What’s at stake for Seattle in instances of dramatic change?
College of Washington Foster College of Enterprise advertising and marketing professor Jeff Shulman has spent years learning that query, as host of the Seattle Development Podcast, director of the Product Administration Middle, and a civic voice on points starting from housing affordability to the marketing campaign to carry again the Sonics.
On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, Shulman joins us to speak about Seattle’s place within the international AI increase, why town has struggled to provide famous person startups, what AI means for advertising and marketing and training, and the way civic id, tech, enterprise, and sports activities have fueled the area up to now.
Shulman displays on Seattle’s historical past of tech booms, noting that previous eras led by Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon created highly effective native ecosystems and virtuous cycles that attracted expertise and spurred innovation.
It occurred most just lately with the rise of the cloud, led by Amazon Internet Companies.
However the dynamic isn’t repeating itself within the present AI wave, with the trade’s middle of gravity forming within the Bay Space as a substitute. Two GeekWire tales this week underscored the issue: one highlighting Seattle’s absence from the highest AI startup funding rounds, the opposite analyzing the regulatory hurdles stopping robotaxis within the area.
“We nonetheless have Amazon and Microsoft, however we’ve not turn out to be the Al capital of the world like we should always have,” Shulman mentioned. “We’re not seeing that virtuous cycle with Al but, and it’s a missed alternative.”
RELATED LINKS
- Seattle is a world AI hub — however the place are the famous person startups?
- Regardless of standing as a world tech hub, Seattle passengers nonetheless can’t hail a driverless experience
- Ken Griffey Jr. Needs Function in Bringing Seattle Sonics Again
- Seattle Now Podcast: Informal Friday with Todd Bishop and Jeff Shulman
Additionally try the Seattle Development Podcast and “On the Brink” documentary.
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Edited by Curt Milton
