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THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES
Slalom Consulting lays off 7% of workforce; CEO cites ‘significant shifts within our industry’
Seattle-based business and technology firm Slalom Consulting laid off about 900 employees in a workforce reduction.
Former Amazon exec Dave Clark abruptly resigns as Flexport CEO a year after joining logistics company
Dave Clark, the former longtime Amazon executive, has resigned as CEO of Flexport, the San Francisco-based logistics company he joined a year ago.
Employees report a rare round of layoffs at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture
Several employee at Blue Origin say that they've been laid off, marking a rare turnabout in the rapid growth of Jeff Bezos' space venture.
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‘Convoy Mafia’: Alumni from trucking marketplace company take the wheel at their own startups
The Convoy Mafia is growing in Seattle. A vast alumni network from the trucking marketplace company is fueling entrepreneurial activity in Seattle, where at least 25 startups are now led by former employees of Convoy.
Tech Moves: Flexport execs depart; Rover adds board member; longtime T-Mobile leader to retire
— Dave Clark isn’t the only former Amazon exec out at Flexport.
Inside BrickCon 2023, where serious LEGO geeks have been building for this moment
If you build it, they will come. Especially if you build a train, roller coaster, coral reef, space station, warship, castle, hot rod, battle scene or countless other things out of LEGO at BrickCon 2023.
RideWithGPS, a Portland startup that makes bicycle route planning tools, lands $3M
RideWithGPS, a 16-year-old company that sells GPS-powered route-planning tools for bicyclists, landed $3 million from an undisclosed strategic investor.
Mars Society unveils its plan to establish technology institute, perhaps in Seattle
The nonprofit Mars Society is aiming to set up a Mars Technology Institute to develop the tools and processes Red Planet settlers will need.
Microsoft just signed a giant carbon removal deal to sponge up CO2 using limestone
Microsoft announced that it is purchasing 315,000 metric tons of carbon removal over a multi-year period from climate tech startup Heirloom Carbon, one of the biggest deals of its kind to date.
Biotech company Absci lays off 30 employees, about 15% of staff
Publicly traded biotech company Absci is laying off 30 employees, or approximately 15% of its workforce.
New robots are making Amazon’s warehouses more efficient — can they also make them safer?
Under growing pressure to improve warehouse safety, Amazon is counting on a new generation of robots to help.
Seattle NFT startup Niftmint joins Andreessen Horowitz accelerator program
Seattle startup Niftmint is joining Andreessen Horowitz’s Talent x Opportunity (TxO) accelerator program, part of nine companies in the venture firm’s fall 2023 batch in San Francisco.
Tech Moves: Adaptive board member resigns; Tagboard exec steps down; and more
— Seattle biotech company Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
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