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TODAY'S TOP STORIES “The governor needs to understand that every time he says ‘capital gains tax,’ he loses 10 companies.” That’s the take from Tanium co-founder and CEO Orion Hindawi (above), Seattle’s newest billionaire who recently moved his company from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Pacific Northwest. Hindawi said Washington needs to be careful not to follow the anti-business policies he left in California. He’s also not yet encountered Seattle’s notorious “freeze,” calling it “complete garbage.” Read more.  Nautilus Biotechnology will go public via SPAC: Led by Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel and backed by Jeff Bezos’ investment firm, Nautilus is the latest startup to go public using a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. It will get a $350 million boost in its quest to analyze the body’s full set of proteins. Read more.  Super Bowl ads: Porch, which also just went through a SPAC deal, is off to a busy start as a public company, including the first Super Bowl commercial for the Seattle-based home services tech company. Amazon’s Alexa ad got the most views on YouTube and of T-Mobile’s three ads, one that didn’t air during the game proved to be its biggest winner. Zillow didn’t have a spot in the game, yet it may have come away with the biggest marketing bump thanks to this hilarious Saturday Night Live skit.    Reskill Americans: A trio of Seattle tech vets are launching a tuition-free coding bootcamp targeting racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the tech sector. Entry into the program requires no interviews, hackathons, credit checks or prerequisite skills. Students need only a laptop and internet connection. Read more.  Thanks for reading, have a great week, and see all our latest headlines below. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com, and reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com.

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