Salesforce layoffs impact senior leaders and longtime employees at Tableau

• Several longtime employees and senior leaders posted on LinkedIn that their jobs were cut as part of the larger restructuring. Prior to the cuts, Salesforce employed about 4,000 people in the Seattle area, including Tableau employees. A company spokesperson declined to detail the regional impact. Read more.

The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas this week and Washington state will be represented by a variety of tech companies, big and small.

• Tech giants Amazon and Microsoft will be joined at CES by startups including HaptX, Ossia, Somalytics, and many more. See the list.

Startup fundings:

• SirionLabs raises $25M: The Seattle contract lifecycle management startup uses natural language processing and AI to track contract details.

• SingleFile lands $3.2M: The Seattle startup acts as a registered agent and helps companies file their annual reports with states.

Tech Moves:

• David Glick departs as CTO of on-demand warehousing startup Flexe; Impinj names Cathal Phelan CIO; and more personnel changes.

Alchemer, a KKR-backed data collection platform, acquired Apptentive, an 11-year-old Seattle startup that helps mobile app-makers gather customer feedback.

• Apptentive graduated from Techstars Seattle in 2012 and ranks No. 81 on the GeekWire 200. Read more. 

What are the most overhyped tech trends? What’s the biggest tech story out of Seattle? What's up with ChatGPT?

• GeekWire asked six venture capitalists for their views on those questions and more, including their predictions for what’s to come in 2023. Read the answers.