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 [End of the road for Cabana: Seattle travel startup shuts down camper van rental business]( Cabana, the Seattle-based startup that rode the pandemic-fueled “vanlife” travel craze to more than $16 million in funding, shut down at the end of 2023 as economic and manufacturing conditions stalled the company’s ability to raise more funding and scale. [First Vulcan rocket launches commercial moon lander with a boost from Blue Origin]( Powered by Blue Origin engines, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket launched Astrobotic's moon lander on a lunar odyssey. [Warehousing and logistics startup Flexe cuts 38% of workforce in latest layoffs]( Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs. [Astound Broadband outage impacts Seattle-area customers]( Astound Broadband customers in the Seattle area were left without internet over the weekend after the company said power pole damage impacted its fiber network. [Washington vs. Michigan: Which university takes the title in tech?]( Nothing like a little tech investor college football trash talk before the big game. [NanoString Technologies to cut 9% of workforce, gets delisting notice from Nasdaq]( Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company NanoString Technologies said in a filing Friday that it plans to cut about 50 positions, or 9% of its workforce. [Seattle startup Recurrent raises $16M, aims to be standard for scoring used EV batteries]( Recurrent, a platform providing shoppers and car dealerships with information about used electric vehicle batteries, raised $16 million in a Series A round. [Microsoft and PNNL make a better battery, and show AI’s potential to supercharge science]( A prototype battery developed by Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory uses lithium and sodium to cut the lithium content. [Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M, names new execs]( Cybersecurity company ExtraHop announced $100 million in new funding from existing investors, as well as the hiring of two C-suite executives. [Tech Moves: Activision names new CTO; HP exec leaves F5 board; Athira medical chief departs]( — Natalya Tatarchuk, a gaming industry veteran who was most recently a VP at Unity, joined Activision Publishing as chief technology officer. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer, Big Data]( - [Dexis Professional Services: PRISM Integration SME/Engineer (Advisor-Grade 8)]( - [City of Redlands: IT Security Analyst]( - [INRIX: Lead Software Engineer]( - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator I or II]( - [City of Redlands: Network Engineer]( - [INRIX: Chief Revenue Office]( - [INRIX: Finance Pricing Manager]( - [Submittable: Director of Engineering]( - [BRINC: Senior/Principal Backend & Platform Software Engineer]( [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](