Amazon CEO explains the company’s current mindset

In a surprise appearance on Amazon’s earnings call with analysts and investors, CEO Andy Jassy talked about the company’s mindset as it navigates the uncertain economy. 

• Jassy addressed slowing cloud growth and described the four-part test that Amazon is using to evaluate businesses and opportunities — and named some of the non-core businesses that he believes pass the test. Read the story. 

• Related: Amazon reported fourth quarter revenue of $149.2 billion, which beat analyst expectations, but rising costs are cutting into the company’s profits. Read more. 

What advice are venture capitalists giving to founders amid the tech downturn, and how are they assessing potential new investments?

• A panel of Seattle investors discussed whether we’re in a recession, how to keep startup costs low, and more at an event this week. Read the key takeaways.

The Seattle Police Department is using artificial intelligence to analyze body-cam footage and patterns of officer behavior which can be addressed through training.

• Seattle is an “anchor customer” for the software from Chicago-based startup Truleo, and the tech is in the spotlight in the wake of the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Read more.  

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is laying down a bet on Microsoft’s long-running effort to create an industrial-scale quantum computer that takes advantage of the exotic properties of superconducting nanowires.

• The DARPA program is just the latest example showing how government support is a driving force for advancing the frontiers of quantum computing — at a time when those frontiers are still cloaked in uncertainty. Read more.

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