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: Science Firsthand: [Learn how Bristol Myers Squibb unlocked the potential of CAR T cell therapy.]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Kuiper satellite network gets a big lift from Amazon’s CEO, but timeline is a bit hazy]( Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the Kuiper satellite venture will be "a very large revenue opportunity" — but he's hedging his bets as to when. [Amazon’s total Washington state employment declines for the first time, new numbers show]( Amazon employment in Washington state, including warehouse and corporate workers, fell by 3,000 people to 87,000 employees from 2023 to 2024. [Exec pay: New filing shows how much Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made in compensation in 2023]( Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s "realized compensation" for 2023 totaled $29.2 million, down 12%, according to a new filing. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Translating the promise of cell therapy]( The story of how CAR T cell therapy went from hypothesis to treatment embodies the challenges and perseverance often synonymous with breakthroughs. Bristol Myers Squibb’s newest episode of Science Firsthand is focused on pivotal moments in the history of CAR T cell therapy that took place right in the heart of Seattle – and new cutting-edge approaches being explored. [Watch the episode here.]( [Vertex will buy Alpine Immune Sciences for $4.9B in another big Seattle biotech deal]( Boston-based biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire Seattle-based Alpine Immune Sciences for about $4.9 billion in cash. [Bill Gates really digs his visit to a hydrogen startup, filling a pothole with carbon-trapping asphalt]( Bill Gates grabbed a wheelbarrow and shovel on Wednesday to fill a parking lot pothole with a new carbon trapping asphalt. [Amazon Dash Cart vs. ‘Just Walk Out’: We put the tech giant’s new grocery strategy to the test]( Amazon has been trying to reinvent the way people buy groceries for 17 years. [New study for early detection of Alzheimer’s shows promising results]( A new test for the early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease — potentially even before symptoms are present — show that the diagnostic caught the neurodegenerative disease in 100% of the samples from patients symptomatic for Alzheimer’s. [Amazon names business and tech leader Andrew Ng to its board, boosting AI expertise]( Amazon’s newest board member is Andrew Ng, a business and technology leader, serial startup founder, investor, and educator who specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and online education. [Seattle Public Schools piloting AI software from new startup for students and teachers]( Seattle Public Schools (SPS) this month started rolling out new software from a startup called MagicSchool AI that sells generative AI tools to help teachers quickly generate lesson plans, student feedback, and more. [Top 10 funding deals in Q1 for Pacific Northwest startups]( Startup fundraising activity didn’t budge much in the first quarter of 2024 across the U.S. [UW joins $110M U.S.-Japan academic partnership for AI that includes support from NVIDIA, Amazon]( A new partnership between universities in the U.S. [This energy startup wants to make utility data more accessible — and spur creation of new companies]( Seattle startup Bayou Energy has raised a $1.2 million pre-seed round. [Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup]( — Munil Shah, a former engineering leader at UiPath who previously spent 23 years at Microsoft, has joined San Francisco startup Talkdesk as chief technology officer. [Nearly 1 in 5 new cars registered in Washington state last year were EVs or plug-in hybrids]( Washington state car buyers are increasingly going electric. [Thinking in primitives at the world’s biggest startup: Notes on Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual letter]( Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual letters to shareholders haven’t yet reached the canonical business status of his predecessor’s essays, but they still offer an interesting glimpse into the company’s strategy, and hint at what’s next. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator II]( - [GeekWork: ML Engineer]( - [GeekWork: Head of Engineering]( - [AdaptX: Vice President of Engineering]( [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](