AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoAI & Work: Seattle startup Latch rebrands to capture how work actually gets done, pitching itself as an “enterprise AI context layer” built from employee recordings and narration. Local Tech Hiring: General Motors will open a new 43,000-square-foot downtown Seattle office in Denny Triangle next year, aiming to recruit AI/ML engineers for software and autonomous-vehicle work. Networking AI: Extreme Networks rolls out Extreme Agent ONE Coworker, moving AI networking from dashboards to “answers” using its own production data. Health Tech: BrainChild Bio, rooted in Seattle Children’s, raises $116M to advance CAR T therapy for childhood brainstem cancer, with a Phase 2 registrational trial underway. Space/Climate Computing: NWS plans to move its weather supercomputing into the cloud to boost flexibility for next-gen modeling and AI-driven forecasting. Cybersecurity/Privacy: Washington joins other states suing over changes to the Endangered Species Act, while separate reporting highlights how surveillance tech like license plate readers is being funded via opioid settlements. Transportation Tech: Starlink reportedly removed a 5TB data cap throttle after user complaints.
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