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Okta to pay $6.5B to acquire Seattle’s Auth0; identity tech startup was valued at $1.9B last year Geekwire 3/3/2021 © Provided by Geekwire Auth0 CEO Eugenio Pace. (GeekWire File Photo) Auth0, the billion-dollar Seattle-area startup that is a leader in identity authentication software, is being acquired by Okta, another leader in the space, the companies announced Wednesday. The all-stock deal is valued at approximately $6.5 billion — one of the largest acquisitions of a Seattle tech company. Auth0 was co-founded in 2013 by Eugenio Pace, who formerly ran the patterns and practices gro...

‘The week has literally exploded’: Tech security startups grapple with SolarWinds fallout Geekwire 12/18/2020 © Provided by Geekwire GeekWire Illustration Ah, the week before the holidays. A great moment to take a breather after a difficult year, cut out early, do some online shopping, spend time with the family. Not in the world of enterprise security technology — at least not this week, and perhaps not for a while. © Provided by Geekwire Polyverse CEO Alex Gounares. (Polyverse Photo) “The week has literally exploded,” said Alex Gounares, founder and CEO at Bellevue, Wash.-...