Amazon vs. Shopify: Amazon’s acquisition of a small startup founded in Australiais the latest sign of potential competition with Shopify, the Canada-based giant that provides technology to e-commerce businesses and is now valued at $177 billion as more online merchants flock to its platform.
Ozette raises $6M from top investors: Madrona Venture Group, Vulcan Capital, and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) are backing a new biotech startup that has created an AI platform to analyze massive combinations of proteins being created by individual cells. Read more.
“I’m open-minded to anything that solves the climate challenge. I’m willing to fund very high-risk stuff,” says Bill Gates, discussing his climate technology and clean energy investments in a conversation with GeekWire’s Lisa Stiffler about his new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” But private investment and philanthropy alone won’t solve the climate challenge, he says. “It’s really government policy that has to carry this one.”
Hitch a ride to space: A 23-year-old Seattle entrepreneur wants to be in one of four available seats when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft heads to orbit.Here’s his pitch.
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