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Interview with Jeff Wilke: We caught up with the former CEO of Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer business as part of GeekWire’s recent return to Pittsburgh, talking about his upbringing and history in the city, and his outlook for the future of robotics, AI, automation and U.S. manufacturing. Listen to the conversation and read the highlights here.

Starbucks app goes down: Coffee drinkers were freaking out this morning and the reaction was pretty entertaining.

Biotech stocks suffering: Publicly traded biotech companies are shedding programs and laying off workers as their valuations sink, but some trends support a cautiously positive outlook

DEI startup lands $3.9M: Companies are prioritizing DEI more than ever, and Included is riding that trend with its software that helps manage diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Read more

‘The LinkedIn of accounting’: Lockstep, a 3-year-old startup backed by American Express, wants to be the next giant company out of Seattle to change how companies automate essential business processes. Read more

Smart shopping carts roll into Albertsons: Seattle-based Veeve, co-founded by two ex-Amazon engineers, is partnering with the grocery chain.

Norwegian maritime company lands in Washington state: Corvus Energy, a global leader in maritime batteries, is opening a battery manufacturing facility north of Seattle to expand its U.S. presence and benefit from government incentives supporting green tech and job creation.

Thanks for reading, and have a great day. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com, and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com.
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