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And if that regulatory environment changes and it's a green light to buy up whoever you want without

much oversight, then I think it could spark a new wave of M&A activity.

And what that means ostensibly is that there are new exit opportunities for successful

startups and things that...

And unsuccessful startups.

And unsuccessful startups.

Welcome to Geekwire. I'm Geekwire co-founder Todd Bishop.

And I'm Geekwire co-founder John Cook.

We are coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening around us in business, technology, and innovation. What happens here matters everywhere,

and every week on this show. We talk about some of the most interesting and important stories in the

news. John, this week, I kind of got a grab bag for you, a bunch of random items. You know,

not a very consequential week in the world. So let's

just have some fun and talk about some frivolous topics here. Let's come up with a theme song for

Geekwire podcast, Grabbag. Grab bag. In all seriousness, I think a little later on, I would like to talk

a little bit without going overboard because I think folks are sick of it,

but a little bit about what the Trump administration 2.0 will mean for the technology industry

because there is an interesting angle, I think, on Amazon in particular. And I've got a little bit of

inside knowledge from that. Inside scoop, not really just just a minor insight that I think

I can share so that's coming up later on if you can stand it but first hey I was walking through

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