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09-11-26 -
You cannot fund compassion from an empty treasury: Seattle Chamber CEO frames...
Speaking at the Seattle Chamber’s 144th annual meeting, CEO Joe Nguyen framed local business growth as an essential prerequisite for progressive civic priorities—warning regional leaders that public services, housing, and transit cannot be fun...
09-10-26 -
Top Seattle tech and business leaders demand 100-day public safety action pla...
In a letter sent Thursday, executives from major area employers — including Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, F5, Alaska Airlines, Zillow, and others — urged city leaders to protect and expand public safety funding amid growing skepticism that the...
09-10-26 -
Amazon expands its Quick AI assistant on mobile in challenge to Microsoft and...
Amazon is adding the Activity Feed from its Quick desktop app to the AI assistant\'s iPhone and Android apps, combining email, Slack messages, calendar invites and CRM updates into one prioritized list. The desktop version, released in previe...
09-10-26 -
Spotlight: Startup vet launches Latch to liberate humanity from doing work th...
Serial founder Stefan Kalb has launched Latch, an $8M FUSE-backed enterprise AI startup built alongside a PSL alum to map real-world workflows and liberate employees from the routine tasks that hold them back. Read More
09-10-26 -
Microsoft 2.5: EVP Pavan Davuluri wants to remake Windows for both human and ...
Pavan Davuluri, who runs Windows and Surface at Microsoft, is rebuilding the operating system so AI agents can run on it alongside people. In the latest installment of GeekWire\'s Microsoft 2.5 series, he talks with Mary Jo Foley about the cu...
09-10-26 -
Amazon updates its Luna gaming service to enable remote multiplayer sessions,...
The September update for Amazon’s cloud-based gaming service Luna comes with multiple new features, the most prominent of which is one that will allow up to 7 other players to remotely participate in the same gaming session. Read More
09-10-26 -
Seattle biotech BrainChild Bio raises $116M to advance CAR T therapy for chil...
Seattle biotech BrainChild Bio has raised $116 million to advance an experimental CAR T cell therapy for DIPG, a rare and deadly brain tumor that primarily affects young children. The company is building on technology developed at Seattle Children...
09-10-26 -
Seattle economic study finds strong tech assets, a risky concentration, and a...
An independent study commissioned by the City of Seattle says the city should protect the big tech employers it has while building a more diverse economy on top of them. The 127-page report also says Seattle\'s tax structure is unique among i...
09-10-26 -
Prime-time AI: Microsoft Copilot gets a share of the spotlight during Seahawk...
During the broadcast, NBC play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico pointed out the new Microsoft Surface devices — clad in action green cases, no less — in the Seattle\'s coaches\' box above Lumen Field. Read More
09-09-26 -
Amazons new board member is a cybersecurity founder who sold his last company...
Amazon has named Kevin Mandia, the founder of breach-investigation firm Mandiant, to its board of directors, adding security expertise a few months after former NSA director Keith Alexander stepped down. Mandia now runs Armadin, a startup that use...
09-09-26 -
Opinion: Its time for Seattle to believe in Seattle
Jacob Colker argues that Seattle has a branding problem, not a lack of talent, ambition or accomplishments. He lays out a five-step plan for the region\'s tech community to start telling its own story. Read More
09-09-26 -
General Motors to open downtown Seattle office to bring together remote techn...
The 43,000-square-foot space at West8 in the Denny Triangle neighborhood will bring together employees across digital products, AV, IT, HR, marketing, and other teams. Read More
09-09-26 -
NLM Photonics adds key investors in quest to reduce the power needed to move ...
The Seattle startup\'s materials sit on top of silicon chips and imprint data onto a beam of light using less power. Mitsubishi Chemical\'s venture arm and Pangaea Ventures joined a $13 million round. Read More
09-09-26 -
General Robotics, led by Microsoft vets, says its AI has cut robot setup from...
A Redmond startup founded by former Microsoft researchers says its GRID platform now automates much of the engineering that keeps robots stuck in pilot projects. CEO Ashish Kapoor says the company has roughly a dozen customers and revenue in the m...
09-09-26 -
With a headcount topping 800, Helion opens Seattle office in pursuit of fusio...
Helion Energy has opened a downtown Seattle office as its headcount hits 800 employees, adding to its five-building Everett headquarters and its Malaga, Wash., site, where the fusion startup is building its Orion generator facility. The company, w...
09-08-26 -
Tech Moves: T-Mobile appoints CFO; Microsoft and Blue Origin VPs depart; AZX ...
