GeekWire's Most-Read Stories of the Week

Catch up on the top tech stories from this past week. Here are the headlines that people have been reading on GeekWire. ADVERTISEMENT [GeekWire]( SPONSOR MESSAGE: The GeekWire Summit returns October 19th! We're assembling some of the top names in artificial intelligence for the half-day summit, taking place in downtown Seattle: [Get your tickets today!]( THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup]( It would be fair to expect the destroyer of toxic “forever chemicals” to be a massive, intimidating device. [Redfin leaves the National Association of Realtors: ‘Enough is enough,’ Glenn Kelman says]( This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. 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[Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform]( Seattle startup Pulumi landed $41 million as it looks to boost its leadership position in the infrastructure as code market and invest in new AI-fueled products. [Meet the latest next-gen battery startup to put down roots in a rural town in Washington]( California battery startup OneD Battery Sciences is breaking ground Monday on a pilot manufacturing facility in the Eastern Washington town of Moses Lake. [This ag-tech startup kept digging, and found an electrifying idea to zap weeds and soil pests]( Initially the goal was to keep the wriggling worms alive, to use a jolt of electricity to stimulate their nerve cells in the pursuit of scientific discovery. [Amazon pulls the plug on Amp, the live-audio app it launched last year to ‘reimagine radio’]( Amazon is pulling the plug on Amp, the audio app it launched last year to let users DJ their own live radio shows complete with a catalog of millions of licensed songs and the ability to engage with callers. [Entrepreneur who sold last startup to ZoomInfo lands cash for new Seattle AI startup]( A Seattle startup founded by veteran entrepreneurs landed investment for its artificial intelligence tool that helps account executives engage with customers. [Zillow wins jury verdict in lawsuit over its display of non-MLS home listings]( This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. [Atlas V rocket launches prototype Amazon satellites to test Project Kuiper network]( Amazon's first satellites were launched on a mission aimed at testing out the hardware and software for its Project Kuiper constellation. [Tech Moves: Former Sprint CEO rejoins F5 board; Flexport engineering exec departs; and more]( — Michel Combes, a longtime telecommunications and finance executive, rejoined F5’s board of directors. [TikTok owner ByteDance grabs another 66K square-feet of office space in Seattle area]( ByteDance is expanding in the Seattle area. [Seattle VC firm creates startup investment competition to help grow PNW angel network]( Seattle venture capital firm First Row Partners is launching The Ensemble Event Fund, a new startup competition that aims to help boost angel investor networks in the Pacific Northwest. [Testifying in Google trial, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns AI could extend search giant’s lead]( Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI has looked at times like a glimmer of hope for its Bing search engine in its longstanding battle with Google, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella painted a different picture during the search giant’s antitrust trial. 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