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Tech Vets: As a U.S. Marine, Emery Wager learned to train and lead an infantry platoon into combat in Afghanistan. Some of those leadership lessons have transferred to Wager’s life as a startup CEO at Seattle’s Confido Legal. In the first installment of a new GeekWire series, we look at how military experience fosters leadership, resilience, and innovation at Pacific Northwest tech companies.

COVID-19 accelerated digital health initiatives at Providence five years ago. Today, Sara Vaezy, the chief strategy and digital officer for the healthcare provider, is in the midst of more change as AI helps improve patient care and clinical workflows. Read more.

GeekWire Podcast: Catch up on Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough; a proposed law targeting Uber and Lyft surge pricing; and the latest update to the GeekWire 200. Listen to the episode here.

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• Seattle tech entrepreneur Matt Welsh open-sourced an AI-powered podcast app he’s been developing. (LinkedIn)

• Restraining orders remain in effect on the Trump administration's cap on NIH funding and its freeze on funding federal grants and loans. (Washington State Standard)

• Protestors gathered near a Tesla showroom in Seattle to voice opposition to Elon Musk. (Reddit)

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