Oren Etzioni
Oren Etzioni is the Founder at AI2 Incubator, Columnist at GeekWire, Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group, Founder and CEO at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and works at Anthropic. He founded AI2 Incubator and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, both of which are still running, as well as Decide and Farecast, which were acquired, and TrueMedia.org, which closed. His expertise includes fundamental problems in AI, machine reading, deepfake detection, and agents.
Ignition Partners investors spin out Fuse Venture Partners led by Kellan Carter, Cameron Borumand and Seahawks star Bobby Wagner
A group of investors from Seattle VC firm Ignition Partners, including managing partner John Connors, have launched a spinoff called Fuse Venture Partners led by general partners Kellan Carter and Cameron Borumand and featuring Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner as a venture partner. Ignite will sunset its brand while Fuse focuses on doubling down in Seattle and managing new investments, with Wagner committing to active involvement.
Seattle rises three spots to crack Startup Genome’s global top 10, backed by $3.59B in 2019 VC funding
Seattle climbed three places into Startup Genome’s global top 10 startup ecosystems, driven by strengths in AI, big data, analytics, life sciences and a strong startup genealogy from Microsoft, Amazon and the University of Washington. Venture funding reached a Seattle-area record of $3.59 billion in 2019, and the city ranks highly on performance, funding, market reach, talent, connectedness, knowledge and infrastructure.
Panda AI launches inside AI2 in Seattle, led by CEO Aaron Goldfeder and CTO Yue Ning in stealth mode
Panda AI is a stealth B2B startup launched inside the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) in Seattle, led by CEO Aaron Goldfeder and CTO Yue Ning, both former AI2 entrepreneurs-in-residence. The company — currently two employees with early access interest and Smartsheet co-founder Eric Browne as product advisor — aims to build next-generation tools for knowledge workers using recent AI breakthroughs.
Organizations
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GeekWire Columnist 2026–present · current
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AI House Founder 2014–present · current
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Madrona Venture Partner 2000–present · current
Education
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Carnegie Mellon University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), computer science · 1986–1991
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Harvard University B.A., computer science · 1982–1986
