8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 13, 2023
7:51 AM PDT Podcast Startups, AI, and productivity: The quest for real value, with Xembly CEO Pete Christothoulou
4:20 PM PDT Games4:20 PM PDT Bungie doubles down on remote work and teases next project after ‘Destiny 2’
3:04 PM PDT Tech3:04 PM PDT Judge tosses antitrust claims directed at Zillow Group and National Association of Realtors
2:21 PM PDT Civic2:21 PM PDT As NYC bans TikTok from city-owned devices, Seattle says it has no plans to do the same
2:04 PM PDT Startups2:04 PM PDT Talus Bioscience lands $4.3M in grant funding for drug discovery platform
1:58 PM PDT Tech Moves1:58 PM PDT Tech Moves: Absci chief legal officer to depart; Cajal Neuroscience hires exec
12:21 PM PDT Games12:21 PM PDT Microsoft’s shutdown of Xbox 360 storefront is another blow to video game preservation
10:20 AM PDT Sustainability10:20 AM PDT Flying clean: National experts say ‘bold action’ required to cut carbon from aviation
7:58 AM PDT Startups7:58 AM PDT Seattle startup raises $1.3M to help Amazon sellers manage back-end tasks
7:21 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences7:21 AM PDT Genomic testing startup Viome closes $86.5M round, partners with CVS to sell at-home kits
2:56 PM PDT Startups2:56 PM PDT Here’s what founders should consider when pitching their AI-focused startups
6:00 AM PDT Bot or Not6:00 AM PDT Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff joins former colleagues to launch personal assistant AI startup
1:49 PM PDT Amazon1:49 PM PDT Wash. safety regulators cite Amazon for ‘willful’ violations; company calls claim ‘categorically false’
12:00 PM PDT Startups12:00 PM PDT Robotic coffee startup Artly raises more than $340K using crowdfunding platform StartEngine
10:29 AM PDT Civic10:29 AM PDT A global maritime innovation hub coming to Seattle aims to spur entrepreneurship and create jobs
10:00 AM PDT Amazon10:00 AM PDT CEOs of Amazon Web Services and Redapt join Seattle Sounders FC ownership group
6:54 AM PDT Startups6:54 AM PDT Spectrum Effect, which uses machine learning to help mobile network operators, raises more cash
5:23 PM PDT Tech Moves5:23 PM PDT Seattle tech exec Gordon Gardiner will face challenging task as OceanGate’s new CEO
2:23 PM PDT Civic2:23 PM PDT VP Kamala Harris visits Seattle to tout climate act and attend fundraiser hosted by Microsoft president
2:01 PM PDT Education2:01 PM PDT Back to School with AI: Code.org and partners create course for teachers facing big tech changes
9:00 AM PDT Space9:00 AM PDT Integrate raises $3.4M and wins Space Force contract for management software
1:10 PM PDT Amazon1:10 PM PDT Amazon devices chief Dave Limp is leaving in latest executive departure
11:48 AM PDT Startups11:48 AM PDT Water purification startup Membrion raises $5.5M as it rolls out commercial projects
10:10 AM PDT Startups10:10 AM PDT Tech Moves: Hootsuite adds CMO; Flexe appoints COO; Absci names CFO
