Stop trying to make people read instructions and instead focus on building hyper-intuitive products. That’s one of 10 startup lessons from Dan Lewis, the co-founder and former CEO of onetime unicorn trucking marketplace Convoy, at this week’s Seattle AI Startup Summit. Rather than relitigate what led to Convoy’s collapse, Lewis, who is now at Microsoft, touched on building culture, hiring deliberately, using data and more.
Read more. Ground control to Microsoft: Astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis 2 mission encountered a surprisingly terrestrial tech struggle on their journey to the moon when their Microsoft Outlook apps malfunctioned, requiring a remote fix from IT support in Houston. Read more.
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The first stunning views of the home planet are coming back from astronauts floating above Earth. Read more on Alan Boyle’s Cosmic Log.
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Elsewhere in space, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered more than 11,000 new asteroids in just a few months of testing, a feat powered by advanced data-crunching software developed at the University of Washington. Read more.
Seattle-based Speedy’s is like AAA for e-bikes. The startup, founded by Tyler Swartz, a cycling techie laid off by Reddit, doesn’t do repairs, but it does the heavy lifting, transporting the bulky machines to a bike shop when a flat tire or mechanical failure leaves a rider stranded. Read more.
Soma Energy, a startup founded by former AWS energy managers, emerged from stealth with $7 million in funding to launch an AI-driven "control plane" that optimizes power grids and helps data centers meet the surging electricity demands of AI. Read more.
Tech Moves: Two Microsoft execs depart; TerraClear, UserTesting, EchoMark and Read AI add leaders; and more personnel changes.
Music fans are clearly craving human creativity in an age when AI-generated content and big-tech algorithms dominate online feeds. Check out this video going viral on Seattle radio station KEXP’s YouTube channel for proof.
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AI-generated images, videos, audio and chatbots will need to be clearly identified as computer-made following the signing of two Washington state laws. (Axios)
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Tech layoffs in the Seattle area and beyond are being driven by the costs associated with booming data center expansions, fueled by increasing AI use. (Seattle Times)
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Bellevue-based Inrix launched an AI platform designed to help transportation agencies proactively identify and mitigate systemic roadway safety risks using advanced data analytics. (Inrix)
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Worries about how data centers will impact communities — not fears of higher utility bills — are driving public resistance to the facilities, a new poll finds. (Axios)
- Washington punts on statewide rules for cell phone use at schools, settling for a study on phone limits. (Washington State Standard)
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