GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Read the top tech stories so far this week from GeekWire [GeekWire Mid-Week Update] Top stories so far this week [Nordstrom closing corporate offices in Los Angeles and Chicago]( Nordstrom is closing two corporate offices and asking some employees to relocate to its Seattle headquarters, GeekWire has learned. [Seattle biotech startup secures $11.2M to make drugs for ‘undruggable’ disease targets]( Talus Bioscience on Tuesday announced $11.2 million in venture capital funding to advance its drug discovery program for hard-to-treat diseases.   The Seattle biotech’s platform brings biochemical analysis into living cells, allowing researchers to see how drugs interact with small proteins that turn genes on and off. [Seattle startup Replenium accuses Albertsons of stealing trade secrets under guise of partnership]( A Seattle e-commerce tech startup says Albertsons Companies ended their three-year partnership and stole the trade secrets behind its automated grocery replenishment technology to create its own version instead. [Can AI agents become conscious? Experts look ahead to artificial general intelligence]( Could AI agents ever outdo the generalized smarts of human intelligence? That was one of the questions raised at the AGI-24 conference. [Amazon’s new Prime Video animated series will feature stories set in 15 video game worlds]( Amazon announced a new adult-animated anthology series coming to Prime Video with original stories set within the worlds of a number of popular video games. [Dropbox acquires Reclaim, a calendar app that uses ‘AI scheduling’ to boost productivity]( Reclaim.ai, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that uses AI to help companies prioritize tasks and coordinate schedules with a calendar app, has been acquired by file management giant Dropbox. [A new EV car-sharing program in Seattle aims to reach underserved communities with co-op model]( I parked my dirty old Honda at the grocery store around 2 p.m. [Pack Ventures raising $30M fund to back more startups with ties to University of Washington]( Pack Ventures, an emerging venture capital fund that invests in startups with key connections to the University of Washington, is gearing up to raise more money and make a bigger mark on the Seattle entrepreneurial ecosystem. [Air hockey, kraken tentacles, and laser rhythm: Inside new virtual-reality entertainment venue Mirra]( I wasn’t sure what to expect when I attended a preview event on Wednesday for Mirra, a new virtual reality entertainment center opening later this month in Bellevue, Wash. [Gaming startup Mudstack raises $4M from top VCs, taps industry vet James Gwertzman as CEO]( Mudstack is adding a veteran Seattle-based gaming exec as its new leader and raising capital from top venture capitalists as it looks to supercharge its content management software built for game studios. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [BRINC: Senior/Principal Full-Stack Software Engineer]( - [INRIX: Senior Technical Program Manager]( - [INRIX: Chief Marketing Officer]( - [Gable.ai: Staff Software Engineer – Data]( - [BRINC: Senior/Principal Backend & Platform Software Engineer]( - [INRIX: Software Development Engineer]( - [Echodyne: Sr. Electrical Engineer – Analog & Mixed Signal]( [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](