Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, joins us on this episode of the GeekWire Podcast to talk about the company's latest warehouse robots, explaining how they represent the emergence of the larger vision that prompted him to join Amazon more than eight years ago. Our conversation at Amazon HQ in Seattle followed a trip by GeekWire's Todd Bishop to Austin and San Marcos, Texas, to see many of Amazon's newest autonomous robots first-hand.

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Amazon’s Sparrow is leaving the nest: Trailblazing warehouse robot is ready for a wider rollout
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Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, joins us on this episode of the GeekWire Podcast to talk about the company's latest warehouse robots, explaining how they represent the emergence of the larger vision that prompted him to join Amazon more than eight years ago. Our conversation at Amazon HQ in Seattle followed a trip by GeekWire's Todd Bishop to Austin and San Marcos, Texas, to see many of Amazon's newest autonomous robots first-hand.
Related coverage:
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<li><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2023/new-robots-are-making-amazons-warehouses-more-efficient-can-they-also-make-them-safer/">New robots are making Amazon’s warehouses more efficient — can they also make them safer?</a></li>
<li>Video: <a href="https://youtu.be/RCHok8cLDZk?si=jqIdEI0OY6vCGM0j">Amazon's Robots, explained</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazons-sparrow-is-leaving-the-nest-trailblazing-warehouse-robot-is-ready-for-a-wider-rollout/">Amazon’s Sparrow is leaving the nest: Trailblazing warehouse robot is ready for a wider rollout</a></li>
<li>Video: <a href="https://youtu.be/sBxKiz5I11o?si=vIXYf0YNpT0YIlJi">Up close with Amazon's Sparrow Robot </a></li>
</ul>

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Amazon's robots and its larger vision for work

This special edition of the GeekWire Podcast is the first in a four-episode series that we’ll be publishing in the months ahead as part of our year-long Microsoft @ 50 project, recognizing the company’s 50th anniversary in April 2025. 

On this episode, we’ll take a fresh look at Microsoft’s startup story with tech historian and author Margaret O’Mara of the University of Washington, author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America; plus highlights from a recent conversation with David Marquardt, Microsoft’s first outside investor and a longtime board member.

Register here for our Microsoft @ 50 event, March 20, 2025, in Seattle.

Microsoft @ 50 is an independent GeekWire editorial project supported by Accenture.

With GeekWire Co-Founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.

This special edition of the GeekWire Podcast is the first in a four-episode series that we’ll be publishing in the months ahead as part of our year-long <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/special-coverage/microsoft-at-50/">Microsoft @ 50 project</a>, recognizing the company’s 50th anniversary in April 2025. 
On this episode, we’ll take a fresh look at Microsoft’s startup story with tech historian and author Margaret O’Mara of the University of Washington, author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/534709/the-code-by-margaret-omara/">The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America</a>; plus highlights from a recent conversation with David Marquardt, Microsoft’s first outside investor and a longtime board member.
<a href="https://www.geekwire.com/events/geekwire-microsoft50/">Register here</a> for our Microsoft @ 50 event, March 20, 2025, in Seattle.
<a href="https://www.geekwire.com/special-coverage/microsoft-at-50/">Microsoft @ 50</a> is an independent GeekWire editorial project <a href="https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/technology/ecosystem/microsoft">supported by Accenture</a>.
With GeekWire Co-Founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.

Microsoft’s startup story: A new look, with insights for today

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, it's a grab-bag of topics, including self-driving wheelchairs, Expedia Group Chairman Barry Diller's comments on the prospects for an acquisition by Uber, and an update on GeekWire's upcoming events and coverage.

In the final segment, we discuss what the new Trump administration could mean for technology regulation, including the FTC's antitrust case against Amazon and oversight for tech M&A.

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With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook.

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, it's a grab-bag of topics, including self-driving wheelchairs, Expedia Group Chairman Barry Diller's comments on the prospects for an acquisition by Uber, and an update on GeekWire's upcoming events and coverage.
In the final segment, we discuss what the new Trump administration could mean for technology regulation, including the FTC's antitrust case against Amazon and oversight for tech M&amp;A.
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<li>NYT: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/technology/trump-apple-amazon-google-meta.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk4.Dph3.rT-5PVskyZny&amp;amp;smid=url-share">Tech Giants Face a Familiar Uncertainty With Trump</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/watch-sea-tac-airports-self-driving-wheelchairs-are-getting-stymied-by-unexpected-obstacles/">Sea-Tac Airport’s self-driving wheelchairs are getting stymied by unexpected obstacles</a></li>
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With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook.

What Trump 2.0 means for tech, Diller nixes Expedia + Uber, GeekWire fall update

This week, with just days to go before the Nov. 5 election, we take a fresh look at AI, social media, and some surprising trends in the spread of fake content and misinformation, with Danielle Lee Tomson, research manager for election rumors at the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public.

Guest host Ross Reynolds speaks with Tomson about AI, social media, and some surprising trends in the spread of rumors online. 

Related links and stories: 
Substack: Election Rumor Research @ Center for an Informed Public
New York Times: As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse’
Washington Post:Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts

Edited by Curt Milton. Music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell.

This week, with just days to go before the Nov. 5 election, we take a fresh look at AI, social media, and some surprising trends in the spread of fake content and misinformation, with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-tomson/">Danielle Lee Tomson</a>, research manager for election rumors at the University of Washington <a href="https://www.cip.uw.edu/">Center for an Informed Public</a>.
Guest host <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossrey/">Ross Reynolds</a> speaks with Tomson about AI, social media, and some surprising trends in the spread of rumors online. 
Related links and stories: 
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<li>Substack: <a href="https://uwcip.substack.com/">Election Rumor Research @ Center for an Informed Public</a></li>
<li>New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/business/media/election-disinformation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk4.smjA.jfk0TZmzho28&amp;smid=url-share">As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse’</a></li>
<li>Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/instagram-limits-political-content-shadowban-election-posts/">Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts</a></li>
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Edited by Curt Milton. Music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell.

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