— Starbucks Senior Vice President of Technology Wouleta Ayele has departed the Seattle coffee retailer to join California fast-casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen as CTO. Sweetgreen applies technology to manage its… Read More
— Adriane Brown, managing partner at Seattle VC firm Flying Fish, joined the board of global investment firm KKR. This is Brown’s second notable board appointment this year after she… Read More
— Icertis hired longtime SAP executive Gretchen Eischen as its new chief marketing officer. She was most recently global vice president and head of marketing for SAP’s procurement solutions and… Read More
Ossia is teaming up with a Toyota Group subsidiary to fuel development of its wireless power technology. The Seattle-area startup announced a commercial agreement deal and a strategic investment from… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Starting next year, Seattle-area startup Ossia’s wireless charging technology will be available in a consumer product for the first time, thanks to a new partnership with phone… Read More
PITTSBURGH — The idea of ubiquitous over-the-air wireless charging is a dream for people living in a tangled web of charging cords and adapters. Walk within range of the wireless… Read More
It’s been a little over two months since Mario Obeidat took over as CEO of wireless charging company Ossia. He took the position to help Ossia commercialize its technology, which allows… Read More
Amplero, a marketing platform fueled by artificial intelligence, announced the addition of Microsoft and Amazon vet Andrew Toner as the company’s CTO this week. Toner comes to the position after working as a… Read More
Ossia has hired a new leader as the Bellevue, Wash.-based company prepares to commercialize its wireless charging technology. Long-time tech executive Mario Obeidat is Ossia’s new CEO. He takes over… Read More
Expect a lot of activity from the GeekWire 200 list of privately-held Pacific Northwest startups in 2017. This year, we could see IPOs from some of the top companies, as well… Read More
Crowdsourced package delivery, wireless over-the-air device charging, an atlas of the human brain, dynamic 3D face reconstruction, and a rocket that can land upright and be used again. These are some… Read More
— Ossia, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that makes wireless charging technology, has appointed Didier Le Lannic as CEO. He will take on leadership of Ossia in its Bellevue offices and help the company bring its… Read More
In Jony Ive’s mind, the ideal Apple product probably doesn’t have any ports at all, just a shiny box of glass and metal. And with the latest iPhone rumors, the… Read More
LAS VEGAS — It has been a giant week at the Consumer Electronics Show, and in this final video dispatch, GeekWire’s John Cook and Taylor Soper recap their trip, including… Read More
LAS VEGAS— Ossia may be the biggest idea at the Consumer Electronics Show that you’ve heard nothing about. And probably with good reason. After all, in a show dominated with talk… Read More
The wireless charging we have today is barely wireless. Right now, if you are too lazy to plug a wire into your phone, the best you can do is place… Read More
—Cyanogen, the makers of modified versions of Android for mobile devices, has snagged two executives from Amazon and Qualcomm to expand international operations. Former Amazon Vice President of Traffic Stephen Lawler is… Read More
Ossia is adding another established investor to its of group financial backers. The Redmond-based startup, which is developing wireless charging technology, announced today that Japan-based KDDI is making a strategic… Read More
Ossia, a Redmond-based startup developing wireless charging technology, is raising $24 million. The six-year-old company confirmed today that it has already reeled in $9.3 million of the new round. The money… Read More
Intel Capital today announced a new crop of tech startups it is now backing, including two companies in the Seattle region. Among the 16 startups receiving $62 million from the venture arm of Intel is… Read More