Seattle

Seattle is where Amazon and Microsoft decide creator platform fates: Amazon paid 970 million dollars for Twitch in 2014 and about 300 million dollars for Wondery in 2020 and restructured Wondery with 110 layoffs in August 2025, while Microsoft bought Seattle startup Beam in 2016, ran it as Mixer, signed Ninja and Shroud in 2019 and closed it on July 22, 2020.

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7 nodes

• 2016MixerLive streaming platform, MicrosoftAttention · closed
• 2019Amazon LiveLive shopping platform inside AmazonAttention
• 2005Amazon AssociatesAffiliate program, the oldest commission railIntermediaries
• 2017Amazon Influencer ProgramCreator storefront and shoppable video programIntermediaries
• 2005AmazonE commerce and streaming, SeattlePlaces
• 2005CostcoWarehouse club, Issaquah WashingtonPlaces
• 2005MicrosoftXbox owner, Mixer acquirerCapital