Weed-zapping startup raises $30M | Vote for Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Can a chatbot help Pentagon planners find the satellite data they need to understand what’s happening in a global hotspot? Microsoft Azure Space recently showed the U.S. military how an application beefed up with AI could do just that.

SPAC deal falls apart. A merger between Vancouver, Wash.-based industrial headset company RealWear and Seattle investment firm Cascadia Capital has been terminated. 

Vote for Young Entrepreneur of the Year. The finalists for this GeekWire Awards category are at the cutting edge of their respective industries — and they’re all under the age of 30. Read their advice for other company builders and cast your vote. 

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies COO departing; Sana Biotechnology adds research leaders; Google vet is CEO of new startup; and more personnel changes.

Seattle is home to one of the country’s fastest-growing areas for life sciences according to a new report that ranks metros based on jobs and NIH funding. 

Hot links:

• Crane count: The number of construction cranes swinging over Seattle jumped to 51 to lead an index that covers 14 North American markets. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

• Grocery getter: As if riding an electric scooter wasn’t enough of a challenge, check out how this guy made a run for some groceries. (Twitter)