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Articles from 2021

Gut check at Nordstrom: Retail giant to sell microbiome test from Seattle-area startup Viome

Nordstrom has paired up with Seattle-area startup Viome Life Sciences to sell kits that analyze the microbiome, the collection of… Read More

A-Alpha Bio founders

University of Washington spinout A-Alpha Bio snags $20M for protein-discovery platform

A-Alpha Bio will build lab space in downtown Seattle and beef up its machine learning team with $20 million in… Read More

Smartsheet revenue rises 44% to $131.7M; CEO touts work management software for hybrid world

Smartsheet beat expectations for its fiscal second quarter, reporting revenue of $131.7 million, up 44% year-over-year, and a non-GAAP loss… Read More

Study: Blood self-collection device from a Seattle startup accurate for COVID-19 antibody samples

A self-administered device to collect blood yields high-quality antibody samples and works successfully in a high proportion of users, according… Read More

Microsoft acquires Australia-based video creation platform Clipchamp, a startup with Seattle backing

Microsoft is acquiring Clipchamp, a Brisbane, Australia-based startup that makes a video creation and editing platform, the companies announced Tuesday.… Read More

Seattle investment bank Cascadia Capital has its eye on Pittsburgh for SPAC acquisition target

Pittsburgh’s tech scene is getting some more love from Seattle. Cascadia Capital, a Seattle-based investment banking firm founded more than… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith warns that U.S. is repeating a key Sept. 11 mistake in digital era

Microsoft President Brad Smith says the U.S. government appears to be repeating, in the digital realm, one of the key… Read More

Opendoor acquires Seattle startup Pro.com and Skylight, will shut both platforms down

Opendoor, the online real estate giant that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, has acquired Seattle-based startup Pro.com… Read More

Fred Wood at PAX West 2021

How a scaled-down PAX West in Seattle was still a success for some indie developers

Although PAX West was dramatically scaled-back this year in Seattle due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, indie game developers that… Read More

Podcast

Interview: Rep. Pramila Jayapal on why her new legislation might make Amazon an illegal monopoly

Few lawmakers have gotten Amazon’s attention like the one who hails from the company’s hometown, Rep. Pramila Jayapal. The 7th… Read More

Kymeta-OneWeb test rig

Kymeta teams up with OneWeb to test mobile satellite broadband service

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has joined forces with OneWeb to… Read More

‘Nick is still with me’: A year after loss of friend and co-founder, Pebblebee CEO pushes ahead at startup

Startup founders face plenty of challenges when it comes to building a company and achieving success. For more than a… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 29, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 29, 2021. Read More

Podcast

Finding startup opportunities in the pandemic; Windows 11 launch; Defending the Blue Yeti mic

A global pandemic might seem like the wrong time to pursue a new startup idea, given all the uncertainties, but… Read More

Compassion Seattle initiative to remain off the November ballot, judge rules

The Compassion Seattle ballot initiative, which aimed to overhaul city policies toward its homeless population, will remain off the ballot… Read More

Three-pack firing test

Stoke Space stakes its claim in the launch industry’s rush to fully reusable rockets

In just six months, Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space Technologies has turned a blank stretch of ground in Moses Lake, Wash.,… Read More

Impel NeuroPharma, fresh off IPO, gets FDA approval for nasal spray that treats migraines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Impel NeuroPharma’s Trudhesa to treat migraine headaches, the Seattle company announced Friday.… Read More

Q&A with Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz on surveillance, downtown safety, and a tech wishlist

From a crime standpoint, Seattle isn’t having a great year. The monthly average of violent crimes — including homicide, aggravated… Read More

Here’s how the #ADayOffTwitch strike impacted viewer hours on Amazon-owned Twitch

Sept. 1 saw a day-long strike by some of the most popular streamers on Twitch, and according to numbers released… Read More

Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth

Eager investors keep coming. It’s the Amazon employee who has seen the company’s stock price rise steadily; the former venture… Read More

As Amazon booms in California, cities want state to fix ‘tremendous inequity’ in sharing of tax revenue

Some California cities are calling on the state to return to a more equitable method of sharing tax revenue generated… Read More

Leafly launches in-app marijuana ordering option after change to Apple’s App Store rules

Leafly this week launched a new feature in its iOS app that allows users to place marijuana orders for pickup,… Read More

These biotech and life sciences CEOs made the leap from software startups — here’s how they did it

In the past several years the barriers between tech and the life sciences have begun to dissolve. AI and machine… Read More

98point6 CEO Robbie Cape is no longer with the company in abrupt shakeup at telemedicine startup

98point6 CEO Robbie Cape is no longer working at the heavily-funded virtual healthcare company he helped start in 2015, GeekWire… Read More

Longtime Seattle tech leader Matt Hulett named PetMed Express CEO

Matt Hulett, a veteran of the Seattle tech and startup scene, has been named CEO and president of PetMed Express,… Read More

Musk and Bezos

Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and… Read More

Seattle-area video game company ProbablyMonsters raises $200M to build studios

ProbablyMonsters, a video game company headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., announced on Tuesday that it has raised $200 million in a… Read More

Amazon plans 20% jump in global corporate and tech roles by adding 55k jobs in latest hiring spree

Amazon is looking to fill 40,000 corporate and tech jobs across more than 220 locations in the United States, the… Read More

Textio brings inclusive writing guidance to LinkedIn, and Seattle startup bounces back after pandemic

Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio has always sought to help people better communicate where they do their work, whether it’s… Read More

Edmond Fischer, 1920-2021: Univ. of Washington biochemist won Nobel Prize for protein research

Edmond Fischer, Nobel Laureate and emeritus professor at the University of Washington biochemistry department, died peacefully in Seattle on Aug.… Read More

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