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Ken Yeung is a technology journalist who has spent more than a decade covering innovation, startups, and the business of tech. He previously reported for The Next Web and VentureBeat, where he focused on emerging technologies, social media, hardware, enterprise/cloud computing, venture capital, and the rise of artificial intelligence. He also served as the assistant managing editor at Flipboard, where he oversaw the platform's editorial coverage of tech, science, health, and gaming news.

Ken is the founder of The AI Economy, a newsletter tracking how AI is reshaping daily life. His work is driven by a simple aim: to explain what's happening in tech and why it matters.

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New map traces Washington state’s tech ‘universe’ to a few key hubs, and shows what’s at risk

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North America’s biggest book sorter just opened in the Seattle area

The King County Library System opened a $5.2 million sorting installation in Renton that handles the 25,000 items moving through its 50 libraries each day. Robotic arms destack totes every 15 seconds and route materials into 186 delivery chutes. Read More

New map traces Washington state’s tech ‘universe’ to a few key hubs, and shows what’s at risk

The Washington Technology Industry Association’s new “Tech Universe Map” charts the founder lineage of 625 companies, showing that Microsoft and the University of Washington account for the largest share. A WTIA executive says the hubs forming next are mostly out-of-state companies with engineering centers here. Read More

UN digital envoy warns AI influence is concentrated in a ‘few zip codes,’ calls for global action

The UN’s top digital envoy outlined a multi-stakeholder approach to AI governance at Seattle University, warning that computing power and wealth are concentrated in a handful of areas while most of the world lacks the capacity to participate. Read More

Microsoft 365 Copilot and the end of the single-model era in enterprise AI

Microsoft’s decision to have GPT and Claude check each other’s work inside Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher agent signals a broader shift: the single-model era in enterprise AI may be over. Read More

Butter or sand in the gears? The question every founder must ask before choosing SF or Seattle

Choosing where to build a startup is as important as choosing what to build, and there are big differences between Seattle and the Bay Area, said Yifan Zhang, AI2 Incubator co-managing director addressing founders at the Seattle AI Startup Summit. Read More

Stop trying to make people read instructions: 10 startup lessons from Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis

Convoy co-founder and Microsoft Corporate Vice President Dan Lewis drew on his experience building the one-time unicorn trucking startup to share lessons for entrepreneurs at this week’s Seattle AI Startup Summit. Read More

Washington state needs a ‘coherent’ story to compete in AI, leaders agree

Washington state may have everything it needs to become a global AI hub. The problem is, it hasn’t figured out how to tell the world. At a roundtable convened by the Washington Technology Industry Association, civic and industry leaders debated what it will take to stop playing catch-up with Silicon Valley and start leading. Read More

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