Google plans departure from Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood
We broke the news Friday that Google plans to leave Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, where it first established offices in 2006, and bring all its employees in Seattle together at its South Lake Union campus. The consolidation plan does not appear to impact Google’s other major engineering hub in the Seattle region, a large complex in Kirkland, east of Lake Washington. Read more. (Above, a portion of Google’s campus in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood.)
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A stealthy Seattle-area startup led by sisters who previously worked at Meta is building a social commerce platform aiming to help brands connect with younger shoppers as they scroll through their feeds. Read more. (Above, Nectar Social CEO Misbah Uraizee , sitting, and CTO Farah U. )
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