Scientists in a sub turn up good news during expedition in the Salish Sea FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — This week’s Salish Sea Expedition is unfolding amid the heavily trafficked waters off the San Juan Islands, but… Read More
Jeff Bezos on new foundation, Amazon HQ2 status, Trump media criticism, and why he was fine being second-richest person Jeff Bezos was drawn to focus a large portion of his new $2 billion philanthropic foundation on preschool education because… Read More
TLDR: Bezos Creates “Day One Fund” With $2 Billion GeekWire TLDR Daily Rundown: Watch today’s episode with guest host Brian M. Westbrook above, and click the headlines below to read… Read More
SpaceX gets set to reveal its first customer for BFR flight around the moon and back News Brief: A year and a half after saying it had two passengers signed up for a privately funded flight… Read More
Judge sides with ex-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation exec in lawsuit against organization A King County judge sided with a former executive at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who claimed he was misled… Read More
Coffee Meets Bagel CEO explains the importance of having an inclusive workplace Arum Kang had just launched her startup, dating app Coffee Meets Bagel, when two of the company’s software engineers became… Read More
Financial analyst sees Jeff Bezos’ investment as an ’emerging force’ in space, to Amazon’s benefit The news of the day is all about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ philanthropic efforts, but on the business side of… Read More
Starbucks announces plans to ‘go greener’ at 10,000 of its stores worldwide by 2025 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Two months after Starbucks announced a phase-out of plastic straws, the Seattle-based coffee company is pledging… Read More
Nintendo unveils Switch Online service and (finally) a new Animal Crossing game for Switch Last week, Nintendo’s corporate headquarters in Japan was damaged by Typhoon Jebi, which knocked the N off the Nintendo sign… Read More
How Jeff Bezos’ new $2B ‘Day One Fund’ stacks up to other tech billionaires’ philanthropy Jeff Bezos’ donation of $2 billion to his newly announced charitable fund clearly isn’t chump change. But in the world… Read More
GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch Ep. 7: Augmented reality and virtual reality startups face off Check out our latest episode of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch, where entrepreneurs pitch their cutting-edge ideas … in a historic elevator… Read More
Alexa, can you understand me now? Seattle startup helps translate voice apps into other languages The whole point of Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and other voice-activated assistants is being able to talk to them conversationally.… Read More
Gates Foundation exhibit showcases innovative designs for improving lives in the developing world In tech-focused Seattle, design might often be thought of as a means to deliver another luxury to consumers who demand… Read More
Uber plants its flag in Toronto as tech momentum continues for Amazon HQ2 finalist city Another day, another tech giant makes a major commitment to Toronto. With CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in town, Uber announced plans… Read More
How this startup is using robots to write sports news stories for The Associated Press The next Associated Press story you read about a Major League Baseball game may have been written by a robot.… Read More
NASA and Russian officials knock down a conspiracy theory on space station leak NASA and Russia’s space agency issued a joint statement today aimed at quashing viral claims that someone on the International… Read More
Zulily co-founder Darrell Cavens departing as Seattle e-commerce company embarks on new era Zulily co-founder and former CEO Darrell Cavens is stepping away from the e-commerce company that he jokingly refers to as… Read More
Microsoft acquires Lobe, an AI startup working on easy-to-use deep-learning development tools Artificial intelligence tools will never be widely used if it takes decades of expertise to put them into action, which… Read More
Washington STEM gets $75K SAP Concur grant to expand ‘career connected learning’ Education nonprofit Washington STEM is receiving a $75,000 grant from SAP Concur to help it expand student opportunities to explore… Read More
‘The child will be the customer’: How billionaire Jeff Bezos will bring a key Amazon value to philanthropy Customer obsession has driven Jeff Bezos from the day he founded Amazon as a tiny online bookseller. Full text: Amazon… Read More
Saykara raises $5M as its AI voice assistant cuts time doctors spend on paperwork by 70% If you are a doctor in the U.S., chances are you spend a lot of time doing paperwork — sometimes double… Read More
Tech Moves: Pioneer Square Labs hires ExtraHop CFO; Kymeta adds 3 sales execs; and more Pioneer Square Labs hires CFO ExtraHop CFO Palvi Mehta has joined Pioneer Square Labs as CFO. Mehta spent more than seven years at… Read More
Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday revealed a new $2 billion philanthropic initiative called “Bezos Day One Fund” that… Read More
Jeff Bezos unveils $2B ‘Day One Fund’ focusing on homeless families and preschool education Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has unveiled his eagerly-awaited philanthropic initiative, announcing a new “Bezos Day One Fund” that will focus… Read More
Domicile raises $5M for business travel lodging from high-profile Seattle investors Seattle startup Domicile raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by L.A. investment firm CrossCut Ventures. Big names… Read More
Seven Peaks Ventures raises $28M fund, will invest in 25 early stage startups across Pacific Northwest Seven Peaks Ventures has raised $28 million for its second fund and will continue investing in early-stage startups across the… Read More
TLDR: Apple announces a new watch that could save your life GeekWire TLDR Daily Rundown: Watch today’s episode with guest host Brian Westbrook above, and click the headlines below to read more.… Read More
Podcast Apple-palooza! Everything you need to know about the new iPhones and Apple Watch announced today What a day for Apple. At the tech giant’s annual product event Wednesday, the company announced three new iPhones alongside… Read More
Impinj stock soars as connected chip maker clears audit investigation that delayed earnings results Impinj reported its quarterly earnings today — about a month later than it was supposed to due to an audit… Read More
Backed by former Google China leader Kai-Fu Lee, OneClick is building an ‘Excel for AI’ Equipped with an experienced founding team and investment from a renowned artificial intelligence expert, OneClick.AI is on a mission to… Read More
