GeekWire Mid-Week Update, Presented by ALLtech

Read the top tech stories so far this week from GeekWire [GeekWire Mid-Week Update] Top stories so far this week [Photos: Drones light up the Seattle sky for annual Space Needle New Year’s show]( Happy New Year! This year’s fireworks show at the Space Needle in Seattle welcomed a high-tech addition: drones. [How 6 venture capitalists are thinking about 2023 — and their advice to startups]( Venture capitalists are in the business of bets, writing checks to the people and ideas they believe are going to impact the world. [Tumultuous times at Tableau: Salesforce cutbacks impact senior leaders and longtime employees]( A 10% workforce reduction by Salesforce is rippling through the ranks of Tableau Software, the Seattle-based data visualization company acquired by the San Francisco-based enterprise tech giant for $15.7 billion more than three years ago. [CES 2023: A list of Washington state companies showing off their latest tech gadgets and services]( The big Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is returning to Las Vegas this week with its usual array of companies, gadgets and services, and Washington state will be represented by startups, tech giants and those in between. [Tech Moves: Flexe CTO departs; Impinj names chief innovation officer; and more]( — David Glick left his position as chief technology officer of on-demand warehousing startup Flexe. [Wizards of the Coast cancels multiple video game projects]( Renton, Wash.-based Wizards of the Coast has canceled at least five unnamed video game projects, according to a report from Bloomberg. [Washington AG sues Seattle-area plastic surgery provider over fake online reviews]( Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued a Seattle-area plastic surgery provider and its owner for using a bevy of illegal tactics to uphold the company’s online image. [KKR-backed customer feedback company Alchemer acquires Seattle startup Apptentive]( Alchemer, a Louisville, Colo.-based survey software platform, acquired Apptentive, a Seattle startup that helps mobile app-makers gather customer feedback. [Contract lifecycle management startup SirionLabs raises $25M]( Contract lifecycle management startup SirionLabs raised an additional $25 million as part of its Series D funding, pushing total funding in the round to $110 million. [Electric airplanes, greenhouses, and sunrises in Seattle: Some of our favorite photos from 2022]( Across Seattle and from Redmond all the way to Iceland, GeekWire had its eye — and cameras — on stories in technology, business, science, startups, space, geek culture and more in 2022. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [MovingWorlds: Senior Fullstack Engineer for Scaling Social Enterprise]( - [Remitly: Senior Software Engineer, Fraud Prevention]( - [Remitly: Engineering Manager, Lending]( - [Plus: GTM Strategy and Ops Lead]( - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Back end)]( - [Remitly: Senior Mobile Software Development Engineer – B2B Platform (Seattle or U.S. Remote)]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2023 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](