The news: Cloud Paper, the Seattle startup that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to slow deforestation, has raised $5 million in new funding. Big-name… Read More
The news: WhyLabs, a spinout from the Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), raised $10 million and released a new tool to support machine learning applications. The problem: As more… Read More
Jeff Bezos is among the investors taking part in an $80 million funding round in Overtime, a sports media brand with plans to launch a new basketball league for elite… Read More
Jeff Bezos is the richest person on earth. He amassed the world’s largest individual fortune largely thanks to his shares in Amazon, the e-commerce giant he started more than two… Read More
Even Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos got misty-eyed at Seattle’s Museum of Flight during today’s unveiling of rocket engine parts from the Apollo moonshots. “I always do,” he told GeekWire afterward.… Read More
Experts are wrapping up their conservation work on the decades-old Saturn V rocket engine parts that were recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, thanks to an effort backed… Read More
After months of closed pilots, Vessel, the video subscription service started by Former Hulu execs Jason Kilar and Richard Tom, is open to the public. The service, which costs $3… Read More
Juno Therapeutics, a new Seattle startup that’s trying to eliminate cancer from the human body, raised a hefty $120 million series A round last month. Now, it is receiving even… Read More
Minnesota-based 3D printing manufacturer Stratasys today acquired MakerBot for $402 million based on Stratasys’ stock price in a deal that could accelerate the arrival of 3D printers to the mainstream… Read More
Jeff Bezos has put money into a robot factory worker, a 10,000 year clock and private car service. And he’s not done yet. Bezos Expeditions and In-Q-Tel, the venture arm… Read More
He has eyes, he has arms and he can accomplish simple tasks to help your business move faster. That’s the pitch for Baxter, a two-armed robot destined for the factory… Read More