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Scientists in a University of Washington lab led by Nobel laureate David Baker have cracked a challenge with "intrinsica...
18/07/2025

Scientists in a University of Washington lab led by Nobel laureate David Baker have cracked a challenge with "intrinsically disordered proteins."

Scientists David Baker's UW lab are using generative AI to target 'undruggable' proteins for creating new drugs and diagnostic tools.

William H. “Bill” Neukom, Microsoft’s top lawyer during its pivotal corporate milestones and legal cases of the 1980s an...
18/07/2025

William H. “Bill” Neukom, Microsoft’s top lawyer during its pivotal corporate milestones and legal cases of the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 83.

Known for his trademark bow tie in a sea of Oxford shirts and khakis, Neukom was defined by a strong sense of fair play, justice, and the rule of law, colleagues said.

William “Bill” Neukom, Microsoft’s longtime legal chief, who led the company through its IPO and landmark antitrust case while helping shape modern tech law, has died at 83.

It’s not easy to assess the current state of the tech hiring market amid recent corporate layoffs and the generative AI ...
17/07/2025

It’s not easy to assess the current state of the tech hiring market amid recent corporate layoffs and the generative AI boom. But some trends emerged in our conversations with company leaders at a GeekWire event Tuesday on our office deck in Seattle — including a potential tailwind for early stage startups.

GeekWire co-founder John Cook (left) and Prime Team Partners CEO Darren Hogben address the crowd at GeekWire's office in Seattle on Tuesday. (GeekWire

PATH has launched the largest study of its kind in Africa, recruiting 9,000 participants to test whether artificial inte...
17/07/2025

PATH has launched the largest study of its kind in Africa, recruiting 9,000 participants to test whether artificial intelligence can help primary care clinicians make better diagnoses and treatment decisions in resource-limited settings.

PATH has launched the largest study of its kind in Africa, recruiting 9,000 participants to test whether AI can help primary care clinicians make diagnoses.

A Seattle startup called Hubble Network (no relation to NASA's Hubble) is unveiling a system that uses low-power Bluetoo...
16/07/2025

A Seattle startup called Hubble Network (no relation to NASA's Hubble) is unveiling a system that uses low-power Bluetooth chips and satellites in low Earth orbit to keep track of devices around the globe.

Hubble Network unveils a system that uses satellites and low-power Bluetooth signals to monitor sensors and devices around the globe.

In a case of strange space bedfellows, SpaceX launched a batch of 24 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper, a broadband...
16/07/2025

In a case of strange space bedfellows, SpaceX launched a batch of 24 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper, a broadband internet network that's aiming to compete with ... SpaceX's Starlink network.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites into space. (SpaceX / Amazon via LinkedIn) In a case of strange space bedfellows, SpaceX

Seattle startup Duranta announced a $7 million seed round to support growth of its software platform designed to help la...
15/07/2025

Seattle startup Duranta announced a $7 million seed round to support growth of its software platform designed to help landscapers and lawn care companies run their businesses.

Seattle startup Duranta announced a $7 million seed round to support growth of its software platform designed to help landscapers and lawn care companies

Amazon is investing another $100 million in its AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, aiming to help companies go from ex...
15/07/2025

Amazon is investing another $100 million in its AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, aiming to help companies go from experimenting with AI to integrating it into core business operations.

Amazon is investing another $100 million in the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center to help enterprises move from AI experimentation to real-world deployment, with a growing focus on agentic AI.

Zucca, a new Seattle-based startup and PSL spinout, emerged from stealth with a $5 million seed round.Zucca’s software u...
15/07/2025

Zucca, a new Seattle-based startup and PSL spinout, emerged from stealth with a $5 million seed round.

Zucca’s software uses generative AI to help food and beverage companies reimagine product development — making it a parallel process rather than a sequential one.

Zucca team members, from left: Carly Rector, acting CTO; Karen Huh, CEO and co-founder; Theo Han, engineer; Nana Gilbert-Baffoe, CTO; Matt Jinkens,

Meta has recruited Matt Deitke, co-founder of Seattle-based AI startup Vercept, to join its newly formed Superintelligen...
15/07/2025

Meta has recruited Matt Deitke, co-founder of Seattle-based AI startup Vercept, to join its newly formed Superintelligence Lab — the high-profile effort by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to develop powerful new forms of artificial intelligence.

Meta has hired Vercept co-founder and computer vision researcher Matt Deitke to join its Superintelligence Lab, part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s push to build advanced AI systems.

Zillow’s Rich Barton and Docusign’s Court Lorenzini shared tips for startup founders from their entrepreneurial journey...
14/07/2025

Zillow’s Rich Barton and Docusign’s Court Lorenzini shared tips for startup founders from their entrepreneurial journeys — including what inspired them, sales strategies, revenue model philosophy, and building culture.

Rich Barton and Court Lorenzini spoke last week at a Founder Nexus event on Microsoft's campus, sharing entrepreneurial lessons with budding Seattle-area

From ‘vibe coding to viable code’: Amazon jumped into the agentic AI coding race with a new tool called Kiro — designed ...
14/07/2025

From ‘vibe coding to viable code’: Amazon jumped into the agentic AI coding race with a new tool called Kiro — designed to generate and maintain project plans, design documents, and implementation tasks alongside AI-written code.

Amazon has launched Kiro, a new AI software development tool that uses autonomous agents to generate and maintain project plans, specs, and code documentation.

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