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GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Top stories so far this week

Zillow cuts more than 500 jobs in its largest layoff of the year
Zillow Group laid off more than 500 employees Tuesday, about 7% of its workforce, one day before it reports second-quarter earnings.
Tech Moves: Salesforce/Tableau exec departs; startups AIM and Gravitics add to C-suite
Teri Hatfield, Salesforce EVP and Tableau CRO, has taken a role at Iterable; Gates Foundation's legal director has left for Arnold & Porter; and Seattle-area startups AIM and Gravitics have added to their C-suites.
‘Some things are better without AI’: How KEXP’s new tech chief will amplify human connection
Jyoti Shukla is taking the product strategy skills she developed at Microsoft, Starbucks, Nordstrom and SiriusXM and applying them to a station she has relied on as a fan for decades.
Zillow layoffs hit 91 jobs in Washington state, with senior roles bearing the brunt
A WARN notice filed with Washington state shows Zillow Group is cutting 91 jobs in its home state, a fraction of the more than 500 layoffs announced this week.
Google to cut 52 employees in Washington state
Google is laying off 52 employees in Washington state, according to a state filing.
SpaceX earnings: Elon Musk says Starlink could deliver most of the world’s internet within a decade
Elon Musk says Starlink could carry most of the world's internet within a decade.
Amazon’s next big business, Satya Nadella’s DIY app, and a VC’s rallying cry for Seattle tech
Microsoft and Amazon both beat cloud expectations this week, and Microsoft's headcount fell for the first time since 2016.
This civic activist used AI to assess how state Supreme Court candidates might rule on the millionaires’ tax
Viet Nguyen, a Seattle communications executive and former political campaign manager, used AI to build Culliton2026.org, a site that gauges how candidates for the Washington Supreme Court might rule on the state's new millionaires' tax.
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