Atomo, the Seattle-based beanless coffee maker, is marking Earth Day with the grand opening of a new roastery in its hometown that will produce the company’s grounds for coffee shops… Read More
Some of Seattle’s tech leaders have been doing their best to get the word out about the region’s artificial intelligence prowess. Laxman Narasimhan, the new Starbucks CEO, has clearly gotten… Read More
Starbucks is directing corporate employees to return to the office a minimum of three days a week, saying that it’s time to “rebuild and revive the energy” of its headquarters… Read More
Seattle-based sustainable coffee maker Atomo says it is restructuring, just six months after raising $40 million in fresh funding. In a statement provided to GeekWire, the 4-year-old company said it… Read More
Starbucks Rewards members will be able to earn and purchase collectable digital stamps, then buy and sell them in a marketplace with other members of the loyalty program, through an… Read More
In a blind and not-that-scientific taste test, a trio of GeekWire staffers took on the tough task of slugging back eight varieties of cold brew coffee in the middle of… Read More
Starbucks and Amazon have teamed on their second “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go” location in New York City. The physical retail partnership between the tech and coffee giants features a Starbucks… Read More
Atomo, the Seattle coffee company making its sustainable brews without beans, has raised $40 million in new funding, the startup announced Tuesday. Atomo is also officially launching the sale of… Read More
Amazon and Starbucks plan to expand upon their physical retail partnership and open two more “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go” stores this year, Amazon said during its quarterly earnings report… Read More
This year’s unusual holiday season is all about managing expectations. Most brand-new electronics are in limited supply due to the ongoing international chip shortage. Anything vaguely collectible is likely to… Read More
Two of Seattle’s retail icons are collaborating on a store for the first time. The first “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go” will open Thursday in New York City. The space… Read More
The “future of coffee” has arrived — at least for the 1,000 or so people who will get a chance to buy some cold brew from Atomo Coffee, the Seattle-based… Read More
When Microsoft announced its acquisition of LinkedIn for more than $26 billion five years ago, there was lots of skepticism, and for good reason. After all, Microsoft was a company… Read More
New funding: Bean Box, the Seattle startup that delivers premium coffee from independent roasters, has raised $2.4 million in new funding as part of a Series A round. The company:… Read More
New funding: Bottomless, the small Seattle startup with big e-commerce dreams, has raised $4.5 million in a new Series A funding round to help with the continued growth of its… Read More
For all the remembrances tied to the passing of Bill Gates Sr., who died Monday at age 94, perhaps no story is more surprising or entertaining than one told over… Read More
If you’re home-brewed coffee is one of the less appealing aspects of working from home, perhaps you need a fresh jolt from a specialty roaster. Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group is… Read More
That’s a lot of beans. Or, lack of beans. Seattle-based Atomo Coffee has raised $9 million in new funding to power its idea around molecular coffee that can be reverse… Read More
Less than two years after opening a unique retail concept billed as a “second living room” for customers, AT&T is closing “The Lounge” in Seattle. The telecommunications giant is shuttering… Read More
Customers who enter a company-owned Starbucks location in the U.S. will be required to wear a face covering starting next week, the coffee giant announced on Thursday. In a blog… Read More
Coronavirus isn’t slowing the coffee business, at least when it comes to mobile ordering and payments, and Seattle startup Joe Coffee is seizing on demand for its services by raising… Read More
For a lot of workers of varying stripes, coffee is an essential part of what it means to go to work, especially in Seattle. Whether it’s the morning cup for… Read More
Dan Price, the high-profile co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based credit card processing and financial services company Gravity Payments, has been thinking about coffee shops and fairness since his days growing… Read More
NEW YORK CITY — This isn’t the “third place” that helped Starbucks grow into a $100 billion juggernaut — but it may be an important part of the company’s future.… Read More
News this summer that Starbucks would be pulling print copies of The New York Times and other publications from its cafes landed like a cup of spilled coffee on our… Read More
You might think that caffeine fuels a lot of the innovative ideas that come out of Seattle’s tech community. But what does that say about what Andy Liu is drinking… Read More
Independent coffee shops have always sought to carve out their spot in Seattle and elsewhere against Starbucks’ shop-on-every-corner mentality, whether it was with the flavor of their product or the… Read More
Bean there, done with that. The future of coffee got a jolt Wednesday as Atomo Coffee announced it has secured $2.6 million in seed funding to develop what it calls… Read More
Stop the (French) presses. According to a report in the New York Post this week, Starbucks is going to stop selling The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and… Read More
Even the Mother of Dragons needs her coffee fix, apparently. In a gaffe for the ages, HBO’s popular and nearly complete fantasy series “Game of Thrones” was being roasted following… Read More