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This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Techstars Seattle helped launch more than 160 startups over the past decade, partnered with Microsoft and Amazon to spark even more startups, and led to the creation of three companies currently valued at more than $1 billion — making it one of the most successful programs in the Techstars network. And then, this week, it ended. Techstars announced that it's closing its Seattle accelerator as part of a broader restructuring.

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