Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 19, 2022 – GeekWire

Following the historic overturning of Roe v. … Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy addressed the news that the company is losing two of its most senior Black executives, including the only Black executive among its senior leadership group, commonly known as the “s-team,” in a message to senior leaders Tuesday night. … Read More

A pair of top Black leaders at Amazon who helped oversee the company’s e-commerce operations are departing: Alicia Boler-Davis, senior vice president of global customer fulfillment and a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team (S-team) Dave Bozeman, vice president of Amazon Transportation Services Boler-Davis resigned to pursue new opportunities, and Bozeman has taken a new role outside Amazon that will be announced shortly, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to GeekWire. … Read More

You’re young, you’re ambitious, you love tech. … Read More

— Annie Rihn, one of the earliest employees at Zillow Group who led recruiting, has left the Seattle real estate giant. … Read More

The news: Seattle-area startup Zap Energy is edging closer to the promise of fusion power. … Read More

Esper, a Seattle-based startup that operates a DevOps platform for customers that manage fleets of company-owned Android devices, has laid off 12% of its staff. … Read More

A husband-and-wife duo and tech veteran are jumping into the crowded space of real estate investing with a startup that aims to simplify identifying and managing single-family rental properties. … Read More

LAS VEGAS — Amazon unveiled a new fleet of robots and automated systems, including the first fully autonomous robot that the company says can operate safely alongside humans on the warehouse floor. … Read More

LAS VEGAS — Zoox, the robotaxi company acquired by Amazon for more than $1 billion in 2020, says it has achieved a key milestone in the testing and rollout of its autonomous electric vehicle. … Read More