GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

Catch up on the top tech stories from this past week. Here are the headlines that people have been reading on GeekWire. ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: The GeekWire Awards return May 9, 2024: [Celebrate the Pacific Northwest's leading innovators, entrepreneurs and technologists at one of the most-anticipated tech events. Register today!]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Protesters block entrances at Amazon HQ, objecting to planned use of fossil fuels in Oregon]( Dozens of environmental activists this morning blocked the entrances at Amazon’s Day 1 building at its Seattle headquarters. [Love it or hate it, Tesla Cybertruck turns heads in Seattle as GeekWire test drives futuristic EV]( “Does it still have that new spaceship smell?” That was the quip from Dave Boone, walking past the GeekWire office in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood last week as Javier Luraschi pulled up in his new Tesla Cybertruck to take me for a ride. [Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue]( Veeam Software, the top company by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, has moved its HQ from Ohio to the Seattle area. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Local Bank Offering A Frictionless Loan Application Process For Small Businesses in Washington State]( 40-50% of small businesses rank access to capital as their main obstacle. Unlike traditional banks that tend to be encumbered by legacy tech, community banks can bring agility and innovation to small business lending. Learn how a Seattle-based financial institution leveraged open banking to offer a frictionless loan process for small business borrowers in Washington State. [Learn More.]( [Seattle startup OpenPipe raises $6.7M to help companies reduce costs for LLM models]( OpenPipe, a Seattle startup that wants to make it easier and cheaper for companies to train and deploy large language models, announced a $6.7 million seed round. [From timber to tech: Spokane’s startup scene is ready for its big breakthrough]( Determined leaders are bent on bootstrapping Spokane, Wash., from a longtime timber and mining town into a thriving tech hub. [Pockets of opportunity: Seattle startup’s clothing line looks to end inequality in women’s workwear]( Point of View, a new Seattle-based women's workwear startup, specializes in stylish designs — with pockets big enough to hold a smartphone. [A boost for fusion power: With new law, Washington state leaders signal support for sector’s next steps]( While the reality of affordable fusion energy is still an atom-smashing twinkle in physicists’ eyes, the state of Washington is moving ahead with plans to support the nascent commercial fusion sector. [Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new Surface and Windows chief; ex-Zillow CEO joins Match Group board; Oleria adds execs]( — Longtime Microsoft exec Pavan Davuluri is taking on a new role leading the company’s Surface and Windows divisions, according to a report from The Verge. [Three options for seeing the solar eclipse, from expensive to iffy to absolutely free]( A total solar eclipse is once again about to run across North America, boosting interest (and airfares) to astronomical proportions. [Sonoma Bio celebrates new Seattle waterfront R&D center for autoimmune disease research]( Sonoma Biotherapeutics on Monday hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new research and development center and office space on Seattle’s waterfront. [‘Tomb Raider’ escape-room-style immersive attraction coming to downtown Seattle]( A new waterfront attraction in Seattle will bring the popular video game and film franchise “Tomb Raider” and its protagonist Lara Croft to life in an immersive, escape-room-style entertainment experience. [Meet Nala, the police dog that sniffs out electronic devices to fight internet crimes against children]( Nala has a nose for electronics. But she’s not your run-of-the-mill tech geek with a passion for gear and gadgets. [Goodbill raises $2M and expands customer base to unearth and challenge medical billing errors]( Goodbill, a startup working to reduce medical costs to patients and a subset of insurers, has raised $2 million in new capital and expanded its market. [Sunny Gupta on Apptio’s lightbulb moment, and the key questions behind the tech company’s success]( For Sunny Gupta, the inspiration behind Apptio started with a simple question: What are you struggling with? [Tech Moves: VC firm Ascend names new partner; Common Room adds board member; and more]( — Startup veteran Jen Haller has been named partner at Ascend, the Seattle-based pre-seed venture capital firm. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [AdaptX: Vice President of Engineering]( - [INRIX: Finance Pricing Manager]( - [GeekWork: ML Engineer]( - [INRIX: Chief Revenue Office]( - [GeekWork: Head of Engineering]( - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator II]( - [INRIX: Sales Development Representative (SDR)]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2024 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](