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Nordstrom closing corporate offices in Los Angeles and Chicago
Nordstrom is closing two corporate offices and asking some employees to relocate to its Seattle headquarters, GeekWire has learned.
Seattle biotech startup secures $11.2M to make drugs for ‘undruggable’ disease targets
Talus Bioscience on Tuesday announced $11.2 million in venture capital funding to advance its drug discovery program for hard-to-treat diseases.   The Seattle biotech’s platform brings biochemical analysis into living cells, allowing researchers to see how drugs interact with small proteins that turn genes on and off.
Seattle startup Replenium accuses Albertsons of stealing trade secrets under guise of partnership
A Seattle e-commerce tech startup says Albertsons Companies ended their three-year partnership and stole the trade secrets behind its automated grocery replenishment technology to create its own version instead.
Can AI agents become conscious? Experts look ahead to artificial general intelligence
Could AI agents ever outdo the generalized smarts of human intelligence? That was one of the questions raised at the AGI-24 conference.
Amazon’s new Prime Video animated series will feature stories set in 15 video game worlds
Amazon announced a new adult-animated anthology series coming to Prime Video with original stories set within the worlds of a number of popular video games.
Dropbox acquires Reclaim, a calendar app that uses ‘AI scheduling’ to boost productivity
Reclaim.ai, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that uses AI to help companies prioritize tasks and coordinate schedules with a calendar app, has been acquired by file management giant Dropbox.
A new EV car-sharing program in Seattle aims to reach underserved communities with co-op model
I parked my dirty old Honda at the grocery store around 2 p.m.
Pack Ventures raising $30M fund to back more startups with ties to University of Washington
Pack Ventures, an emerging venture capital fund that invests in startups with key connections to the University of Washington, is gearing up to raise more money and make a bigger mark on the Seattle entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Air hockey, kraken tentacles, and laser rhythm: Inside new virtual-reality entertainment venue Mirra
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I attended a preview event on Wednesday for Mirra, a new virtual reality entertainment center opening later this month in Bellevue, Wash.
Gaming startup Mudstack raises $4M from top VCs, taps industry vet James Gwertzman as CEO
Mudstack is adding a veteran Seattle-based gaming exec as its new leader and raising capital from top venture capitalists as it looks to supercharge its content management software built for game studios.
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