Ex-Amazon and Microsoft employees raise $2.2M for hotel-focused smart speaker Roxy Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the size of the funding round. Roxy, a Seattle startup that… Read More
Santa’s Zillow Zestimate jumps 6.5 percent, and Redfin helps in the hunt for North Pole 2 Two Seattle real estate tech companies are showing a lot of interest in one very famous homeowner with property in… Read More
IPO activity outpacing last year with 74 public companies raising $17.4B IPO activity is up from last year but still remains low compared to the past decade. PitchBook released its 2017… Read More
Reboot your Geek Style: Nominations open for a once-in-a-lifetime pampering experience before next week’s GeekWire Gala Got the winter blues? Or just need a relaxing day of pampering? Well, we’ve got something special in store for… Read More
An Echo in every conference room: Amazon Web Services confirms Alexa for Business If you’ve even been in a meeting at work that gets derailed by clumsy conference calling software or complicated presentation… Read More
Internet Association, a powerful Silicon Valley lobby, is opening an office in Seattle Internet Association — which lobbies on behalf of top tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Airbnb and Uber — is… Read More
Amazon Cloud Cam update enables ceiling installation, app audio shutoff and night vision controls Post updated below with correct information about the new audio features. Amazon is releasing the first major software update for… Read More
Podcast Health Tech Podcast: How do you make it in healthcare? Disrupt from the inside out Tech is all about disruption. It’s the poster child of the innovation economy: Tear everything down and build it over… Read More
GeekWire 200 November update: A massive funding round and innovative partnerships help startups climb the ranking As the year comes to a close, the GeekWire 200 list of the top Pacific Northwest startups shows no signs… Read More
Wave Broadband partners with UW to boost ocean observatory’s fiber connections Wave Broadband is coming out in the open about its partnership with the University of Washington to provide broadband connectivity… Read More
TAE fusion venture wins supercomputer time — and reports progress on test device TAE Technologies, the venture formerly known as Tri Alpha Energy, says it’s been admitted into a U.S. Department of Energy… Read More
Amazon Alexa Fund backs connected car startup Mojio as part of $23M funding round Mojio, a Vancouver, B.C. startup that aims to connect cars to the internet, has raised a $23 million funding round,… Read More
Elon Musk says his Boring Company will bid to build a transit ‘loop’ for Chicago A loop to the Loop? It could happen: Billionaire Elon Musk says he’s willing to build an express transit system… Read More
Report: Amazon to unveil ‘Alexa for Business,’ expanding voice assistant into workplace Amazon is preparing to bring its Alexa voice-based assistant into the workplace, according to a report by CNBC this afternoon.… Read More
Watch: Dustin from ‘Stranger Things’ sings in a band that covers Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder survived the world of grunge, but if he disappears in the “upside down” will Dustin even try to… Read More
Comcast subscribers lose ability to set DVR recordings via Xfinity Remote app after cable giant loses patent fight with TiVo Comcast subscribers who relied on their mobile Xfinity TV Remote app to set a DVR recording while away from home… Read More
Scientists program semi-synthetic bacteria to create an ‘alien’ protein that glows green Researchers have reached a new milestone in their effort to expand the genetic alphabet of life by designing a strain… Read More
Kentucky Derby operator Churchill Downs selling Big Fish Games for $990M, just three years after initial purchase Just three years after acquiring Big Fish Games, Churchill Downs Inc. is selling its mobile gaming subsidiary to Australia-based Aristocrat Technologies… Read More
Arzeda raises another $3.2M for synthetic biology that uses fermentation to build new materials Arzeda does work that sounds out of this world — or maybe straight out of science fiction. The company uses fermentation,… Read More
Surely you can’t be serious: System glitch gave too many American Airlines pilots a Christmas vacation If getting over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house involves flying on American Airlines this holiday season,… Read More
Will Amazon ever spin off Amazon Web Services? CEO Andy Jassy would be “very surprised” As the financial strength of Amazon Web Services has started to become clear over the last several years, a lot… Read More
Amazon continues sports push, partners with NFL to power ‘Next Gen Stats’ with AWS The National Football League is tapping Amazon Web Services to help power its “Next Gen Stats” platform. The NFL announced… Read More
Building permit analysis sheds light on how much Amazon has spent on massive Seattle footprint Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include official data on capital investments from Amazon’s HQ2 website. As Amazon… Read More
New machine-learning services from Amazon Web Services include video recognition, transcription LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services added several new items to its suite of machine-learning driven services Wednesday at AWS… Read More
Robots vs. jobs: Report says automation will displace up to 375M workers by 2030 The latest robot report has bad news for laborers and office support staff, good news for techies and healthcare workers.… Read More
Biotech startup scores $20M to develop drug that triggers the immune system to fight cancer Mavupharma, a biotech startup based in Kirkland, Wash., announced Wednesday that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding… Read More
Amazon Web Services unveils a $249 wireless deep learning video camera for developers Amazon’s newest hardware product is meant to help developers run deep learning and image recognition models directly from a video… Read More
Majority of new homes in Seattle are ‘Built Green’ for the first time, thanks to city incentives Environmentally friendly construction has reached a new milestone in Seattle. Last year, the majority of new homes in the city… Read More
Snapchat refresh aims to separate ‘the social from the media’ as parent company chases Wall Street rebound Snapchat parent Snap has redesigned its social app to draw a clear line between users’ friends and brands that the… Read More
All’s fair in love and new databases for Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy LAS VEGAS — Database technology has become a rather contentious segment of the enterprise tech market over the last few… Read More
