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, presented by Astound Business Solutions, return: [Cast your vote for the top Pacific Northwest innovators!]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Seattle evaluating its own capital gains tax following new state law]( A controversial capital gains tax was recently ruled constitutional by the Washington state Supreme Court. [Robots for hire: Dell EMC vets lead Seattle startup aiming to automate monotonous tasks]( A trio of former Dell EMC engineers are building a fleet of rentable robots to help companies crank out monotonous tasks amid a lingering labor shortage. [Seattle-area office market ‘clearly struggling’ and ‘highly volatile’]( Tech layoffs and hiring freezes continue to impact the commercial real estate market in and around Seattle, according to a new report from Kidder Mathews. 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[Robotics data startup led by former Amazon drone engineers emerges from stealth, raises $4.8M]( Benji Barash and Yves Albers-Schoenberg experienced the challenges of robotics development while working on Amazon’s ambitious drone project. [Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards]( The five finalists for CEO of the Year in the 2023 GeekWire Awards are taking on a broad and important range of challenges: workplace equity; machine learning and AI creation; identification and tracking; immigration application processes; and fending off bots. [New ad campaign takes ‘Uncommon’ approach to attracting new businesses to Seattle region]( The Seattle region’s impressive mix of doers and builders is the focus of a new ad campaign from Greater Seattle Partners, the public-private sector initiative that seeks to attract investment, companies and quality jobs to the area. [Minh Le, former Silicon Valley Bank leader in Seattle, joins Stifel Bank as managing director]( Longtime Seattle-area tech mainstay Minh Le has joined Stifel Bank as managing director, following a 14-year career with Silicon Valley Bank. [First look: Renderings of the world’s largest factory for advanced silicon battery materials]( Climate tech startup Group14 is building a factory that it says will be the world’s largest producer of advanced silicon battery material — an ingredient that makes conventional lithium ion batteries more powerful and faster charging. [Amazon Web Services launches startup accelerator for generative AI companies]( The newest startup accelerator from Amazon aims to attract companies building generative AI technologies. [How power is blazing a trail for America’s space effort — and for nuclear startups]( As more and more hardware goes into Earth orbit, and eventually to the moon and Mars, where will the power to run all those machines come from? [The inspiration behind a new diversity program for biotech in Seattle]( When Eric Nealy returned from a workshop with other Black scientists, his perspective changed. [Former Microsoft president donates 48 Alexander Calder works and $10M to Seattle Art Museum]( Former Microsoft President Jon Shirley and his wife Kim are gifting a significant collection of works by sculptor Alexander Calder to the Seattle Art Museum. [Tech Moves: Payscale adds president and CTO; Factor appoints CEO; and more]( — Compensation data company Payscale hired two new executives: Nolan Farris as president and chief operating officer, and Raj Cherukuri as chief technology officer. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Back end)]( - [National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): Software Engineer III – DevOps]( - [Global Innovation Exchange, University of Washington: Technology Services Specialist]( - [INRIX: Corporate Controller]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? 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