Steve Arnold
Steve Arnold is Co-Founder and Partner Emeritus at Polaris Partners and serves as Founder and Board Member at Polaris Ventures. He previously held executive roles at Corbis Corp., LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Microsoft.
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Madrona celebrates Impinj’s 10th IPO anniversary, remembering founders Carver Mead and Chris Diorio and their low-power transistor breakthrough
Impinj marked the 10th anniversary of its IPO, and Madrona celebrates its long partnership with the company dating back to its founding in 2000 by Carver Mead and Chris Diorio. The piece highlights Mead's influential contributions to semiconductor industry and neuromorphic computing and explains that Impinj originated from their work on low-power, low-cost field-tunable transistors.
The Agentic Entrepreneur: How the next wave of AI is changing the startup playbook
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How artificial intelligence is changing the way companies are created, built, and operated. We're on location at Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle with investor and entrepreneur T.A. McCann, a managing director at the startup studio and venture capital firm. He explains how AI agents are automating complex functions, letting small teams do the work that once required large groups of people. As AI makes product development easier, he says, the key strategic moat for many startups is now shifting to distribution and data. Other topics include: The wearable AI recorder that captures everything he…
TalentWorks raises $2.4M from Lowercase, Founder’s Co-op and Felicis to guarantee job interviews for $10/week
TalentWorks, co-founded by Kushal Chakrabarti and Ajit Banerjee, emerged from stealth with $2.4M from investors including Lowercase Capital, Founder’s Co-op and Felicis to offer a $10/week AI-driven job-interview matching service that guarantees interviews or refunds fees after 60 days.
Organizations
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Polaris Partners Co-Founder and Partner Emeritus 1996–present · current
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Polaris Founder; Board Member (Impinj) · current
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Microsoft VP, Broadband Media Applications 1993–1994 · past
Education
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Macalester College Bachelor's degree, PSYCHOLOGY · 1968–1972
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C.I.I.S. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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Macalester College Bachelor of Science (BS)
