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This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Artificial intelligence and automation are transforming the way companies get stuff to stores and doorsteps, changing the world of logistics and the supply chain, as demonstrated by a few Amazon-related stories this week: 

Those are our topics in our first two segments of the show this week. In the third segment, we hear more about the new Cancer AI Alliance spearheaded by Seattle’s Fred Hutch Cancer Center, in partnership with other national cancer research organizations and major tech companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia. 

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A new open-access lab at the University of Washington will let researchers validate technologies that can stretch the power and performance of batteries. Read more.

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  • Highly curious: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella devotes a significant chunk of time speaking with industry peers to learn about AI trends and new startups. (The Information)

  • Seattle’s financial district is one of the country’s most “vulnerable” amid climbing real estate loans and vacancy rates. (Axios)

  • “Seattle’s got the best basketball fans in the world”: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer got the crowd going at an NBA preseason game in Seattle on Friday. (X)

  • Life Science Washington Institute announced the founders of Seattle-based biotech company ProfoundBio as recipients of its 2024 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award. (Life Science Washington)

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