Amazon's big bet, a 'MySpace for bots', and a conversation with AI veteran Oren Etzioni скачать в хорошем качестве

Amazon's big bet, a 'MySpace for bots', and a conversation with AI veteran Oren Etzioni

Upcoming GeekWire Podcast Live Event: Join us from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb 12 at Fremont Brewing for a live recording of the GeekWire Podcast with Todd Bishop and John Cook. Free for Fremont Chamber members, $15 otherwise. Register here (https://fremontchamberofcommercewa.gr...) . This week on the show: Andy Jassy tells Wall Street that Amazon is planning $200 billion (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/aws-gro...) in capital expenses this year, mostly to build out AI infrastructure, and investors give it a thumbs down. Microsoft's financial results beat expectations but the company loses $357 billion in market value (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microso...) in a single day after investors learn the extent of its dependence on OpenAI. Meanwhile, OpenAI leases 10 floors of office space in Bellevue (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/openai-...) , lawmakers in Olympia propose new taxes impacting startup exits (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/seattle...) and high-income earners (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/washing...) , and the bots get their own social network.  In our featured conversation, recorded at a dinner hosted by Accenture in Bellevue, GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop sits down with computer scientist and entrepreneur Oren Etzioni (  / orenetzioni  ) to talk about AI agents, the startup landscape, the fight against deepfakes, and what good AI leadership looks like. Etzioni is co-founder of AI agent startup Vercept (https://vercept.com/) , founder of the AI2 Incubator (https://www.ai2incubator.com/) , a venture partner at Madrona (https://www.madrona.com/) , and the former founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI. Agents of Transformation: Check out the series (https://www.geekwire.com/special-cove...)  and join us for the conference (https://www.geekwire.com/events/agent...) , presented by Accenture, March 24 in Seattle. With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton (  / cdmilton  ) . Music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell (https://www.daniellkcaldwell.com/) . See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.