Jeff Bezos' big move, Convoy's final stop, AI meets VC
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🗓️ 4 November 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
What should we make of Jeff Bezos' decision to move his primary residence from Seattle to Miami? That's our first topic on this week's episode. Plus, Convoy's final destination; a new AI feature from Seattle startup Yoodli that helps startup founders hone their pitches; and Amazon tests Bluetooth earplugs for warehouse workers.
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With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook.
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| 0:00.0 | We had a lot of trick-or-treaters. And what struck me was the crossover between technology, |
| 0:07.0 | sci-fi, and pop culture and Halloween. So we had a number of characters come through. |
| 0:13.0 | There were some teenagers representing some video games I had never heard of, but I assumed they |
| 0:18.2 | were pretty popular video games. In fact, I had an interaction with |
| 0:22.1 | one. He was wearing a pumpkin head of sorts with a sword pumpkin jack, maybe. Yes, maybe pumpkin |
| 0:30.0 | maybe, but we're not certain. And I was like, oh, you look like a character from Fortnite. And he |
| 0:36.0 | said, I'm going to forget that you said that. And I was like, |
| 0:39.5 | oh, okay. Major insult. Major insult. He did not want to be compared to anything in Fortnite. |
| 0:49.6 | Hi, and welcome to Geekwire. I'm Geekwire co-founder Todd Bishop. And I'm Geekwire co-founder |
| 0:54.1 | John Cook. We are coming to you from Geekwire in Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's |
| 0:58.4 | happening around us in business, technology, and innovation. What happens here matters everywhere. |
| 1:03.2 | And every week on this show, we talk about some of the most interesting stories in the news. |
| 1:07.3 | Coming up later on, an update on Convoy, a discussion of the latest innovation that Amazon is rolling out in its warehouses, or more specifically, in the ears of its employees in its warehouses. |
| 1:20.4 | Plus, we're going to check in with the VC pitch coach. |
| 1:24.0 | That's all coming up later on. |
| 1:26.0 | John, I've got you on the phone for this first segment |
| 1:28.4 | because we had some late breaking news. We recorded the podcast a little bit early this week. |
| 1:33.5 | And in the meantime, we got some interesting news from Jeff Bezos. Kind of a milestone. |
| 1:40.2 | The Amazon founder announced that he will be leaving Seattle, moving to Miami as his primary |
| 1:46.4 | residence, in part to be closer to his parents and also to be closer to the operations |
| 1:52.1 | of Blue Origin, his commercial space venture. John, I really wrestled with how big of a story |
| 1:57.5 | this was and what to make of it. What are your thoughts on the significance of |
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