Amazon's quest to become a startup again | 6 years of progress in driverless cars

Can this startup improve your golf swing? | Amazon’s real estate chief is retiring ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Get your ticket for AWS re:Invent, happening Dec. 2–6 in Las Vegas: [Register now for AWS re:Invent.]( TODAY'S TOP STORIES This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon's decision to [bring its employees back to the office five days a week]( is a window into the challenges facing the e-commerce and technology giant, and CEO Andy Jassy's larger plan to get the company to operate like "the world's largest startup" again. Plus, GeekWire's John Cook gets into the backseat of a driverless car for the first time[since 2018]( and has very different experience](. [🎙️Read more and listen here]( and subscribe to GeekWire in [Apple Podcasts]( [Spotify]( or wherever you listen. Amazon’s real estate chief is retiring: John Schoettler, who oversaw the growth of Amazon’s office footprint for more than two decades, is retiring at the end of 2024. [Read more](. Can this startup help improve your golf swing? Sportsbox AI got a huge vote of confidence after golf superstar Bryson DeChambeau credited its technology for helping him win the U.S. Open tournament. GeekWire Editor Taylor Soper tried out Sportsbox to see how it works — and whether it can improve his golf game. [Read more](. [📆]( Upcoming events: Tech and startup community gatherings on our radar next week in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. - Sept. 21: [Georgetown Steam Plant Science Fair]( - Sept. 21: [Innovating for a Sustainable Future: Leadership, Diversity, and Resilience in Technology and Engineering]( - Sept. 24: [FullConTech 2024]( - Sept. 24: [Seattle Data, AI & Security Meetup 2024]( - Sept. 25: [Washington State Academy of Sciences Annual Symposium: AI for Washington State]( Check out the [GeekWire Calendar]( for more. Hot Links: - OpenAI’s new ChatGPT model, “o1,” significantly improves math and reasoning abilities by using a step-by-step “chain-of-thought” process, a University of Washington researcher explains. ([UW News]( - Generative AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot have not significantly improved software developer productivity and have increased bug rates by 41%, a new study by Seattle startup Uplevel suggests. ([Uplevel blog]( - Veeam, the Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity company, acquired Bay Area startup Alcion, which specializes in AI-driven data management and protection, and appointed Alcion's CEO, Niraj Tolia, as its new CTO. ([Puget Sound Business Journal]( also see [GeekWire’s previous coverage]( of Veeam’s shift to the Seattle region) Thanks for subscribing to the GeekWire newsletter, and have a great weekend. — GeekWire Editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com; GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop, todd@geekwire.com; and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Does Compute: Available now.]( Does Compute, presented by Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science and GeekWire Studios, is a podcast exploring the ways that computer science is reshaping our world through building useful stuff that works. Check out Episode 4 of Does Compute to hear from Carnegie Mellon University alum Priya Donti as she discusses how artificial intelligence and machine learning impact efforts to address climate change. [Watch now.]( LATEST HEADLINES [Podcast: Amazon’s quest to become a startup again; Plus, 6 years of progress in driverless cars]( [This startup helped Bryson DeChambeau win the U.S. Open — can it improve my golf swing?]( [23 years and 65 million square feet later, Amazon’s global real estate leader is retiring]( GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Gable.ai: Staff Software Engineer – Data]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2024 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](