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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AWS and the company's stores business could each reach $1 trillion in annual revenue in the next five to 10 years, something no business has ever done. AWS is at a $184 billion annual run rate, and Jassy expects it to grow more than 40% in both 2027 and 2028. Read More
Two former Amazon executives who helped build Discovery’s direct-to-consumer operation in Bellevue, Wash., are stepping down; an Amazon leader is returning to Microsoft to join its CoreAI effort; VertueLab names ED; and more personnel moves. Read More
Amazon Web Services revenue grew 39% to $46 billion in the third quarter, its fastest pace in nearly five years, and CEO Andy Jassy said he expects AWS to top 40% growth in 2027 and 2028. Amazon's earnings of $1.89 per share missed analyst estimates, and its stock fell more than 7% in after-hours trading. Read More
Richard Wang’s self-funded program pairs AI coding tools with hands-on engineering help. It takes no equity, and participants can keep their day jobs. Read More
Group14 has raised $169 million and plans to build a battery materials factory in Spain as it expands beyond Washington and South Korea. Meanwhile, the Seattle-area startup now expects to bring the first module of its delayed Moses Lake factory online in mid-2027. Read More
Zillow Group will pay $212.5 million to settle a shareholder class action alleging it misled investors about Zillow Offers, the home-flipping business it shut down in 2021. The deal, which needs court approval, comes three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Zillow's challenge to the case's class status. Read More
OpenAI generated $10 billion in revenue for Microsoft in the quarter ended Sept. 30, about 11% of Microsoft's total, according to the company's quarterly filing. That's more than Microsoft made in the quarter from Xbox, search and advertising, or Windows PC licensing and Surface devices. Read More
Microsoft's Azure cloud business brought in $33.2 billion in the September quarter, up 48%, the first time the company has reported Azure's quarterly revenue. Total revenue rose 19% to $92.3 billion, while capital spending of $45.2 billion came in below Microsoft's forecast of more than $50 billion. Read More
Seattle startup Ganaz, which makes payroll and HR software for agricultural employers and workers, has been acquired by Toronto-based Beacon Holdings. Co-founder and CEO Hannah Freeman is stepping away, and the deal’s financial terms weren’t disclosed. Read More
F5 shares fell about 20% Wednesday after the company forecast slower revenue growth and lower margins for fiscal 2027, despite beating Wall Street's estimates for its fiscal fourth quarter. F5 also plans to double its team of specialist AI security sellers and more than double its marketing in that area. Read More
Hilco Global is marketing 17 patents and applications from the defunct Seattle homebrew startup on behalf of Pico Craft Group, which bought the assets in 2024. Read More
Mike Sievert is leaving T-Mobile’s board and vice chair role on Nov. 1, a year after stepping down as CEO. The company says the advisory role was always intended to last a year, wrapping up his time at the wireless giant he joined in 2012. Read More
The Jeff Bezos-founded space company’s Des Moines, Wash., facility could employ hundreds, joining Shield AI, which plans 4,000 regional jobs, in the small city’s growing aerospace scene. Read More
Amazon reports third-quarter earnings Thursday with more demand for its AWS cloud services than it can supply, after CEO Andy Jassy said capacity is booked for this year and most of next. Analysts expect revenue of about $202 billion, up 12%, as investors look for signals about the company's spending plans for 2027. Read More
2026 ED138 joins a tribe of potential dwarf planets on the edge of our solar system — and Rubin's astronomers are likely to find more during 10-year sky survey. Read More
