Inside the first-ever ‘Amazon Go Grocery’ | Seattle startup Outreach opens international office

Why Expedia is laying off 3,000 people ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( TODAY'S TOP STORIES Amazon Go is going full grocery. Two years after launching a chain of convenience stores without cashiers or checkout lines, [Amazon opened its first “Amazon Go Grocery” store in Seattle on Tuesday morning]( enlarging the footprint for surveillance-style shopping and signaling a larger challenge to the broader world of brick-and-mortar retail. [We got a sneak peek inside](. Expedia layoffs: [The online travel giant is laying off 12 percent of its workforce]( about 3,000 employees, in an effort to “streamline and focus” the company under chairman Barry Diller following the ouster of its CEO and CFO late last year. About 500 people will be let go in Seattle, where Expedia recently moved to a new 40-acre waterfront campus. [Read the internal email sent to staff](. Tech workers in the Seattle region were making an average annualized salary of $279,084 in the third quarter of 2019, [according to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](. The data includes total compensation and high-paid executives can have an outsized impact on the average. Still, it reflects a region increasingly stratified by income and occupation. Seattle startup Outreach opened its first international office. The sales engagement company already has 12 people in London and [plans to triple its headcount there this year](. Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician featured in the movie “Hidden Figures,” died Monday at the age of 101. “Katherine Johnson will be remembered not just for her contributions to the early years of the space program but for how she helped NASA evolve into a more enlightened organization,” [said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella](. “Her legacy is a powerful example of how one individual can be a catalyst for change. RIP Katherine.” Thanks for reading. See all of our latest headlines below. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com. SPONSOR MESSAGE [GeekWire Awards: Don’t forget to cast your votes for the finalists]( The 2020 GeekWire Awards are still accepting votes now through March 6. Categories like Startup CEO of the year, Next Tech Titan and Geekiest Office Space are on the line for our finalists. Check out the categories, and the finalists and [submit your ballot today!]( LATEST HEADLINES [NHL Seattle to spend $7M on Monorail upgrades and offer transit incentives to get fans to new arena]( [Gravity Payments invests $500K in Joe Coffee to help startup enhance service and take on Square]( [India tech heavyweight Wipro acquires Seattle digital marketing company for $52M]( [Supercast raises $2M to help podcasters make money, names new CEO]( [Sales engagement startup Outreach opens London office, doubling down on Europe expansion]( SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE DAY [New Luxury Farmhouse in West Bellevue]( [Inside ‘Amazon Go Grocery’: Tech giant opens first full-sized store without cashiers or checkout lines]( [Expedia cuts 3,000 jobs, including 500 at new Seattle HQ — read the internal email to employees]( [Seattle-area tech workers earn $279K/year on average in total compensation, according to new BLS data]( GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI2): Technical Co-Founder // CTO (Stealth Startup)]( - [Rad Power Bikes: Executive Assistant]( - [ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI2): CTO-in-Residence // Co-Founder]( - [PATH: Senior Engagement Associate, Center of Digital and Data Excellence (9791)]( - [Copper: Sr. Product Designer for well funded startup]( - [Stripe: Support Specialist]( - [GeekWire: GeekWire Technology and Business Reporter]( - [ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI2): Deep Learning Engineer // Co-Founder]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2020 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](