AWS chief departing | Bay Area investor moves to Seattle to join PSL

This must be the week for executive departures. 

• Amazon Web Services chief Adam Selipsky (above) told employees Tuesday that he’s stepping down from the cloud giant, three years after he returned to Amazon. Longtime AWS leader Matt Garman will be the new CEO.

• Melinda French Gates announced Monday she’s resigning as co-chair of the Gates Foundation. A philanthropy expert tells GeekWire that French Gates is “going to be a bigger deal now.” Read more.

• Bill Hilf, the veteran tech executive and longtime CEO of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s holding company, formerly known as Vulcan Inc., is leaving after more than seven years.

In other Tech Moves: Seattle’s venture capital ecosystem is getting some fresh Bay Area talent with the addition of Vivek Ladsariya, a veteran investor who recently relocated from Silicon Valley to take a new role as managing director at Pioneer Square Labs. Read more.

Amazon is boosting resources for its Project Kuiper satellite broadband network, establishing a logistics facility in Everett, Wash., and partnering with a technical college in Kirkland, Wash., to boost the supply chain and workforce pipeline. Read more.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has set the date for the long-delayed start of its next chapter in the history of spaceflight. Read more.

In a first-of-its-kind pediatric study, the Allen Institute for Immunology is teaming with Seattle Children’s Research Institute to understand the origins of inflammatory bowel disorder and search for a potential cure. Read more.

Hot Links:

• A new Microsoft Places app is designed to help flexible and hybrid workers know when the best time is to coordinate with co-workers on in-office time. (The Verge)

• Where did I put my glasses? Google’s new AI-fueled prototype Project Astra, shown at the company’s Google I/O event today, could help. (Google via YouTube)

• “Prepare yourselves,” for the first look at the trailer for the second season of Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power.” (Andy Jassy via X)

• Zillow’s new BuyAbility tool helps home buyers better understand home prices and monthly payments that fit into their budgets. (Zillow Group)

• Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football” on Prime will kick off Sept. 12 with a game between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins. (NFL on Prime via X)  

• CreatorsAGI, a new Seattle startup led by former Microsoft and Amazon leader Joseph Sirosh, launched its AI companion platform. (CreatorsAGI)