Amazon hires former Microsoft and SAP exec Julia White as new AWS marketing chief

New AWS CMO: The new Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief marketing officer, Julia White , is well-known in the tech industry and the Seattle community as a Microsoft executive for nearly 20 years. She worked most recently as CMO and executive board member at SAP . Matt Garman , the AWS CEO, announced White’s appointment internally Monday. Read more .?

What effect will the re-election of President Trump have on climate tech? Experts say that clean energy deployments will continue and some expect investments to rise as the private sector tries to fill in for some lost federal support. But innovators and investors should also get ready for some survival-of-the-fittest, winnowing down of the climate field. Read more.

Seasalt.ai , a Seattle startup founded by entrepreneurs who sold their previous company to 百度 , raised $4.2 million to grow its AI software that helps businesses communicate with customers. Read more .

Look who's a book publisher now: Microsoft is launching its own publishing imprint, 8080 Books. The idea is to bring new titles to market at the pace of the tech industry, much faster than traditional publishing allows. Bonus points if you get the 8080 reference. Read more.

Why is 亚马逊 launching a Temu and SHEIN rival? That’s the question we explore on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast. Read more and listen here .?

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