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Flexport relaunches Convoy trucking marketplace after acquiring tech from Seattle startup

GeekWire

Founded in 2015 by Lewis and Grant Goodale, former Amazon employees, Convoy raised huge gobs of venture capital dollars as investors poured billions into logistics startups that aimed to boost efficiency using the latest technology. . More than 500 people were laid off as part of Convoy’s closure in October.

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Reddit is going public. Will its unruly user base revolt?

Vox

Reddit also recently signed a data licensing deal with Google , reportedly valued at about $60 million a year , to help train the search engine’s artificial intelligence models on the conversations happening on Reddit. The advent of AI large language models like Google Gemini has opened up new opportunities in licensing.

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Seattle entrepreneur Todd Hooper raises cash for mysterious new startup Aardvark Labs

GeekWire

Hooper, who previously led virtual reality startup Vreal and also founded Zipline Games and Napera Networks, is listed on the filing. Vreal launched in 2015 and aimed to build a VR live streaming and broadcast platform. A new SEC filing reveals that a Seattle-area company called Aardvark Labs has raised $3.5 It raised a $11.7

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Funding news: Microsoft vets raise $12M for Round; PTO Exchange lands $5M; and more

GeekWire

The idea is to create a vetted network that includes group coaching, events, resources, and more. The year-old startup is led by Ryan Fuller , a longtime tech exec who co-founded VoloMetrix, a Seattle-area startup that built employee efficiency software and was acquired by Microsoft in 2015. Knapsack , a Portland, Ore.-based

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Amazon is reportedly considering adding live TV to its Prime Video service 

The Verge

Amazon is “actively pursuing” licensing deals for live and linear programming, according to Protocol. The Prime Video team is also apparently “building next gen linear catalog systems to provide best-in-class Linear TV experience to Prime Video customers,” says another job listing. This wouldn’t be Amazon’s first foray into live programming.

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YouTube’s biggest kids show is about to take over streaming services

The Verge

Moonbug formed in February 2018 and quickly bought up popular YouTube channels in an attempt to assemble a sort of next-generation streaming-focused kids network. Other popular YouTube creators have found success partnering with more traditional networks and streamers. Streaming services need a plethora of content.

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The scalability and performance efficiency of Bitcoin blockchain

Dataconomy

Originally Bitcoin was initiated by Satoshi Nakamoto under the MIT license in 2009. These inputs give instructions to the network for those coins or coins for which the payment will be drawn. In case the transaction is valid, that will be added to the pool and further relay the transactions to the peers in the network.

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