Wednesday, October 21, 2026

1. Microsoft winds down The Garage, the 17-year-old home of its Global Hackathon and employee maker spaces Tech · Redmond
2. Autonomous flight startup Reliable Robotics tops US$1 billion valuation and opens a radar hub in Bothell Tech · Bothell and Mountain View
3. Amazon plans a record 300,000 holiday hires as the rest of retail pulls back Business · Seattle
4. Seattle home-help startup Rosie raises US$7 million and plans Austin and San Francisco launches in 2027 Business · Seattle
5. UW task force proposes splitting the Allen School from the College of Engineering Tech · Seattle
6. Vancouver's Conexiom opens its order-automation AI to developers with SDKs, an API and an MCP server Tech · Vancouver
7. Richmond delivery company UniUni's go-public deal collapses as SPAC terminates merger Business · Richmond, B.C.
8. San Francisco's Daytona reaches US$1 billion valuation building secure sandboxes for AI agents Tech · San Francisco
9. Seattle laser-weeding robot maker Carbon Robotics trims its workforce, citing economic conditions Business · Seattle

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