Join us for an exclusive deep dive into journey so far with Generative AI: While tech giants invest billions, driving stock values to new heights, early adopters uncover a mixed… Read More
The halls at a recent meeting of biologists in Seattle were buzzing with more than just the usual excitement about spiders, bats, bees, elephants and other creatures. Researchers were also… Read More
Seattle tech leaders say their city is a hub for AI innovation. But you wouldn’t know it after scanning recent lists highlighting the most promising AI startups. There were two… Read More
Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI landed $35 million to boost the rollout of its platform that helps enterprises shore up their machine learning code. Protect AI sells software that allows… Read More
A new startup wants to make financial analysts more efficient with its chatbot tool that uses artificial intelligence to search publicly available business filings and answer research questions in natural… Read More
Euclidean Technologies is bringing its machine learning-fueled stock strategy to the masses. Founded in 2008, the Seattle firm manages private hedge funds on behalf of accredited or high net worth… Read More
A London-based artificial intelligence researcher who accepted a role as an applied scientist with Amazon in May 2022 says he went through an eight-month U.S. visa process and relocated to… Read More
Protect AI, a Seattle startup that sells cybersecurity tech tailored to code that powers artificial intelligence and machine learning programs, emerged from stealth mode and announced $13.5 million in seed… Read More
While Siri and Alexa are busy getting you the day’s weather forecast or tracking down the name of the capital of some distant country, Xena has work to do. The… Read More
Before you take yet another mulligan, consider that the tool to improving your golf game might not be found in your bag of clubs. The makers of an app that… Read More
The news: Variational AI, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company leveraging artificial intelligence to help develop new small molecule drugs, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The tech: Variational AI’s Enki… Read More
New funding: Machine learning startup OctoML has raised $85 million in new funding, the Seattle-based company announced Monday. The fresh cash brings the company’s total amount raised to $132 million,… Read More
Tignis, the Seattle startup that deploys artificial intelligence and machine learning to help manufacturers, utility companies and smart buildings monitor and improve their operations, has taken on a $1 million… Read More
Anxiety-inducing images of skies hazy from wildfires and hillsides set ablaze are increasingly popping up on my Twitter feed and Instagram feed. The photos are posted by friends and colleagues… Read More
The NBA is tapping the power of its partnership with Microsoft to deliver advanced analytics that offer insights into shots, passes, defense, double teams and more. NBA CourtOptix Powered by… Read More
Plenty of technological advances may be regarded as the cat’s meow. Here’s one that claims to actually understand what cats are saying. Javier Sanchez, a technical program manager at Bellevue,… Read More
OctoML is charging ahead with its machine learning deployment software and on Friday announced a $15 million investment round to help support growth. The Seattle startup spun out of the… Read More
Machine learning is all the rage in big tech, but still largely unavailable to most companies that don’t have the resources or the knowhow to build it. Seattle startup Kaskada… Read More
What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn, and as I was editing GeekWire contributing writer Christopher Budd’s… Read More
Artificial intelligence is here, it’s just the beginning, and it’s time to start thinking about how to regulate it. Those were the takeaways from the Technology Alliance‘s AI Policy Matters… Read More
Melissa Mulholland was 16 weeks pregnant with her second child when her doctor noticed something unusual in an ultrasound scan. It was a rare fetal condition called posterior urethral valves,… Read More
— Government, higher education, and workforce management are just a few places where artificial intelligence is popping up. In hopes of educating everyone about AI, the Tech Alliance is holding… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. — We’re standing inside what appears to be a normal living room, with a couch and a large-screen TV, when one of our hosts pushes on an otherwise… Read More
Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by S. Somasegar, managing director at Madrona Venture Group; and Daniel Li, principal at Madrona Venture Group. Artificial intelligence is a broad… Read More
A group of all-star computer scientists is behind OctoML, a new University of Washington spinout that aims to help companies deploy machine learning models on various hardware configurations. The startup… Read More
Microsoft has reached a deal with pharmaceutical giant Novartis that aims to bring the power of artificial intelligence to drug discovery. “AI is perhaps the most transformational technology of our… Read More
It’s the last ride to the top for season two of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch, the show where entrepreneurs use a 32-second ride inside Seattle’s historic Smith Tower to pitch their… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa isn’t just using voice to provide assistance to users. A new feature called “Show and Tell” enables the tech giant’s AI to use its vision to help blind… Read More
Surely, in our digital lives, we have evolved beyond the print classifieds or flyer-at-the-coffee-shop method of finding a drummer for that band we’re putting together. So what if machine learning… Read More
— Do you remember where you were and what you were doing in 1995? Television was dominated by ER, Seinfeld, and Friends. Die Hard with a Vengeance and the original… Read More