TechFlash: Nadella: AI Microsoft's next frontier; Aerospace startups vie for cash

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Artificial intelligence is Microsoft's next frontier, CEO Satya Nadella says Microsoft's CEO says tech giant has a new goal – helping customers do something with the incredible amount of data stored in the cloud. Three Seattle-area aerospace startups compete for a slice of $200M Starburst Venture fund Starburst Accelerator is also offering the firms introductions to industry giants like Boeing, Airbus Group, Raytheon, General Electric and Northrop-Grumman. Trade Off: International trade accounts for 40 percent of Washington jobs, $86.4B in exports Donald Trump has pledged to withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and renegotiate or withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement. That would be bad for Washington, the most trade-dependent state in the nation. Seattle e-commerce platform Blueprint Registry closes $1.45M funding round The Seattle e-commerce company lets to-be-married couples create customized blueprints of their homes for gift registries so wedding guests can visualize where the eventual newlyweds will use their gifts. Seattle startup Qumulo hires Isilon veteran as new CEO Richter, who's replacing co-founder and longtime CEO Peter Godman, said the data storage startup will increase sales and marketing and expand into Europe and Asia. Boeing Roundup: New orders from Norway, Fiji and Canada Norway is ordering five P-8A Poseidon aircraft, a heavily militarized version of Boeing's 737-800ERX civilian passenger jet made at a top-secret manufacturing facility in Renton. Washington fiber network provider that serves Seattle sold for $1.42 billion Zayo Group Holdings Inc. said it's buying Electric Lightwave, a fiber network provider that serves Seattle and other western cities, for $1.42 billion. Patti Payne: Annual Institute for Systems Biology Valerie Logan lunch raises $120,000 The money raised was 30 percent more than last year's total and will help support science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers. Zillow values Santa's North Pole home at $656,957 Zillow said Santa's home has never been sold and is not on the market. National Tech News 'Gooligan' virus infects 1 million Android phones and counting; here's how to check yours Uber, Lyft like Donald Trump's latest Cabinet appointment TechFlash Q&A: Reasons to be hopeful about our robot-controlled future Oh, great: Facebook just invented another time suck

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