Joe Braidwood

Joe Braidwood

Founder & CEO at Glacis Technologies
Seattle, Washington, United States

Joe Braidwood is Founder & CEO at Glacis Technologies and CEO and Co-founder at Glacis. He previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at SwiftKey, which was acquired by Microsoft, and has co-founded companies including Spider Design Limited and Yara AI. His expertise includes building AI products and developing AI supervision systems.

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Seattle Startup Glacis Sees Opportunity as White House Plans to Challenge State AI Laws

The White House plans an executive order to challenge state AI regulations, prompting Seattle startup Glacis, led by CEO Joe Braidwood, to position its AI safety verification software as essential infrastructure in a regulatory conflict. Glacis offers tamper-proof records of AI decisions, addressing concerns about AI safety and liability amidst increasing regulatory scrutiny.

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Seattle Startups Govstream.ai and Integrate Lead Early-Stage Growth with AI Solutions and $5M Funding

Five Seattle-based startups—Govstream.ai, Integrate, Sound Games, Tamnoon, and Yara AI—are gaining traction, with some beginning to raise capital and develop innovative AI and software solutions for government, hardware development, and other sectors. Notable developments include Govstream.ai's focus on improving government permitting processes and Integrate securing $5 million in funding and a Space Force contract.

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Scener names Hulu veteran David Baron CEO; J.J. Abrams, Sean Rad and Marc Geiger join as investors/advisors

Seattle social TV startup Scener appointed Hulu launch veteran David Baron as CEO and added a new investor-advisor group including filmmaker J.J. Abrams, Tinder founder Sean Rad, and music exec Marc Geiger. The company, spun out of RealNetworks in 2018 and backed by $2.1M seed funding, offers a Chrome extension and Watch Party Platform supporting up to 10 co-hosts and 1 million viewers across major streaming services.

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Scener raises $2.1M seed round as social TV demand grows; backed by SeaChange, Glaser Investments and others

Scener, a two-year-old Seattle startup spun out of RealNetworks, raised $2.1 million in seed funding to expand its virtual co-watching platform that supports up to 1 million viewers and playback on at least 10 major streaming services. The company, backed by SeaChange, Glaser Investments and others, is nearing 500,000 active installs and about 14 million minutes of weekly co-watching as social TV gains traction among streaming providers.

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Scener—RealNetworks spinoff—grows 70x since March and will be Comic-Con@Home's exclusive watch party affiliate

Scener, a RealNetworks spinoff, has grown rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic—over 70x since March—and will be the exclusive watch party affiliate for Comic-Con@Home, hosting virtual film, show and anime screenings. Its free Chrome-based Watch Party Platform supports multiple streaming services with up to 10 co-hosts and up to 1 million viewers, and Scener signed a deal with Funimation to power Comic-Con@Home's anime track.

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HBO integrates Scener’s Chrome extension into HBO Now and HBO GO for 20-person virtual watch parties

HBO added a Scener-powered Chrome extension to HBO Now and HBO GO that lets subscribers hold virtual watch parties of up to 20 people with video, audio and text chat; Seattle startup Scener saw a 15× traffic surge after pivoting to co-watching. HBO and Scener built the integration over two months to enable social viewing during COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.

Organizations

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  • Glacis Technologies Founder & CEO 2025–present · current
  • Yara AI Co-founder, Co-founder & CEO 2024–2025 · current
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    Glacis CEO and Co-founder · current

Education

  • Brown University Master, Public Affairs, Public Policy · 2007–2008
  • University of Cambridge BA, MA, Law · 2004–2007

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