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Epic is laying off 1,000 employees across the company, or about 20% of its workforce, citing reduced engagement with "Fortnite."

Lamanna's comments at GeekWire's Agents of Transformation event reflect how access to AI models is becoming as fundamental as salary in compensation negotiations.

Taylor Soper www.geekwire.com by Taylor Soper on Mar 24, 2026 at 7:10 pm March 24, 2026 at 7:15 pm Work perks are taking on new meaning in the AI boom.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification.

Taylor Soper Technical job candidates are adding a new line to their list of requests in the AI boom: ample access to AI capacity.

Founded last year, the company is building what it calls a “skills operating system” aimed at helping workers — particularly military veterans and recent graduates — translate their real-world experience into language employers can use.

The finalists for Innovation of the Year are Alpenglow Biosciences; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; RevealDx; Starcloud; and VerAvanti.

Software in the age of AI agents is becoming something anyone can create on the fly — which could have major implications in the way "applications" are designed, built, and used.

Taylor Soper www.geekwire.com by Taylor Soper on Mar 25, 2026 at 2:00 pm March 25, 2026 at 8:51 am

Microsoft Expands Datacenter Capabilities With Acquisition of Fungible Key Takeaways: • Microsoft has purchased Fungible, a Silicon Valley startup focused on data center storage and networking • The Fungible team will integrate into Microsoft’s datacenter infrastructure engineering group to advance