Zillow stock dives ahead of earnings; analyst report says 66% of homes it bought are now ‘underwater’ A day ahead of its third quarter earnings report, Zillow Group’s stock took a hit on Wall Street as a… Read More
Amazon schedules first Kuiper satellite launches for 2022 using ABL’s RS1 rocket Amazon plans to launch the first two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation by late 2022, using… Read More
Univ. of Washington machine learning spinout OctoML raises $85M to expand its partnerships New funding: Machine learning startup OctoML has raised $85 million in new funding, the Seattle-based company announced Monday. The fresh… Read More
Seattle’s Jane Park makes history in NYSE debut of women-run Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp. The ceremonial ringing of the New York Stock Exchange opening bell Monday morning was symbolic in multiple ways for Jane… Read More
Armed with a paddle and a GoPro, entrepreneur aims to create ‘Street View’ of Puget Sound We’ve all indulged in a little voyeuristic spying and exploration using Google Maps’ Street View, peering at homes and other… Read More
Sarah Bird is leaving Moz after 14 years at the Seattle SEO software startup, including 7 as CEO Sarah Bird is leaving Moz, the Seattle-based SEO software startup that she joined in 2007 and led as CEO for… Read More
Notable tech leaders back Magnify as software startup emerges with $6M in funding New funding: Magnify, an enterprise software startup which will have operations in Seattle and Bend, Ore., has come out of… Read More
Neuroscientist recounts his long strange trip to plumb the depths of consciousness Could magic mushrooms hold the key that unlocks the secrets of consciousness? Well, maybe not the only key. But Allen… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 24, 2021 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 24, 2021. Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Facebook’s virtual reality, Amazon’s new reality, and Microsoft’s big milestone This week on the GeekWire Podcast … We dissect Amazon’s earnings, offering our take on Andy Jassy’s take on the… Read More
Book excerpt: ‘The Butterfly Impact,’ and how changes in workplace culture can start with you A crappy culture will surely slow any business down and make it more difficult to achieve goals and hit performance… Read More
Amazon partners with UCLA on science hub focusing on AI and its social impact Amazon and UCLA are launching a research hub that will draw upon industry and academic research to address the social… Read More
Microsoft is the world’s most valuable company again, topping Apple after a big earnings week Microsoft appears to be the winner of this week’s tech earnings-palooza, at least based on Wall Street’s reaction. The Seattle-area… Read More
Microsoft goes deeper into content moderation with Two Hat acquisition Microsoft has acquired Two Hat, a content moderation technology company started in 2012 by a former Disney Interactive application security… Read More
Amazon discloses 20% stake in electric vehicle startup Rivian, makers of future delivery van As it waits on its order of tens of thousands of delivery vans, Amazon revealed Friday that it has a… Read More
Inside Seattle’s Splintered Wand: Like magic, unique pub is set to open, inviting patrons to sit for a spell A few days before the official magic begins at The Splintered Wand in Seattle’s historic Ballard neighborhood, it’s clear that… Read More
Funding news: Microsoft vets land cash for new sales data sharing startup, and more PNW deals Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Seattle startup Groopit landed $2 million… Read More
Amazon: Labor now ‘primary capacity constraint’ even as workforce approaches 1.5 million The availability of workers became Amazon’s primary challenge in keeping packages moving smoothly through its system in the third quarter,… Read More
Amazon delivers big earnings miss, Jassy warns Q4 will bring ‘several billion dollars of additional costs’ Amazon’s profits plunged to $3.2 billion in the third quarter, dropping by nearly half year-over-year, and CEO Andy Jassy told… Read More
Porch Group makes unusual promise in latest acquisition — guaranteeing its stock will double Big deals have become almost run-of-the-mill for Seattle-based home services tech company Porch Group, which has been acquiring an array… Read More
Facebook is now Meta: Social media giant rebrands to focus on the future amid criticism in the present Facebook announced a name change on Thursday intended to bring together everything that it works on under a single brand… Read More
Just call it deal mania: A look at this year’s booming market for M&A, IPOs, SPACs and VC Another day, another deal. That’s sometimes how it feels around the GeekWire newsroom as we track the latest venture rounds,… Read More
Microsoft allies with community colleges to help U.S. train 250k new cybersecurity workers by 2025 Microsoft announced a scholarship program for U.S. community colleges and other initiatives to address what it describes as a national… Read More
Retailer REI launches programs to invest in startup founders of color selling outdoor gear In an effort to sell more goods from companies run by people of color, outdoor retailer REI is launching a… Read More
High-tech sports helmet maker Vicis will grow Seattle R&D hub under new owner Vicis will maintain a Seattle presence, two years after the helmet maker went through a major and sudden downfall in 2019.… Read More
Rad Power Bikes lands $154M, its second mega round this year, to boost e-bike business The gist: Rad Power Bikes just raised $154 million to fuel growth of its e-bike business. The round comes after… Read More
Paleontologists trace the evolution of tusks to toothy Triassic creatures Dental exams conducted on fossils from more than 200 million years ago suggest that the earliest true tusks were sported… Read More
Seattle-area cloud migration startup BitTitan acquired by B2B software company Idera BitTitan, a Seattle-area cloud services provider, has been acquired by Idera, an Austin-based company that manages a portfolio of B2B… Read More
Neurosciences startup gets Defense Dept. funds to test headband to improve sleep and ‘clean’ the brain During sleep, our brains are “cleaned.” Waves of fluid wash through the organ, collecting waste products from cells and sending… Read More
Amazon-backed EV company Rivian hiring for more than 40 engineering roles in Seattle region Rivian, the electric vehicle maker that has attracted major backing from Amazon, is trying to attract more engineers in the… Read More
