How Seattle startup founders are using generative AI | Outreach layoffs

• "I just founded this company. It’s helping me expedite the product way faster.”

• "We see it as a way to access information that’s buried.”

• "I’ve lived through lots of hypes. But this one feels different to me. There is a different kind of value.”

Read their full comments here. (Clockwise from top left: Golden Sherpa CEO Margie Bensching; Purpose Platform founder Jonathan Buell; Podcraft founder Madhura Raju; Simply Augmented CEO Boaz Ashkenazy; Yanco co-founders Brooke Steger and Mitchel Matthews.)

Amazon Clinic going nationwide: The virtual health care service offers a way to interact with third-party providers and receive treatment for more than 30 common ailments. Read more. 


Making ‘Spaces’ for Rivian: The electric vehicle maker set an opening date for its Seattle retail location (above), where current and prospective customers can interact with the brand. Read more.

Outreach layoffs: The Seattle sales software startup laid off staff for the third time in the past year as it aims for profitability. Read more. 

Portland startup Source, which helps architectural and design firms procure products for commercial real estate projects, raised $8.5 million.

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• Seattle dropped one spot to No. 10 in a new ranking of global startup ecosystems. (Startup Genome)

• Amazon employees are reportedly part of a rogue network that leaks secret company info on Telegram to help suspended Marketplace sellers recover their accounts. (CNBC)

• Maveron investor Jason Stoffer does a deep dive analysis on Savers Value Village, the Bellevue, Wash.-based thrift store company that recently went public and is valued around $4 billion. (Ringing the Bell)

• The e-bike industry, which includes Seattle startup Rad Power Bikes, is getting more scrutiny over the safety. (The New York Times) 

• Sana Biotechnology broke ground on its new manufacturing facility in Bothell, Wash., just north of Seattle. (LinkedIn)

• Elon Musk says San Francisco can’t survive without more people coming into the city for work. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert struck a similar tone earlier this year. (Twitter)

• Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who previously led Expedia in Seattle, talks about Uber’s quest for profitability and his own shifts as a driver. (Fast Company)