Secretive new Seattle startup | Blue Origin rocket ship art 

Tech Moves | Lumen Bioscience raises $16M ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: Become a GeekWire member: [Support independent journalism and join today!]( TODAY'S TOP STORIES Art in space: Uplift Aerospace and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket venture plan to put paintings where virtually no art has gone before: on the side of a rocket ship. The “canvases” for these works are exterior panels that will be mounted on Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard spaceship, sent to the space frontier during an uncrewed test flight, then returned to Earth for delivery to the paintings’ purchasers. Two Utah artists known for their realist and surrealist paintings — Jeff Hein (above) and Mark R. Pugh — will come up with creations that are meant to weather the aerodynamically challenging ascent and descent through the atmosphere. [Check it out](. Secretive new Seattle startup: The former leader of Dropbox’s Seattle office and a designer who spent 10 years at Facebook [are among those behind a stealthy startup](. The company is working on tools that help users build digital communities. Tech Moves: A longtime Amazon robotics leader joins Scale AI; Seattle startup Ally hires new execs; Seattle Genetics adds a board member; [and more key personnel changes across the PNW tech industry](. Lumen Bioscience raises $16M: The Seattle biotech startup, led by veterans of Adaptive Biotechnologies and Fred Hutch, [has come up with a way to produce orally-delivered antibodies and other biologics]( by using a bioengineered bright green algae called Spirulina. Politics and Animal Crossing: Official Biden-Harris yard signs [are now available in the popular Nintendo game]( in the latest example of politicians using tech to garner support. Thanks for reading, see all of our latest headlines below. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Adapting to lead: West Coast executive panel on business innovation for a post pandemic world]( When the COVID-19 crisis struck in March, [West Monroe polled 150 C-level leaders]( to gauge their immediate reactions. It was clear that West Coast executives had a different set of priorities than their regional colleagues, which changed the way they did business.  We are now bringing together West Coast executives to share their perspectives on why their region is different and how it is impacting business planning in a pandemic world. [Learn More!]( LATEST HEADLINES [Walmart unveils Walmart+, its Amazon Prime competitor that costs $98/year and will launch Sept. 15]( [Former Facebook, Dropbox, Amazon, Convoy leaders are building a secretive new Seattle startup]( [Seattle biotech startup led by Fred Hutch, Adaptive vets raises $16M for rapid drug development tech]( [Artists create paintings designed to be tempered in space on Blue Origin’s rocket]( [Big Fish Games to pay $155M and tweak games as part of class action settlement over gambling]( SPONSORED: GEEK HOME OF THE DAY [Modern Single Family Home in West Seattle]( [Tech Moves: Former Amazon VP Brad Porter joins Scale AI as CTO; Seattle startup Ally adds execs; and more]( [Former Amazon, Microsoft engineers raise $120K for Seattle cloud startup Cloudshim]( [OfferUp and Letgo combine used goods marketplaces into one app following acquisition]( GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [INRIX: Senior Software Development Engineer]( - [Libro.fm: Senior Android Developer]( - [Avvo: Director of Sales Acquisition]( - [Libro.fm: Senior iOS Developer]( - [INRIX: Backend Developer/Analyst]( - [Icertis: Senior Software Engineer]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2020 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](