Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 3, 2023.
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Zulily shutting down offices and laying off 292 employees in Seattle
Zulily is laying off employees and closing three offices — including its Seattle headquarters — according to internal communications obtained by GeekWire and a new filing with the state of Washington. … Read More
Zulily hit with lawsuits from vendors and more layoffs in latest trouble for struggling retailer
FOLLOW-UP: Zulily shutting down offices and laying off 292 employees in Seattle Zulily is laying off more employees and facing two lawsuits over alleged unpaid invoices, in the latest signs of trouble for the Seattle-based online retailer since it was acquired by a private equity firm earlier this year. … Read More
As Zulily promotes ‘going out of business sale,’ longtime employees reflect on retailer’s impact
A message on Zulily’s website this weekend confirms that the online retailer is closing its doors, the latest stage in the rapid downfall of a once high-flying retail brand. … Read More
Airship AI, a Seattle-area edge computing company that never raised investment, set to go public
No VC, no problem. Airship AI, an under-the-radar tech startup that didn’t raise a single dime of investment, will soon become a publicly traded company after clearing SEC regulations this week for its SPAC deal. … Read More
Seattle founder Vetri Vellore, who sold last startup to Microsoft, raises $26M for new AI company
Seattle tech veteran Vetri Vellore is launching a new startup with a big vision to help companies improve their productivity and backing from investors who funded his former venture. … Read More
Tech Moves: AWS community head departing; Pfizer exec joins Truveta board; UW Medicine names CEO
— Emily Freeman, head of community for Amazon Web Services, is departing. … Read More
Tech Moves: Nordstrom names chief information security officer; Meta research scientist joins AI2
— Nicole Ford joined Nordstrom as chief information security officer. … Read More
Amazon restructures seller fees to match its regional fulfillment strategy amid FTC lawsuit
Amazon says it will change the way it charges sellers who use its fulfillment services, introducing a new fee designed to give sellers a financial incentive to ship products to multiple locations in its fulfillment network. … Read More
With new Gemini model, Google tries to set a new standard in AI race vs. OpenAI and Microsoft
Google started to roll out its long-awaited Gemini multimodal artificial intelligence model Wednesday morning, touting its ability to natively process and reason across different inputs like text, images, video, and code. … Read More
Uncommon Thinkers: UW prof and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel has a rare ‘creative brilliance’
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series profiling “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change. … Read More
