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People on foot, riding bicycles, and even those cruising on electric skateboards crisscrossed over a busy highway between Microsoft’s old and new campuses on Monday as a dramatic new pedestrian… Read More
Amazon’s employment in Washington state, including warehouse and corporate workers, fell by 3,000 people to 87,000 employees between early 2023 and early 2024 — its first recorded year-over-year employment decline… Read More
Amazon is restarting construction on a 42-story office tower in Bellevue, Wash., to complete 22 floors of the building’s interior and make room for an additional 3,000 employees. Located at… Read More
The City of Bellevue, Wash., has been awarded a $1.43 million grant from the U.S Department of Transportation to pilot the use of technologies aimed at making pedestrians safer when… Read More
A cohort of 4-5 highly-vetted startups in the AI / ML space will be presenting to an expert investor panel and an audience of accredited investors. This conference is for… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. — The courtship between this city and one of the world’s biggest tech companies continued Thursday as the Bellevue Downtown Association presented John Schoettler, Amazon vice president of… Read More
Shein, a juggernaut in the world of fast-fashion and e-commerce, is opening a new office in downtown Bellevue, Wash., that will serve as a U.S. fulfillment and logistics hub for… Read More
In 2021, while much of the U.S. was recovering from the pandemic, Bellevue’s tech scene was flourishing as Amazon, Meta and others rushed to expand their footprints in the city… Read More
Nobody dropped the tech industry’s tried and true “fail fast” mantra, but during a tour Wednesday of Amazon’s newly opened Sonic office tower in Bellevue, Wash., the theme was definitely… Read More
Amazon has moved about half of a planned 2,000 employees from Seattle to Bellevue, Wash., where the company ultimately plans to employ 25,000 people. Despite an ongoing pause in the… Read More
BellHop is up and running in Bellevue, Wash. The free, on-demand electric shuttle service launched Tuesday to provide rides around the downtown core and help alleviate parking and last-mile headaches… Read More
Circuit, an on-demand electric shuttle service, is coming to Bellevue, Wash., to provide free rides to people looking to move around the city’s downtown core. In partnership with Visit Bellevue… Read More
With cranes still swinging overhead and construction continuing on the Spring District in Bellevue, Wash., Meta officially threw open the doors Tuesday on its own offices at the sprawling development.… Read More
A team of students from Newport High School in Bellevue, Wash., made a strong showing at the International Rocketry Challenge outside London on Friday, finishing second behind Team Japan and… Read More
The news: Strac, a software startup building tech that plugs into a company’s website or mobile app to secure sensitive customer data, raised $3.5 million. The team: The Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More
Gordian Software, which builds tech that helps airlines and travel websites upsell customers with add-on features, raised $25 million. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup was founded in 2017 by Stephen Grabowski… Read More
Two teams from one high school in Bellevue, Wash., are flying high after a rocket-launching competition on the other side of the country last weekend. Newport High School (Team 2)… Read More
Comparing Silicon Valley and Seattle has become something of a regional pastime in the Pacific Northwest. But the comparison might be more accurate if directed a few miles east, across… Read More
To suggest that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan had a pressurized run as the Emerald City’s top elected official is to badly understate her tenure. Drafted into office after a disgraced… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Amazon is poised to transform a major swath of this city, much as the company reshaped Seattle during the past 15 years. But the tech giant’s approach… Read More
Looking to expand its already sizable stake in Bellevue, Wash., Facebook’s parent company Meta is making a move on another 213,000 square feet of office space in the rapidly growing… Read More
Mayor Lynne Robinson knows it’s coming. So do the developers, the housing advocates, the retirees who don’t want their suburb to change, and the business owners who both fear and… Read More
When Apptio launched in 2007, early employees debated whether the enterprise software startup should establish its headquarters in Seattle or nearby Bellevue. Even though the five co-founders eventually settled on… Read More
Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy admitted his company’s relationship with Seattle political leaders has become rocky over recent history, but added that he hopes it can improve in the… Read More
Amazon contributed $7.5 million to complete the Wilburton and Wilburton Trestle trail segments in Bellevue, Wash., the city just east of Seattle where it eventually plans to employ 25,000 people.… Read More
Facebook is grabbing more space in the sprawling Spring District development in Bellevue, Wash., securing a lease for Block 5, an 11-story, 345,000-square-foot office building scheduled to open in 2023.… Read More
Amazon’s commitment to Bellevue, Wash., extends beyond its plans to develop a major campus in the city east of Seattle. The tech giant announced on Monday night that it is… Read More
Amazon has revealed its proposed design for a second office tower as part of its Bellevue 600 project, further solidifying the look and feel of the tech giant’s expanding presence… Read More
The Seattle region is the leading U.S. market for large tech office space leases, eclipsing the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time since 2013. According to a new… Read More
