Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 24, 2023

University of Washington researchers are rolling out another tiny robotic breakthrough, this time in the form of an autonomous device that relies on surrounding light or radio waves to move in short bursts. … Read More

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed suit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging that the Seattle-based tech giant is a monopoly that abuses its power. … Read More

Former Tableau CFO Damon Fletcher is coming out of retirement to launch a startup that helps tech companies get a hold of their cloud costs amid a surge in spending driven by artificial intelligence. … Read More

Peregrine Hydrogen, a Santa Cruz, Calif., startup developing technology for producing clean hydrogen, raised $7.8 million in seed financing. … Read More

Seattle-area startups that just graduated from Y Combinator’s summer 2023 batch are tackling a wide range of problems — with plenty of help from artificial intelligence. … Read More

The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon alleges, for the first time publicly, that the company used a secret pricing algorithm known internally as “Project Nessie” to compete unfairly in the e-commerce market. … Read More

Fuse is pouring more fuel on its fire. The Seattle-area venture capital firm raised $250 million for its second fund, a major swath of cash that will support early stage enterprise software startups across the Pacific Northwest. … Read More

United Launch Alliance says the first prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband network have been placed atop their Atlas V rocket, with launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida set for Oct. … Read More

A growing number of leaks and stolen intellectual property are unsettling leaders at large-member organizations and government agencies. … Read More

Jeff Bezos’ selection of Amazon devices chief Dave Limp as the next CEO of his Blue Origin space venture could well mark the start of a speed-up in the company’s tortoise-like pace. … Read More