T-Mobile named Jessica Uhl as CFO-designate, succeeding Peter Osvaldik as CFO come February. Microsoft and Blue Origin saw the departure of vice presidents, while startups AZX and Caddi added leaders, among other tech personnel changes. Read More
09-08-26 -
100% real, no AI: Watch video from Code.org founder Hadi Partovis Viking-insp...
Complete with 200 \"villagers,\" hand-aged coins, and a strict no-phone policy on a UNESCO World Heritage island, CodeAI\'s Hadi Partovi and Booka founder Becca Oystila tied the knot in Sweden. Read More
09-08-26 -
Pallet shuts down after nine years of taking on homelessness with its durable...
Nine years after setting out to tackle unsheltered homelessness with rapidly deployable, hard-panel micro-shelters, Everett, Wash.-based social purpose corporation Pallet is closing its business. Read More
09-08-26 -
Stoke Space raises $1B to expand its footprint and upsize its fully reusable ...
Seattle-area startup targets early 2027 for first Pathfinder launch, with bigger Nova Block 2 due for 2029 debut. Read More
09-07-26 -
All a circuit board! Tech engineer tracks trains, ferries and more in real ti...
Powered by public data and custom hardware, Michael Benedict\'s $219 interactive board is live look at local trains, ferries, and more via blinking LED lights. Read More
09-06-26 -
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 30, 2026
See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 30, 2026. Read More
09-05-26 -
Cowboy Space leases a huge facility in the Seattle area to produce hardware f...
California-based Cowboy Space is leasing a 291,035-square-foot industrial facility in Kent, Wash., to support the production of hardware for its… Read More
09-05-26 -
NBAs Ballmer crackdown echoes Microsoft antitrust; SF vs. Seattle housing; an...
This week: The NBA suspends former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a year and hits the Clippers with $30 million… Read More
09-05-26 -
Seattle Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging they trained their AI on it...
Microsoft was sued Friday by the parent company of its hometown daily newspaper, The Seattle Times Co., which joined with Newsday to accuse the Redmond tech giant and OpenAI of using their journalism to train their artificial intelligence models. ...
09-04-26 -
WSU President Betsy Cantwell builds custom AI agents but wont ask them to pre...
Former national lab scientist and current Washington State University President Betsy Cantwell uses custom AI agents to de-risk research and model complex financial scenarios for college athletics. But the top Cougar believes artificial intelligen...
09-04-26 -
Sonic the Hedgehog exhibit makes a weekend run in Seattle, with fan art and 3...
Seattle is hosting 35 Years of Speed: The Sonic Art Exhibit. This touring art collection is part of the celebration of the anniversary of the Sonic franchise, which began back in 1991 with the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. Read...
09-04-26 -
Startup Spotlight: Food photographer uses 25-year archive to build an AI tool...
Pallat allows art directors to modify existing campaign photo assets — like swapping a topping, adjusting lighting, or changing a backdrop — in minutes through software rather than starting from scratch back on set. Read More
09-04-26 -
Etzioni on AI: What kids tell chatbots, but not you
Millions of kids head back to school this week with a tool in their pocket that will do their homework, answer the questions they’re too embarrassed to ask an adult, and never tell anyone they asked. Read More
09-04-26 -
NASAs chief talks up nuclear power during Inspiration Tour of Northwest space...
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman pays a visit to Rocketdyne and other commercial partners in Washington state. Read More
09-03-26 -
New Seahawks co-owner with deep Seattle tech roots says, Im the 12th man I w...
“I would have never considered investing or being in ownership in sports other than the Seahawks,” Sunny Gupta told GeekWire. “This is a dream come true of something I love so much. The city I love so much, fan base, the team.\" Read More
09-03-26 -
Two familiar Seattle tech figures turn up on Seahawks co-owner list as sale i...
Nestled among a newly revealed co-owner lineup were a couple familiar names for the Pacific Northwest tech community: former Apptio CEO and longtime Seattle entrepreneur Sunny Gupta, and Nader Naini, managing partner at Seattle-based healthcare pr...
09-03-26 -
Startup takes on AI hallucinations with $25M and an HQ rooted in a small Wash...
Resect AI, an artificial intelligence startup led by a team of scientists and engineers in Washougal, Wash., launched out of stealth Thursday. Read More
09-03-26 -
Tech Moves: Microsoft names execs; DAT, Oracle and Hiya departures; new Zillo...
Microsoft is shuffling leadership, naming Aneesh Raman chief economic opportunity officer and promoting Jenny Lay-Flurrie to CVP of the Trusted Technology Group. Zillow has a new policy lead while Oracle, Hiya and DAT Freight & Analytics ...
