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THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES

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.
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Google to cut 52 employees in Washington state
Google is laying off 52 employees in Washington state, according to a state filing.
Salesforce cutting 59 jobs across Seattle and Bellevue offices
Affected positions include software engineers, product management directors, incident commanders, technical support engineers, and leadership roles across marketing and sustainability.
Microsoft 2.5: How EVP Charles Lamanna is helping turn Microsoft into the ‘Copilot company’
Charles Lamanna, who leads Microsoft's Copilot, agents, and platform work, is helping build the coming Copilot Super App — a single front door meant to unify the company's sprawling AI products.
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.
‘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.
This startup just raised $6M for an AI tutor that helps kids figure it out themselves
Wild Zebra raised $6 million to expand an AI learning platform for math and reading that asks students questions rather than just giving them answers.
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.
Live dating show reveals Seattle’s relationship with tech is still complicated
Allison Goldberg, comedian and host of "Love Isn't Blind," says that when she introduces a contestant who is a software engineer, the audience boos.
This is way mo’ fun: Baby blue Waymo ‘Ojai’ spotted in Seattle, adding to robotaxi test fleet
GeekWire spotted a boxy baby blue Ojai in the parking lot of a Fred Meyer store in the Ballard neighborhood on Friday morning.
Zillow revenue climbs 18% but layoff costs push company to a loss, amid executive changes
Zillow Group's second-quarter revenue rose 18% to $772 million, but a $36 million restructuring charge from this week's layoffs pushed the company to a $4 million net loss.
Etzioni on AI: Murphy’s Law of AI
Oren Etzioni writes that the AI break-ins disclosed over the past three weeks by OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and the UK's AI Security Institute were entirely predictable.
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