Articles from 2020 – Page 6 of 98

Skateboard startup: Here’s how two Seattle teens launched a business during the grind of COVID

Kids are coping with the grind of COVID-19 in a variety of ways as they deal with isolation, remote school… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Salesforce strikes a deal to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion; Amazon Web Services makes some… Read More

Battery Ventures makes majority investment in Seattle enterprise security startup DomainTools

Longtime investment firm Battery Ventures announced a majority investment in DomainTools, a Seattle startup that helps companies mitigate security threats.… Read More

The long road back to normal: Penny Arcade Expo announces event dates for 2021

In a sign that nature is healing, the organizers of the annual Penny Arcade Expo gaming convention have announced tentative… Read More

Jeff Bezos shows off Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine — and makes a bold prediction

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos heralded progress on the development of the rocket engine that’s destined for use on the lunar… Read More

Advice for women who want to join a board — and why gender balance in the boardroom is important

The percentage of women on company boards across the Russell 3000 list has increased from 16% in 2017 to a… Read More

Silverback Therapeutics prices IPO at $21/share, will raise $241M in 4th Wash. state IPO of 2020

Silverback Therapeutics will raise $241.5 million as the Seattle biotech company goes public Friday. Silverback priced its IPO on Thursday… Read More

President Trump signs an executive order guiding how federal agencies use AI tech

President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that puts the White House Office of Management and Budget in charge… Read More

Washington state ranks No. 2 nationwide for annual video game industry economic output at $11.6B

Washington state’s video games industry overtook Texas last year and claimed the No. 2 spot for total economic output, as… Read More

AAA’s GIG car-sharing service expands in Seattle, filling void left by ReachNow, car2go, Lime

Car-sharing is slowly making a comeback in Seattle. AAA’s GIG Car Share service launched this summer, filling a void left… Read More

NASA agrees to purchase moon rocks for $1 in a deal that may involve Blue Origin

NASA has selected four companies to collect material on the moon and store it up as the space agency’s property,… Read More

Amazon teams up with YETI in lawsuit against alleged counterfeiters

Amazon and YETI filed a lawsuit that accuses two U.S.-based defendants of selling counterfeit YETI products on Amazon. The case… Read More

Washington State U. launches ‘Spinout Space in Spokane’ incubator for life sciences startups

Washington State University is launching a new life sciences incubator in Spokane, Wash., designed to help startups grow out of… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

Bill Gates calls for creation of National Institutes of Energy Innovation to better address climate change

In the midst of one global disaster, Bill Gates is thinking about how to prevent the next. And while the… Read More

After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

Kicking off the annual Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, AWS CEO Andy Jassy pointed to a major milestone… Read More

Fred Hutch’s holiday gala going virtual with singer Sheryl Crow and a celebration of ‘fearless science’

In her biggest hit, Sheryl Crow sings about how all she wants to do is have some fun. It can… Read More

PreAct raises $1.6M from Sony, others to help prevent road traffic crashes with vehicle-sensing tech

Road traffic crashes kill about 1.35 million people worldwide each year. Despite more advanced collision warning systems now built into… Read More

Microsoft acquires video-game tournament tool Smash.GG as MSN expands esports footprint

Microsoft has acquired the esports organization tool Smash.GG, according to an announcement by MSN’s new esports hub. Smash.GG confirmed the… Read More

CoreStack raises $4M to help companies manage cloud infrastructure cost, compliance, consumption

Seattle-area startup CoreStack raised another $4 million as the company sees demand increase for its cloud governance software. It follows… Read More

New data shows how much cash Seattle-area tech startups received in PPP loans

The Small Business Administration released new data this week showing the exact amount of money companies received from the federal… Read More

Amazon’s safety claims fail to convince critics in government amid holiday shopping rush

Amazon has consistently defended its safety record following exposés by the Center for Investigative Reporting over the past year documenting… Read More

Why NBA legend Detlef Schrempf joined Cameo, and what it says about the future of fan interaction

Nearly two decades after he played his last game in the NBA, former Seattle Supersonics star Detlef Schrempf is looking… Read More

Former Sumo Logic and Auth0 exec raises $2M for stealthy new security startup ZeroWall

Longtime cybersecurity leader Joan Pepin just raised $2 million for a new Portland, Ore.-based startup that aims to rethink how… Read More

Radian Aerospace pursues a stealthy and unorthodox plan for orbital space plane

For years, Renton, Wash.-based Radian Aerospace has been working on a rocket project while holding its cards close to the… Read More

COVID-19 exposure notification apps become more widespread — but will they make a difference?

Since it launched on Monday, more than 700,000 Washington residents have installed or activated the WA Notify app. The free… Read More

Salesforce’s $27.7B Slack deal combines two Amazon allies, creates big new rival for Microsoft

Salesforce confirmed its plan to acquire Slack and revealed the purchase price, $27.7 billion in cash and stock, perhaps not… Read More

Seattle U names $100M Center for Science and Innovation after Costco co-founder and wife

Seattle University has attached a name to the $100 million Center for Science and Innovation that it is building as… Read More

Seattle startup Wyze launches another product, unveils $20 smartwatch with oxygen level tracker

Wyze continues to pump out new products that undercut competitors on price. The latest from the Seattle-area startup is a… Read More

Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO

— Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at… Read More