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Pulling carbon from the ocean: University of Washington researchers have turned their ocean acidification studies into a startup called Banyu Carbon, a Seattle-based company developing technology for extracting carbon dioxide from the ocean. Its solution takes advantage of the ocean’s natural ability to concentrate carbon dioxide at higher levels than are found in the air. Read more. (Above, Michelle Cruz, research scientist for Banyu Carbon, adjusting some research apparatus.) 

“World’s fastest spreadsheet”: Former engineers at Amazon Web Services are taking on tech giants with their spreadsheet software designed for complex analysis or big datasets. The Seattle startup just raised $3 million. Read more. 

PATH, the global health nonprofit, is moving to a new headquarters space in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood after 15 years in South Lake Union. The organization will take over 52,000 square feet once occupied by data visualization software company Tableau. Read more.

Stunt pilot, data scientist, and startup co-founder Cecilia Aragon told her personal story about overcoming fears and "flying free" at the 2024 Women's Leadership Conference in Bellevue, Wash. Read more.

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  • Microsoft is releasing a Copilot AI chatbot for finance that is able to perform key tasks in Excel and Outlook. (CNBC)

  • Jeff Bezos, Microsoft and others are among investors in Figure, makers of a humanoid robot, now valued at $2.6 billion. (TechCrunch) 

  • Seattle is considering spending $1.8 million on gunshot detection technology as part of Mayor Bruce Harrell’s strategy to fight crime. (Crosscut)

  • Did you notice a subtle font change in Microsoft Word? (The New York Times)

  • Seattle biotech firm NanoString won a key legal victory in a patent battle. (NanoString)

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