Twilio to shut down Zipwhip following $850M acquisition

Entrepreneur tweaking tool that takes on Amazon: Seattle’s Ryan Mulcahy wants to help shoppers better discover products from small businesses and help those businesses compete against various tech giants. So he bought Sook, a one-time Google Chrome extension that he’s turned into a full-fledged website.

Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet Kelly Smith joins Athletic Greens; Expedia adds Brex founder to board; and more personnel changes. 

Blue Origin completes rocket engine delivery: The space venture’s BE-4 engines will be used next year for the first launch of United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket. Read more.

Maritime incubator selects new cohort: Carbon removal and propulsion tech startups are among the five companies and one community-member organization in the Tacoma, Wash., program. Read more.

Netflix acquires Seattle game studio: The streaming giant bought Spry Fox, a 12-year-old studio that makes casual, wholesome video games.

Seattle biotech startup going public via SPAC: Intrinsic Medicine, which is developing potential therapeutic compounds matching molecules found in human milk, is merging with a shell company called Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp. Read more.