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Amazon Web Services launches startup accelerator for generative AI companies

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(GeekWire File Photo) The newest startup accelerator from Amazon aims to attract companies building generative AI technologies. The hybrid program is open to all startups, with two week-long in-person events in San Francisco. AWS does not take equity from participating companies.

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Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

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GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its Physical Stores Technology team, executives in the tech giant’s cloud computing division informed employees Wednesday morning in internal emails.

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Amazon Web Services is launching Space Accelerator for final-frontier startups

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Amazon Web Services is raising the curtain on AWS Space Accelerator, a four-week business support program that’s open to space startups seeking to use Amazon’s cloud computing services. AWS Space Accelerator isn’t the only startup program to focus on space ventures.

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Amazon Web Services bans accounts linked with Pegasus spyware

The Verge

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has banned NSO Group, the company behind the Pegasus spyware program. AWS wasn’t the only service NSO apparently used. The Amnesty International report links it with several other companies, including DigitalOcean and Linode. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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WTIA reveals 33 startups in 10th cohort for founder program

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All 33 startups in WTIA’s 10th Founder Cohort Program are based in the state of Washington. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) revealed the 33 startups based in Washington state participating in its 10th Founder Cohort Program.

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Amazon Web Services debuts 5-week accelerator for clean energy startups

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Amazon Web Services is announcing the creation of a 5-week accelerator to support clean technology startups. The company will select 10 participants. Some 53 companies have signed on. The Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator is a 15-week program organized by Seattle’s CleanTech Alliance and Portland-based VertueLab.

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To the moon! Amazon Web Services lists first startups for AWS Space Accelerator

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The first 10 companies to participate in Amazon Web Services’ accelerator program for space-centric startups are targeting territory ranging from low Earth orbit to the surface of the moon and Mars. Lunar Outpost via YouTube).