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GeekWire
about 1 hour
Startup Spotlight: MediaPact wants to reinvent digital ads for the AI era
As AI reshapes online search and advertising, Seattle startup MediaPact is building a marketplace to help brands and publishers strike direct sponsorship deals. Founder Lacie Thompson discusses launching the company, using AI to build without coding experience, and spotting a new opportunity in a rapidly changing digital media landscape. Read More
Seattle Weekly
about 4 hours
The difference between cowardice and courage | In Focus
It’s not enough to acknowledge fear. You have to take a stand, even if it’s a risk.
GeekWire
about 5 hours
Amazon cuts jobs in AGI group as it puts more focus on customer-facing AI
Amazon confirmed layoffs in its artificial general intelligence organization, the group behind its Nova models, as the company sharpens its AI focus toward tools for business customers. The cuts follow a year of leadership turnover in the group and a broader run of reductions since January. Read More
GeekWire
about 5 hours
Game developer Harebrained Schemes kicks off its new indie era with survival-horror RPG ‘GRAFT’
The latest game from Seattle-based developer Harebrained Schemes, and its first since its return to independence in 2023, is a dark sci-fi/horror adventure where the player must constantly change and enhance their body in order to survive. Read More
NW Asian Weekly
about 7 hours
Iran’s demands over the Strait of Hormuz would set a dangerous precedent, Rubio warns Asian leaders
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Asian leaders Wednesday that Iran’s demand to control and collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz would threaten the world’s economy and set a precedent that could be repeated elsewhere in the world.
GeekWire
about 7 hours
Microsoft 2.5: A new series on the next generation of leaders
Mary Jo Foley is launching a GeekWire series profiling the people and priorities behind Microsoft's evolution. It's a look at what she calls the "Microsoft 2.5" era, where cloud and AI dominate but the company still can't walk away from Windows, Office, and enterprise customers whose products weren't built around AI. Read More
NW Asian Weekly
about 8 hours
Philippine Consulate General opens in Seattle
Ambassador Henry Bensurto Jr. was formally welcomed as the Philippines' new consul general during the inauguration of the Philippine Consulate General in Seattle last month.
GeekWire
about 8 hours
Microsoft commits $60M to ‘Genesis Mission’ to help power Dept. of Energy’s AI-for-science push
The commitment includes Azure compute credits and a new internal program office, called SPARK, to coordinate the company's work with DOE's 17 national laboratories. Read More
GeekWire
about 8 hours
New Markdown rival: Open-source DGML format aims to turn docs into data that AI (and humans) can trust
Docugami, the Kirkland, Wash., startup led by XML co-creator Jean Paoli, is open-sourcing DGML, a format that turns business documents into structured, verifiable data for AI. The company is releasing it under an open-source license and partnering with Inveniam and Mantra to anchor the data on a blockchain. Read More
GeekWire
about 10 hours
The greenest goodbye: Human composting and the science of becoming soil
In 2020, Recompose was the first U.S. company to develop the technology needed for the commercial composting of human bodies, disrupting a funeral industry that had been largely unchanged for decades. Now 14 states have legalized the climate-friendly practice and more than a dozen others are considering it. Additional startups have launched to offer a greener goodbye and all are looking to scale. Read More
GeekWire
about 17 hours
Mars Society and South Seattle College strike a deal to build a simulated space habitat
Partnership would give the Pacific Northwest a role in research missions aimed at blazing a trail to the moon and Mars. Read More
On Montlake
about 21 hours
Before shutting down, Montlake Futures spent $44 million in final year
Insights into Washington's independent donor collective, via public filings.