UW aims to dismiss suit over land acknowledgments | Latest Seattle startup fundings

Court filings detail dramatic weekend for Seattle’s Ideoclick ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Hear the latest news, and dive deep into AWS products and solutions: [Attend in-person or virtually.]( TODAY'S TOP STORIES UW aims to dismiss suit over land acknowledgments: The University of Washington filed a motion to toss a lawsuit brought by a Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering instructor fighting for the right to buck school policy and use his own land acknowledgment statement on the syllabi of courses he taught. [Read more.]( Court filings detail dramatic weekend for Ideoclick: The Seattle startup that helps retailers sell on Amazon went into receivership last week. But then CommerceIQ, a Silicon Valley e-commerce company, reached out and expressed interest in acquiring some of the company’s assets. [Here’s what happened](. End of the road for Treasure Truck: The Amazon daily deals program that started in 2016 with quirky vehicles cruising city streets and migrated online during the pandemic is [shutting down](. Latest fundings: - [Portland startup monitors cloud reliability:]( Metrist raised $5.5 million for its tech which gives businesses real-time visibility into their cloud dependencies so that they can address outages more effectively. - [Cloud infrastructure startup raises $15M:]( is aiming to grow its “serverless cache” software product with backing from the Flickr CEO, Intuit CTO and others. - [Mobile numbers for Web3:]( 3NUM raised cash to help develop a secure messaging service that incorporates blockchain and NFTs. Amazon tries on Snap partnership: The tech giant is working with the social media app on an augmented reality experience that allows shoppers to [digitally try on eyewear]( in Snap and make a purchase through Amazon Fashion. Startup’s search engine probes health data: Truveta [released a platform]( that provides access to de-identified information from more than 70 million patients as a way to “study any condition, any drug, any device,” CEO Terry Myerson said. Twilio to shut down Zipwhip: After buying the Seattle business messaging startup for $850 million last year, [Twilio is ending the service](. Thanks for reading, and have a great day! — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com, and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Learn more about cloud managed services]( Cloud managed services from Cascadeo help organizations leverage the potential of the public cloud by aligning engineering expertise with business outcomes. When you are ready for true cloud IT transformation, [let’s connect.]( LATEST HEADLINES [Flickr CEO, Intuit CTO invest in new cloud infrastructure startup led by ex-AWS engineers]( [Amazon Fashion partners with Snap to let shoppers use augmented reality to try on eyewear]( [Seattle-area startup developing Web3 mobile numbers that mint as NFTs raises cash]( [Health informatics startup Truveta unveils search engine to probe data from 70M patients]( [Univ. of Wash. aims to dismiss suit by computer science instructor over land acknowledgements]( SPONSORED: GEEK REAL ESTATE [Just Listed! The Perfect Home in Coveted Mill Creek]( [Portland startup raises $5.5M for tech that monitors reliability of cloud products]( [End of the road for Treasure Truck: Amazon stops deals program, which went online during pandemic]( [Court filings: CommerceIQ to buy assets of Seattle’s Ideoclick as Amazon agencies face tough market]( GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [INRIX: Technical Program Manager – Data Platform]( - [San Jose State University: Systems Analyst]( - [Remitly: Senior Software Development Engineer – North American Product (Seattle Or U.S. Remote)]( - [Government of Canada Trade Commissioner Service: Senior Trade Officer (International Business Development)]( - [San Jose State University: Web Analyst]( - [Scientific Software Engineering Center: Software Engineer – multiple roles!]( - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Front end)]( - [Remitly: Senior Mobile Software Development Engineer – B2B Platform (Seattle or U.S. Remote)]( - [Switchee: Fullstack Developer]( - [Periscopic: Full Stack Developer]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2022 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](