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THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES
S. ‘Soma’ Somasegar, 1966-2026: Microsoft and Madrona leader was a champion of developers and startups
Friends and colleagues remembered S. "Soma" Somasegar, the longtime Microsoft developer leader and Madrona managing director, as a generous mentor to developers and founders, and a fixture of Seattle's tech community.
Jeff Bezos describes his $38B startup Prometheus for the first time: ‘Nothing to do with robotics’
In a CNBC interview, Jeff Bezos offered the most detailed public description yet of Project Prometheus, calling the secretive startup an "artificial general engineer" building next-generation design tools for physical objects.
Seattle, we’ve got an image problem
GeekWire co-founder John Cook argues that Seattle's increasingly anti-business national image threatens the city's standing as an innovation hub, exactly 30 years after Newsweek celebrated it as one of America's great boomtowns.
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AWS veteran Matt Wood returns to cloud giant in new role: chief AI and technology officer
Matt Wood, who spent more than 14 years helping to lead Amazon Web Services’ artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives…
Former Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has a new gig — startup CEO
Seattle-based Filium was started by apparel industry veterans Raj Shah and Akhil Shah in 2015, and makes technology that allows natural fabrics to repel odors, stains and liquids.
A ‘final season’ at Microsoft for Yusuf Mehdi: Longtime exec plans to leave after one last year
Yusuf Mehdi, one of Microsoft’s best-known and longest-serving business leaders, whose tenure has spanned 35 years from Windows 3.1 to…
CEO of Paul Allen’s $3.1B science and tech fund steps down less than a year after launch
Dr. Lynda Stuart is departing as the first CEO of the Fund for Science and Technology, the foundation created under late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's instructions.
‘One of a kind’: Tributes pour in for S. ‘Soma’ Somasegar, beloved tech mentor and friend
A consistent picture emerged: Somasegar was kind, generous with his time, humble, and a steadying presence.
SpaceX is churning out 70 Starlink satellites a week in Redmond, and other tidbits from its IPO filing
SpaceX disclosed in its S-1 filing that its Redmond, Wash., facility produces approximately 70 Starlink satellites per week, putting hard production numbers on the operation for the first time.
Amazon Leo’s leaders provide an inside look at the satellite broadband network’s past and future
Amazon Leo's team leader recounts how Jeff Bezos got the ball rolling in the competition with SpaceX's Starlink for space-based connectivity.
Gates Foundation Trust ends an era, selling off all remaining Microsoft stock
The Gates Foundation Trust has sold its remaining 7.7 million shares of Microsoft, marking the end of an era for the Seattle-based philanthropy as it ramps up global grantmaking.
Starbucks layoffs impact 252 jobs at Seattle support center, including VPs and other senior roles
A Washington Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification said that the cuts "will result in the relocation or contracting out of certain of the employer’s operations or the partners’ positions."
Etzioni on AI: Don’t let the OpenAI soap opera hide the precedent
Computer scientist and AI industry veteran Oren Etzioni argues that OpenAI's nonprofit-to-for-profit conversion sets a dangerous precedent for American charity law, and that the real reckoning will have to come from Washington, not the Oakland courtroom.
The view from Bellevue: Seattle has the foundation for future growth — if it can fix its taxes
At a Bellevue Chamber panel, regional business leaders warned that Seattle’s aggressive tax policies threaten to undermine its world-class economic foundation.
Tech Moves: Xbox names CTO; Smartsheet gets first AI chief; Amazon VP departs for DoorDash
Microsoft promoted Scott Van Vliet to Xbox CTO, while Smartsheet elevated Drew Gardner to the news created role of chief AI officer.
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