GoDaddy goes big into AI from Seattle-area hub 

Does “Carbon Sound” have a ring to it? The moniker might still be a bit clunky, but one venture capitalist is especially bullish about identifying the Seattle region as the Silicon Valley of climate tech innovation. Read more.  

MagniX, the Everett, Wash.-based makers of a hybrid electric aviation propulsion system, showed off the plane — on the outside, for now — that will be converted for NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project and planned 2026 flight tests. Read more.

Amazon plans to spend $19.5 million to expand its Project Kuiper satellite processing center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, bringing total investment in the site to nearly $140 million. Read more. 

The former director of the Living Computers Museum + Labs is returning to Seattle after five years in Dubai to lead the National Nordic Museum. Read more.

• More Tech Moves: Remitly has a new CFO; Zillow adds SVP; Aquagga CEO steps down; Proprio hires exec; and more personnel changes.

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• State-linked Chinese entities are using AWS and other cloud providers to access restricted U.S. chips and AI models. (Reuters)

• Washington state’s attorney general joined a Justice Department antitrust suit against real estate software company RealPage. (The New York Times, Office of Attorney General)

• An affordable housing development built through Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund opened northeast of Seattle. (Amazon)