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Top stories so far this week Jeff Bezos-backed startup Nautilus Biotechnology set to go public via SPAC at $900M valuation Nautilus Biotechnology, a Seattle-based biotech startup led by Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel, is the latest company to go public using a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Seattle’s newest billionaire says tax talk will drive business away, claims Seattle freeze is ‘garbage’ Tanium co-founder and CEO Orion Hindawi may not be as well known as Jeff Bezos, Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates or other Seattle area billionaires. Zillow skit on Saturday Night Live goes viral as show pokes fun at house-browsing ‘fantasies’ Zillow Group didn’t have a Super Bowl ad, yet it may have come away from the weekend with the biggest marketing bump thanks to Saturday Night Live. SPONSOR MESSAGE Wells Fargo Gateway APIs feature use cases supporting faster payments and data services The technology allows wholesale banking customers to integrate Wells Fargo products, services and information into their own digital environments, such as treasury workstations or enterprise resource planning software. Learn More. Zillow Group will pay $500M to acquire home touring tech company ShowingTime Zillow Group said it will pay $500 million to acquire ShowingTime, a Chicago-based real estate company that sells software to facilitate home showings. Blue Origin shows off an on-the-ground pathfinder version of its cargo lunar lander Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture is testing a full-scale prototype of its lunar lander as part of a campaign to get a jump on heavy-duty moon deliveries. Russell Wilson and Spencer Rascoff back MOJO, an app to help parent coaches find fun in youth sports A search on YouTube for “youth sports drills” returns an endless scroll of every type of practice workout you could imagine. SPAC led by Seattle investor Erik Anderson inks $2.7B deal with fuel cell startup Hyzon Motors Rochester, N.Y.-based fuel cell startup Hyzon Motors is set to go public in a SPAC deal that values the company at $2.7 billion. Nuance acquires Seattle digital health startup Saykara to boost healthcare AI products Nuance Communications has acquired Saykara, a Seattle health-tech startup that makes a voice assistant for clinicians. From book club to bootcamp: How these Seattle tech veterans took bold action on racial inclusion Femi Akinde and Mike Koss met a decade ago at StartPad, a former Seattle co-working space where Koss was director and Akinde was a startup founder. Zillow Group tops Q4 estimates with $789M in revenue as housing boom drives record traffic Seattle-based Zillow Group beat analyst estimates for its fourth quarter earnings, reporting $789 million in revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.44.

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