09-03-26 -
Tech industrys robotics talent crunch has UWs new grad program nearly full be...
The University of Washington is launching a Master of Science in Robotics and a professional certificate this fall. More than 30 people signed up for an information session before applications even opened, a sign of how fast demand for engineers t...
09-03-26 -
Blue Ring for a Red Planet: Blue Origin wins $700M from NASA for Mars Telecom...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a contract worth up to $700 million to boost NASA’s telecommunications capability… Read More
09-03-26 -
Uber laying off 93 Washington state workers, hitting engineer and management ...
The cuts hit technical roles particularly hard, with position titles including software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and a Seattle-based director of engineering. Read More
09-03-26 -
How a new $7.5M UW facility aims to spark U.S. battery innovation
The University of Washington has opened the West Coast\'s first public, open-access battery manufacturing lab to help startups scale novel chemistries for grid storage, defense and transportation. Built with $7.5 million in state climate fund...
09-03-26 -
UW pays $600K to settle lawsuit with computer science professor over parody l...
Stuart Reges was disciplined by the University of Washington after including a parody land acknowledgment in a course syllabus. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found university officials violated Reges\' academic freedom right...
09-03-26 -
AI learns natures code: Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch launch $95M open s...
Three of Seattle\'s top scientific institutions are launching a nearly $95 million research initiative that will generate data and train AI models to design proteins and genes that don\'t exist in nature — sharing the results freely to...
09-03-26 -
Qualtrics cut 117 jobs tied to Seattle headquarters, new filing shows
A new state filing shows Qualtrics is cutting 117 jobs tied to its Seattle headquarters, the first public figure showing the regional impact of layoffs the experience management software company made globally two weeks ago. Read More
09-02-26 -
McGraw Hill acquires Teachally, an AI startup for teachers led by Seattle tec...
McGraw Hill has acquired Teachally, a five-person startup whose AI tools help teachers build and customize lessons, assignments and assessments aligned to state standards. Founder Daniel Bernstein, who built and sold the game studio Sandlot Games ...
09-02-26 -
NBA suspends Steve Ballmer for 1 year, fines L.A. Clippers $30M over salary-c...
Beyond Ballmer’s ban and the team fine, the Clippers were stripped of five consecutive first-round draft picks (2029 through 2033), several team executives were suspended, and Leonard was ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution. Read More
09-02-26 -
How to make industry giants chase you, and other lessons from 28 years inside...
Mike Katz is leaving T-Mobile after 28 years, from selling VoiceStream phones at a Circuit City to running marketing, strategy and products. He reflects on the Un-carrier turnaround and the business lessons behind it. Read More
09-02-26 -
AI wealth fuels San Franciscos housing boom while tech layoffs weigh down Sea...
A new Redfin report reveals a sharp divide between the West Coast’s top tech hubs: as OpenAI and Anthropic fuel a housing resurgence in San Francisco, Seattle real estate stalls amid widespread job cuts across the regional tech ecosystem. Read More
09-02-26 -
Kids go from curious to frustrated playing with AI-stuffed toys, UW study finds
Today, plush toys aren\'t just stuffed — they\'re stuffed with artificial intelligence, and new research from the University of Washington reveals that when these \"smart\" toys start chatting, kids quickly go from curious to...
09-02-26 -
Seismic CEO on the Highspot merger: revenue, job cuts, Seattle, AI, and the S...
Two weeks after Seismic completed its merger with Highspot, CEO Rob Tarkoff disclosed the combined company\'s revenue for the first time and addressed questions about job cuts, the future of Highspot\'s Seattle offices, and how AI is res...
09-02-26 -
NewDays brings its AI-driven dementia care platform to Nevada, expands seed r...
Seattle startup NewDays raised $16 million to scale its combination of telehealth clinicians and an AI companion named Sunny for treating mild dementia. Early research shows the platform can help preserve cognitive function by up to 18 months, and...
09-01-26 -
Wyze treats home security like a social feed with new AI-powered Stories feature
The feature stitches together clip sequences from multiple cameras into a single, chronological event to do away with notification fatigue. Read More
09-01-26 -
Madronas annual IA40 list shows an AI industry splitting in two
Madrona\'s sixth annual Intelligent Applications 40 names 45 private AI companies that have raised $410 billion combined, with Anthropic, OpenAI and Databricks accounting for 92% of that total. Rising round sizes forced the firm to raise its ...
09-01-26 -
Juno Propulsion wins $1.2M grant from NSF to advance non-toxic space propulsi...
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant to Tukwila, Wash.-based Juno Propulsion to support the startup’s development… Read More

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