Articles from 2021 – Page 21 of 77

Another deal for F5 Networks: $68M acquisition of Threat Stack to add cloud monitoring capabilities

F5 Networks plans to acquire Boston-based cloud monitoring company Threat Stack for $68 million. The acquisition agreement, announced Monday morning,… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft, Breakthrough Energy share climate news as ‘Climate Week’ kicks off

Climate Week is kicking off Monday in New York City and major companies including Amazon and Microsoft as well as… Read More

Membrion raises $3M for wastewater treatment tech and plans to double size of Seattle facility

Membrion, the Seattle startup that manufactures specialized membranes for treating wastewater, has added $3 million to an earlier Series A… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 12, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 12, 2021. Read More

Citizen spacefliers splash down, finishing up Inspiration4’s charity mission in orbit

The first non-governmental flight to orbit ended with a splash — and with the safe return of the Inspiration4 mission’s… Read More

Life sciences startups in Eastern Washington find a welcoming ecosystem away from big cities

The biotech and healthtech community in Eastern Washington has a loyal base of startups that laud their local connections and… Read More

Podcast

‘They proved me wrong.’ Investor who passed on Seattle startup Remitly analyzes its upcoming IPO

Jason Stoffer was still early in his career at venture capital firm Maveron in 2012 when he declined an opportunity… Read More

Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ spacefliers share orbital activities — including a ukulele solo

On the eve of their scheduled return from orbit, four amateur spacefliers brought the world up to date on their… Read More

Will these costumes be ‘Among Us’ for Halloween? Game maker’s colorful collection sells out quickly

The Seattle-area team behind the hit social deduction game Among Us has released a line of inflatable Crewmate costumes playing… Read More

How a national lab stokes the startup pipeline with ready-to-go innovations for commercializing

Entrepreneurs with a yen for creating a business but who come up short on an innovation are welcome to take… Read More

These high schoolers spent their summer analyzing the GeekWire 200 — here’s what they found

A summer of spreadsheets, researching startups and wrangling data might not sound like “school’s out,” but that’s exactly what four… Read More

Ambassadors from Norway and Finland forge ties in Seattle, offer glimmer of hope on cybersecurity

The green economy, maritime innovation, and wireless technology were some of the issues on the agenda this week as Anniken… Read More

Seattle-area health officials to require vaccination proof for bars, restaurants, and other public venues

Faced with filling hospitals, serious infection rates and aggressive new COVID-19 variants, King County’s Department of Health will require proof… Read More

Carpenters’ union halts work on Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook expansions in Seattle area

Construction work on several major tech company expansion projects, including those by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, slowed to a… Read More

Real estate investment app Concreit launches with $6M in new funding

A new online investment platform is on the block, with an app launched this week and $6 million in new… Read More

5G Open Innovation Lab adds new ag tech partner and names 12 startups in fourth cohort

The 5G Open Innovation Lab, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup program, has named the 12 startups selected to participate in its… Read More

Tech Moves: Bioengineer joins AI2 incubator; Icosavax adds execs, expands board; and more

— The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) added bioengineer Jenny Cronin as a principal working with entrepreneurs in AI2’s startup… Read More

Climate tech heats up in the Pacific Northwest as startups raise more than $1B since 2020

The Canadian company that has set the country’s record for going from launch to unicorn status in the shortest amount… Read More

The latest chapter in a 100-year study says AI’s promises and perils are getting real

A newly published report on the state of artificial intelligence says the field has reached a turning point where attention… Read More

With a billionaire’s backing, SpaceX sends citizen spacefliers into orbit for a mission like no other

A tech billionaire and three other non-professional spacefliers blasted off today to begin the first non-governmental, philanthropic mission carrying a… Read More

Alpine raises $91M to fuel the Seattle biotech’s clinical trials for lupus and cancer

Alpine Immune Sciences will move a potential treatment for immune conditions into human testing and support its ongoing trials for… Read More

California legislation to aid Amazon warehouse workers won’t replace ongoing unionization efforts

Stuart Applebaum has heard the argument before. That, perversely, a union organizer should quietly root against non-union higher wages or… Read More

Why Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ trip to orbit represents the dawn of a second space age

Are they space tourists? Citizen spacefliers? All-civilian astronauts? Whatever you call them, the four teammates who are due to go… Read More

Photos: Sounders Day returns as community comes together for GeekWire’s annual rooftop party

It was so much fun getting the GeekWire community back together on Tuesday with the return of Sounders Day as… Read More

Moving in after Amazon backed out: Inside Rainier Square, Seattle’s new office and residential tower

Two and half years after Amazon backed out of plans to occupy a giant new skyscraper in downtown Seattle, commercial… Read More

Seattle HR startup Humanly lands $4.2M to help companies automate parts of the interview process

Humanly has raised more cash to fuel growth for its HR software that helps companies screen job candidates, schedule interviews,… Read More

Microsoft in standoff with Amazon over big hire, names Charlie Bell to lead ‘bold’ new security group

Microsoft confirmed that it has hired longtime Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell to lead a newly formed engineering organization… Read More

Seattle investors back Battlesnake, makers of a growing game that turns coding into competition

Programmers looking to experiment or get better at the tools and technology that they use for their day jobs are… Read More

Auto care giant Bridgestone invests in Seattle mobile car repair startup Wrench

In just four years, mobile car service Wrench has grown from a startup with 30 employees in Seattle to a… Read More

RealNetworks releases its first hardware product, a kiosk that checks for proper facemask usage

From its early days as a streaming audio pioneer to its recent expansion into facial recognition technology, RealNetworks has focused… Read More