Twilio

Tech Moves: Twilio names former Amazon and Google exec Chee Chew chief product officer; Washington state commerce director departs

by James Thorne on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 at 9:53 amComment

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 promises ice cream to students facing detention for attending walkouts

by John Cook on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 at 8:32 pm1 Comment

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 lands $9M in funding, unveils Seattle office

by Nat Levy on September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 at 4:36 pmComment

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

This San Francisco tech company just went public, but did you know it started in Seattle?

by John Cook on June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 at 11:39 am 2 Comments

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 establishes $50 million fund to support cutting-edge messaging apps

by James Risley on May 20, 2015May 20, 2015 at 11:13 amComment

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

TechStars Roadtrip: Startups headed south to San Francisco after Seattle Demo Day

by Taylor Soper on October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 at 2:09 pmComment

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

Best of Startup Day: Twilio’s Jeff Lawson on how to make money with SAAS

by Mikey Tom on September 12, 2012September 12, 2012 at 10:25 am1 Comment

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

Twilio partners with Microsoft’s Windows Azure

by John Cook on May 2, 2012May 2, 2012 at 11:07 am1 Comment

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