When Seattle startup Uplevel adopted a four-day week in January, it was betting on the fact that employees would get the same amount done in less time. “We were interested… Read More
— Claudiu Bulai is now chief innovation officer at Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Quantarium. Bulai previously spent five years at Meta, most recently leading engineering for the tech giant’s Reality Labs… Read More
— 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
The news: Seattle startup Uplevel landed $20 million to fuel growth. The 5-year-old company helps engineering teams analyze the effectiveness of their developers by pulling data from various software tools.… Read More
Happiness at the job isn’t just kombucha on tap and trendy lounges. For the past two years, companies have balanced concerns with COVID-19 and integrating workers back into offices. The… Read More
Uplevel makes software tools to help engineering teams better measure how developers use their time and how they could best avoid burning out. Now the Seattle startup is taking a… Read More
In August 1990, 9-year-old Ravs Kaur and her family fled Kuwait City as it was invaded by Iraq, quickly leading to U.S. involvement and the Gulf War. Her father led… Read More
Like many startups, Uplevel is adapting as the economic crisis changes how its customers work. The Seattle company emerged from stealth mode earlier this year, revealing its software tools that… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. There are a flurry of up-and-coming early-stage startups across the Pacific Northwest that are innovating, executing,… Read More
A new startup has emerged from stealth mode armed with $7.5 million in seed funding to disrupt what it calls the “software engineer status quo,” by giving leaders tools to… Read More