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TechCrunch+ roundup: Plaid’s staffing story, RevOps for B2B sales, demo day’s demise

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When Jean-Denis Greze accepted the CTO role at Plaid in 2017, the fintech company was still financing its Series A had “about 20 engineers who were still trying to feel their way to product-market fit,” writes enterprise reporter Ron Miller. .” How Plaid’s CTO grew his engineering team 17.5x Walter Thompson.

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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

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Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. You can check out the video of their demo here. Meet Vise AI, the startup reimagining portfolio management.

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. We are also hearing chatter that Demo Day will be larger than ever before because virtual events are much more scalable.”. Here’s a closer look at six highlights from this Demo Day. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc.

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A look at the nine teams that just presented at Pear’s latest demo day

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TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. Founders: Pol Hevia (CEO), Joaquim Tresserra (CTO). Founders: Virigina Folgueiro (CEO), Alejandro Quirno Lavalle (CMO), Santiago Lorenzo (CTO). Founders: Joann de Zegher (CEO), JK Metwalli (CTO). Founded in: 2020. HQ: Argentina.

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8 open source companies from YC Demo Day Winter ’22

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Here are all of the open source related companies presenting at Demo Day in the Winter 2022 cohort. Founders: Co-founders Jeremy Dorn and Graham McNicoll both used to work at Education.com as chief architect and CTO respectively. Tuva Health. Founded: 2021. Location: Salt Lake City, Utah. The ball’s in your court, Firezone.

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

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We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Founders: Sameer Kapur (CPO), Vishnu Chakroborty (CTO), Gautam Ajjarapu (CEO). Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO). Founders: Jason Shames (CEO), Cole Maritz (CRO), Dane Bratz (CTO), Michael Walker. ” Bonfire. ” Skipper.

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#743 Fusing Generative AI & Video Production with Anastasis Germanidis, Co-Founder & CTO at Runway

Modern CTO

Today we’re talking to Anastasis Germanidis, Co-Founder & CTO at Runway. We discuss the groundbreaking AI technology that Anastasis is working on, how generative AI is impacting the industry for media professionals, and how Runway cut The Late Show’s edits down to 5 minutes. For more about Runway, check out their website here.