $17M from Bill Gates and others
Intellectual Ventures’ president and general counsel are both leaving their roles
Bill Gates-backed satellite antenna company Kymeta raises $73.5M, total funding nears $200M
Wireless energy for drones? Intellectual Ventures beams power with metamaterials
Proposed wireless charging station would make dead batteries ‘a thing of the past’
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Nathan Myhrvold: If you obsess about what people think of you, you’ll never change the world
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GeekWire Radio: Another big week for Amazon, and inside the world of Nathan Myhrvold
Nathan Myhrvold: Why Intellectual Ventures still believes in the power of patents
Live Blog: Intellectual Ventures founder Nathan Myhrvold talks patent trolling, asteroids, and bread at the GeekWire Summit
Intellectual Ventures’ Global Good Fund wins ‘Patents for Humanity’ award from USPTO
Intellectual Ventures’ invention network spins out and reinvents itself as Xinova
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