Articles about Vijaye Raji

The big AI labs are eating the startup playbook — here’s where founders can still compete

Startup founders used to worry that tech giants would make their product obsolete. Now it’s even trickier: AI labs are not only encroaching on startup turf, they’re also offering tools for customers to attempt DIY solutions of their own. But there are approaches that work, and niches to be found, according to speakers and panelists at the Tech Alliance Seattle Investor Summit+Showcase this week. Read More

Students pitch startups in regional TiE Young Entrepreneurs finals, vying to three-peat in global contest

This year’s Seattle-area cohort included students across 20 teams, pitching ventures in industries including artificial intelligence, children’s nutrition, ocean plastic recycling, mental health and healthcare. Read More

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GeekWire AI summit takeaways: Token budgets, watermelon metrics, and the $5k weekend coder

Todd and John unpack takeaways from the GeekWire AI Summit, from token budgets and the surprising cost of vibe-coding to OpenAI shutting down Sora and why the chat era may be over. Plus: light rail trivia. Read More

Everyone is a builder: Microsoft and OpenAI execs on the new era of AI-powered personal software

Software in the age of AI agents is becoming something anyone can create on the fly — which could have major implications in the way “applications” are designed, built, and used. Read More

Beyond the chatbot: At GeekWire summit, AI leaders say the era of autonomous agents is already here

The debate over whether AI will transform industries is over. At GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation summit in Seattle, founders, executives and others had moved on to harder questions — what’s working, what isn’t, and how fast everything is moving. Read More

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GeekWire Podcast on location at OpenAI in Bellevue, with CTO of Applications Vijaye Raji

We visited OpenAI’s new Bellevue office on opening day, toured the retro-modern space, and talked with CTO Vijaye Raji about Codex, culture, and the Seattle region’s AI moment. Read More

Inside OpenAI’s new Bellevue office: A swanky statement about AI’s impact on the Seattle region

OpenAI marked the grand opening its new office in downtown Bellevue, Wash., its largest outside of San Francisco, with room to grow to 1,400 employees. Read More

Thoughts on Amazon’s full return to the office from a CEO who knows the value — and the trade-offs

As a former big-tech exec who’s now running a startup, Vijaye Raji understands Andy Jassy’s desire to have employees in… Read More

Vote for CEO of the Year: These software veterans are taking on a variety of problems

The finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2024 GeekWire Awards include software veterans working on a variety of… Read More

Statsig raises $43M Series B round for rapid, live testing and analysis of new product features

Seattle-area startup Statsig raised $43 million in new funding to further develop and market technology that helps product teams test… Read More

Former Facebook exec Vijaye Raji leads new startup Statsig to help developers build features quickly

New startup: Vijaye Raji, a tech vet who previously led Facebook’s 5,000-person engineering outpost in Seattle, is CEO and founder… Read More

How Facebook’s Seattle office helped the company’s newest innovations come to fruition

Facebook is holding its annual F8 developer conference in San Jose this week, but Seattle is well represented. During Tuesday’s keynote, the… Read More