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Top stories so far this week

Jeff Bezos says this business is becoming Amazon’s next ‘pillar’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says the company's custom AI chip business is poised to become its next "pillar," joining Marketplace, Prime, and AWS as one of Amazon's foundational businesses as the tech giant doubles down on artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Report: Starbucks scrapped an AI inventory tool and left a Seattle-area startup ‘blindsided’
Known as "Automated Counting," the tool was built in partnership with NomadGo to scan backroom storage shelves using iPad Pros equipped with computer vision, spatial computing, and augmented reality.
Microsoft earnings preview: AI spending, cloud margins, and why the stock keeps falling
Microsoft reports fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year results Wednesday.
Anime fans, assemble: Bandai Namco opening ‘Gundam Base’ retail experience south of Seattle
Bandai Namco is opening an official Gundam Base retail store at Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila, Wash., this fall, giving Pacific Northwest anime and model-kit fans a permanent flagship destination for all things Gunpla.
Seattle lands another $1B startup: Here’s the latest arrival in the industrial AI boom
Los Angeles-based Nominal, whose software helps engineers build, test and validate complex hardware systems, is establishing a permanent Seattle office as it ramps up hiring and looks for a larger home in the region.
Microsoft escalates the AI security race with ‘Project Perception’ and a new in-house model
Microsoft on Monday unveiled Project Perception, an AI cybersecurity system built to defend against AI-driven attacks, aiming to keep pace with both hackers and its technology rivals.
What are you building? Talking with founders and business leaders at the Seattle Tech Week kickoff event
Founders, investors and operators at the Seattle Tech Week kickoff describe what they're building, from an AI system that runs a professional cricket team's logistics to voice AI for counting bottles behind a bar.
Tech Moves: Remitly names CISO; Joseph Williams leads cybersecurity ed at WWU; Yoodli gets product VP
Seattle's Remitly names a new CISO amid continued leadership shuffling; Seattle tech and public service leader Joseph Williams is director of cybersecurity programs at Western Washington University; and Yoodli hires a VP of product.
Seattle startup Replify acquired by ABC Fitness to bring agentic AI to more gyms and wellness centers
Replify's software handles phone calls, emails, chats, and texts for health and wellness businesses, including inbound customer messages as well as proactive outbound marketing."
Amazon Leo seeks FCC approval to launch 5,105 satellites that would connect with mobile devices
Amazon Leo plans to launch up to 5,105 satellites capable of providing space-based connectivity for mobile devices.
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