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THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES
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.
Salesforce hires ex-Microsoft exec to lead Agentforce engineering amid string of departures
After nearly three decades at Microsoft, cybersecurity executive Krishna Kumar Parthasarathy has announced he is joining Salesforce as executive vice…
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.
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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.
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.
Off the train, into a VW bus: Amazon helps fund free shuttle service for Bellevue light rail riders
Visit Bellevue announced this week that it's launching a free electric shuttle pilot program on Aug.
Which Microsoft businesses are growing and shrinking, according to obscure table in regulatory filing
Overall, for the fiscal year ended June 30, Microsoft's revenue increased 18%, or $50.1 billion, to $331.8 billion.
Microsoft earnings preview: AI spending, cloud margins, and why the stock keeps falling
Microsoft reports fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year results Wednesday.
‘World of Warcraft’ meets ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ and more from Wizards of the Coast at Gen Con
Renton, Wash.-based Wizards of the Coast previewed its D&D plans ahead of Gen Con, including a "World of Warcraft" crossover sourcebook due Nov.
New map traces Washington state’s tech ‘universe’ to a few key hubs, and shows what’s at risk
The Washington Technology Industry Association's new "Tech Universe Map" charts the founder lineage of 625 companies, showing that Microsoft and the University of Washington account for the largest share.
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’s his angle? Teen frustrated by plastic protractor reimagines the classic classroom tool
Wenxin Fang of Redmond, Wash., launched a hardware startup to create the ZeroPivot Protractor, a sleek, precision-machined aluminum replacement for the tool that gave him problems in math class.
Microsoft Azure tops $100B in annual revenue as record AI spending cuts into cash flow
Microsoft's Azure cloud business grew 43% last quarter — well past its own forecast — and topped $100 billion in annual revenue for the first time.
AWS is ‘booming,’ but Amazon’s free cash flow turns negative on record AI spending
Amazon reported $200.6 billion in second-quarter revenue, up 20%, with AWS growing 37%, its fastest pace since the end of 2021.
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