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 [Inside drone startup Brinc, with the 23-year-old founder who landed OpenAI’s CEO as an investor]( Brinc CEO and founder Blake Resnick was heads-down in a board meeting Wednesday when he heard a commotion in another part of the drone startup’s Seattle headquarters. [Seattle Orcas lose cricket championship game, but tech owners thrilled with inaugural season]( Cricket fans in 87 countries around the globe watched MI New York defeat the Seattle Orcas in Texas on Sunday evening for the first-ever championship of Major League Cricket. [Seattle sales software startup Outreach lays off employees again as it aims for profitability]( Outreach laid off 5% of its staff, the third round of cuts in the past year for the Seattle sales software startup as part of cost-cutting efforts. [Rivian sets opening date for new ‘Spaces’ location to showcase its electric vehicles in Seattle]( Electric vehicle maker Rivian will open its latest Spaces location at University Village in Seattle on Aug. [Seattle startup founders are using generative AI for coding, marketing, and more]( Publicly traded tech companies can’t stop talking about AI. [Test ride: GeekWire hops in BellHop, a free electric shuttle service in downtown Bellevue]( BellHop is up and running in Bellevue, Wash. [SPACkerley: Why these sports business brothers in Seattle are bullish about their new SPAC deal]( Is the SPAC back? Seattle business leaders Ted and Chris Ackerley are betting on it. [Amazon: More than half of deliveries now arrive same-day or next-day in top 60 U.S. metro areas]( Amazon says it has achieved its fastest delivery speeds on record after overhauling its U.S. [Office vacancies continue to rise in Seattle as tech companies give up space]( Even as some companies get workers back to the office, the commercial real estate market in the Seattle region continues to see record high vacancies, according to a new quarterly report from JLL. [Seattle event sets a course for research on International Space Station — and its heirs]( About 900 members of the space community are converging on Seattle for the International Space Station Research and Development Conference. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [University of Washington Information School: IT Support Manager]( - [NTTA- North Texas Tollway Authority: Sr ETL & Data Modeling Developer]( - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator I or II]( - [MedBridge: Software Engineer III (Back end)]( - [University of Washington Information School: Assistant Professor, Teaching Track – Information Management / Information System]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2023 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](