This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Conversations with finalists and particular friends on the annual GeekWire Awards about AI, innovation, startups, and the forces reshaping their industries. Visitors on this episode embody:
- Luis Poggi, CEO of HouseWhisper AI, winner of CEO of the Yr
- Tracy Drinkwater, founding father of the Seattle Common Math Museum, one in all our STEM Educator of the Yr honorees (together with Undertaking LEDO founder Fidel Ferrer).
- Ryan James, CEO of Dopl Applied sciences, finalist for Startup of the Yr
- Laura Ruderman, CEO of the Expertise Alliance
- Ross Finman, CEO of Augmodo, finalist for {Hardware}/Robotics/Bodily AI of the Yr
- Mohammad Rastegari, CEO of ElastixAI, finalist for Startup of the Yr

Plus, a particular trivia problem marking GeekWire’s fifteenth yr internet hosting the occasion, that includes a serendipitous and enjoyable connection to Andrew Putnam of Microsoft, a pioneer in FPGAs (area programmable gate arrays) and a winner of the 2017 GeekWire Award for Innovation of the Yr (pictured above).
Associated tales
With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook dinner
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