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Welcome to Geekwire. I'm Geekwire co-founder, Todd Bishop.

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Coming up later, Microsoft brings its co-pilot AI technology to gaming, but can the company prove that this is more than Xbox meets Clippy?

We'll consider that question in the final segment.

But first, there was some big news this week in real estate technology.

Rocket companies, the Detroit-based mortgage, real estate, and personal finance platform,

announced that it's acquiring Redfin, the Seattle-based tech-powered real estate company,

founded more than two decades ago that has been a

longtime disruptor in the world of buying and selling homes. The deal is valued at $1.75 billion.

I spoke about Rocket's acquisition of Redfin with Stephanie Reed Simons, senior vice president

at real estate news.com, who oversees the news team there,

and Tim Ellis, a former Redfin market analyst, who's a blogger and podcaster, and a veteran

of Seattle startups, including Porch, Maas, and Glowforge in addition to Redfin.

Steph and Tim, it's great to have you both on the show.

Thanks. It's nice to be here.

Thanks, Todd.

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