The latest from the frontlines of the world’s fastest growing companies and the teams doing the work. 

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At this year’s Winter Olympics, China’s digital e-CNY wallet made its public debut and gained international attention. 

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How the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Boosted China’s Digital Currency

More than $12.3 billion of venture capital was poured into HR tech startups in 2021. 2022 has started out with a similar trend—just four deals have accounted for $1.4 billion of fundraising in the space. In an increasingly crowded industry, The Org compiled a list of 50 U.S. HR tech startups to look out for this year. 

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50 Emerging HR Tech Startups to Watch in 2022

Amazon’s sprawling tech and logistics organizations couldn’t operate without its rigid level system to sketch out some form of hierarchy. We took a look at how much Amazon pays some of its core white-collar employees.

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How Much Does Amazon Pay?

Just one week after Russia invaded Ukraine, people and organizations have donated $54 million in cryptocurrency to support Ukraine’s army and non-profit groups. How exactly is cryptocurrency impacting the war?

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The Role of Cryptocurrency in the Russian-Ukrainian War

These are the most notable hires, promotions, and departures within the US tech community in the last week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's News tab.

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The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

Multinational big tech companies are finding themselves caught in between the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here is how they have responded to the conflict so far.

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An Online War: How Big Tech is Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Read about Ernest Holmes: Google engineer and president of CodeHouse, the non-profit organization on a mission to tackle the diversity gap in the technology industry. 

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How This Googler is Helping to Close the Diversity Gap in the Tech Industry

HR tech has seen explosive growth both in VC funding and company adoption, fueled in part by COVID compliance measures, a drastic increase in distributed workforces and a sea change in the demographics of engineers within the HR space. But will it continue to stay as lucrative in 2022? We talked to industry experts to find out their predictions for the space in the future. 

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Why HR Tech Will Continue to Stay White Hot

The tech world is no stranger to accelerators and the benefits they can provide for startups that are looking to redefine their idea and scale and raise venture capital. Why not extrapolate the accelerator model to nonprofits and bet on a better world?

This is exactly what IBM set out to build. In February the company launched the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, supporting nonprofit and governmental organizations globally that serve communities especially vulnerable to environmental threats.

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How IBM is Paving a Path Forward for Non-Profits

Verizon has appointed Maggie Hallbach as its new SVP for Verizon Public Sector, the U.S. telecommunications giant’s division responsible for securing lucrative government contracts.

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Verizon Selects a New Public Sector Leader as It Chases Frontline Contracts

Jeff D'Onofrio, who had been Tumblr’s CEO since 2018, has officially joined digital media content and advertising management service CafeMedia as its first CFO. 

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Tumblr’s CEO Exits For CafeMedia

Instacart’s Head of Product for Payments, Ofek Lavian, has joined Forage as the fintech startup’s COO.

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Instacart’s Payments Product Lead Jumps Ship to Forage

King, the mobile gaming subsidiary of Activision Blizzard and the creator of Candy Crush, has appointed Tjodolf Sommestad as its new President.

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King Loses Two Veteran Leaders and Gains a President After Microsoft Merger

GreyOrange, a logistics automation and robotics pioneer, revealed that it has brought on Microsoft veteran Guy Arama as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Arma takes over the role from Terrie O’Hanlon.

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GreryOrange Hires a Marketing Chief to Capitalize on Logistics Tech Boom

The Org spoke with Rebecca Rettig to learn more about her day-to-day life and how she is using her skills to influence policy-making in the still-nascent Web3 space.


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Women in Web3: Using the Law to Shape the Future of Web3 Policy 

Google is a sprawling organization with more than 100,000 employees. We took a look at how much the tech giant pays its workers from entry-level positions to senior leaders.

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The one through-line in Benjamin Gaignault's life — from his studies to the makings of his online driving school startup Ornikar — is his strong-headed spirit. The now-entrepreneur, who is “pretty lazy” by his own admission, was captivated by the idea of starting a company since he was in school. Years later, after meeting with future co-founder Alexandre Chartier, Gaignault founded his startup, Ornikar, in 2014. At the time, it was the first and only online driving school in France.

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From 0 to $76 Million in Annual Revenue: How French Startup Ornikar Made Online Driving School a Reality

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Hilary Goldstein takes a holistically pragmatic approach to work. 

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Scopely’s Head of Growth Understands the Power of Willpower

Last week, Disney CEO Bob Chapek circulated a memo to employees announcing that veteran executive Mike White will now be tasked with creating the company’s metaverse strategy.

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Meet The Team

How the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Boosted China’s Digital Currency

50 Emerging HR Tech Startups to Watch in 2022

How Much Does Amazon Pay?

The Role of Cryptocurrency in the Russian-Ukrainian War

The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

An Online War: How Big Tech is Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

How This Googler is Helping to Close the Diversity Gap in the Tech Industry

Why HR Tech Will Continue to Stay White Hot

How IBM is Paving a Path Forward for Non-Profits

Verizon Selects a New Public Sector Leader as It Chases Frontline Contracts

Tumblr’s CEO Exits For CafeMedia

Instacart’s Payments Product Lead Jumps Ship to Forage

King Loses Two Veteran Leaders and Gains a President After Microsoft Merger

GreryOrange Hires a Marketing Chief to Capitalize on Logistics Tech Boom

Women in Web3: Using the Law to Shape the Future of Web3 Policy

How Much Does Google Pay?

From 0 to $76 Million in Annual Revenue: How French Startup Ornikar Made Online Driving School a Reality

The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

Scopely’s Head of Growth Understands the Power of Willpower

Disney Names its Metaverse Czar