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THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES
Seattle indie hit ‘Stardew Valley’ is coming to ‘Magic: The Gathering’
Stardew Valley, the blockbuster farming sim from solo Seattle developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone, is coming to Magic: The Gathering via a three-part Secret Lair drop from Renton-based Wizards of the Coast — with original pixel art from Barone himself.
Tech Moves: Former Amazon exec joins F5; Microsoft security CVP departs; Qualtrics adds leadership
F5 names former Amazon executive as its chief people officer; Rudra Mitra departs as a Microsoft CVP after more than 27 years; and Qualtrics adds leaders.
AWS EC2 and AI leader Dave Brown to exit, replaced by Amazon exec and Microsoft vet Dave Treadwell
Dave Brown is leaving Amazon Web Services after nearly 19 years, departing at the end of July for a new role outside the company.
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Grunge meets slop: An AI time traveler visits 1992 Seattle when music, not tech, ruled the city
The AI-generated video is an interesting study in how technology that's very much being built and hyped in Seattle can be used to illustrate what the city sort of looked like more than three decades ago.
Apptio co-founders reunite to launch enterprise AI startup Thira with $21M in funding led by Madrona
Apptio co-founders Sunny Gupta and Kurt Shintaffer launched Thira, a Bellevue-based enterprise AI startup, with $21 million in seed funding led by Madrona.
JPMorgan Chase bets on Seattle to build its AI control layer
JPMorgan Chase is building out a new AI software infrastructure team, with a major presence in Seattle, focused on running AI across its data centers and outside providers in a way that controls costs, protects its intellectual property, and avoids tying its fortunes to any one vendor.
Tech Moves: Remitly CMO departs; Temporal names EVP; Veeam and Qualtrics leadership changes
Rina Hahn leaves role as Remitly's CMO; Temporal promotes Preeti Somal to EVP amid reorganization; and Veeam and Qualtrics make leadership changes.
Departing AWS exec Dave Brown is reportedly joining Meta, as Facebook parent mulls its own cloud
Dave Brown, the senior AWS executive whose departure Amazon announced this week, is joining Meta to work on its data center build-out, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
As General Fusion makes historic Nasdaq debut, report shows global funding surged to $4.5B
General Fusion’s stock is trading up after it became the first fusion energy company to go public on a major…
Venture funding drops in Seattle area as AI boom reshapes startup world
Seattle-area startups raised $2.7 billion in the first half of 2026, down 40% from a year ago, even as U.S.
Augmodo raises $21M to push its spatial AI beyond just retail toward the broader physical workforce
Customer demand is pulling the Seattle startup's technology into warehouses, facility maintenance, delivery, and other parts of the physical workforce.
Motorola leads $125M round for Brinc, fueling 911 drone expansion amid U.S. import crackdown
Seattle-based 911 drone maker Brinc raised $125 million led by Motorola Solutions, at a valuation the company says has nearly doubled from a year ago.
Salesforce’s Tableau renews Fremont office lease, signaling long-term Seattle commitment
The renewal continues Tableau's long association with Fremont, where the company added offices over the years to accommodate its rapid growth before its $15.7 billion acquisition by Salesforce in 2019.
Seattle region’s office market shows signs of life as AI companies bring stability
A new report finds the Seattle-area office market is on steadier footing, helped by AI companies opening engineering hubs across the region.
Vieu launches AI-ready map of business relationships, challenging tech incumbents
Vieu, a Seattle startup founded by former Microsoft leaders, launched its "Business Graph" — a live map of business relationships built from observed signals like shared work history and board affiliations, rather than the self-reported connections on LinkedIn.
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