Articles from 2021 – Page 29 of 77

Expedia Group pushes back its full return to the office to January 2022

This is starting to look like a trend: Expedia Group, the Seattle-based online travel giant, has told employees that it’s… Read More

Former Amazon exec aims to close the gender gap in STEM fields with new guidance startup Gotara

Seattle-startup Gotara is on a mission to get more women in STEM through a mentoring software platform aimed at boosting… Read More

Nasdaq finalizes new board diversity rules — and some companies may have some explaining to do

The Nasdaq stock exchange this month received approval for new rules that encourage companies to appoint more diverse boards of… Read More

American Express venture arm invests in Seattle accounting startup Lockstep

Amex Ventures, the venture arm of American Express, has made an undisclosed investment in Lockstep, a Seattle startup using software… Read More

Tesla opening new showroom south of downtown Seattle near The Shop, a hangout for car geeks

Tesla is opening a new showroom and service center south of downtown Seattle, marking the seventh location in the region… Read More

Amazon opens $1.5B Northern Kentucky air hub, fueling questions about its cargo ambitions

Amazon opened a $1.5 billion air hub in Northern Kentucky, where it plans to process millions of packages a day… Read More

Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience is working with Google to make drugs using algae

Can machine learning help spur the production of algae-based biologics? That’s the question new research from Seattle biotech startup Lumen… Read More

Report: Amazon awarded secret $10B NSA cloud computing contract, Microsoft files protest

Amazon Web Services has received a $10 billion cloud computing contract from the National Security Agency, according to a report… Read More

Tech Moves: The Riveter’s Amy Nelson to lead new SaksWorks venture; Funko’s leadership transition

— Amy Nelson is getting back into co-working. The founder and former CEO of The Riveter announced Tuesday that she… Read More

Amazon will take on greater responsibility for defective products sold by third-party merchants

Amazon will compensate customers up to $1,000 for property damage or personal injury caused by defective products sold by third-party… Read More

Microsoft buys Peer5 to boost large-scale video streaming for Microsoft Teams

Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Peer5, a Bay Area-based startup that helps companies such as Turner and Deutsche… Read More

Four Seattle-area unicorns make Forbes ‘Cloud 100’ ranking of best private companies in the cloud

Forbes has released its sixth annual Cloud 100 ranking of the world’s top private cloud companies, and four high-value startups… Read More

Seattle agtech startup iUNU acquires pest management company CropWalk

iUNU, a Seattle agtech startup that helps growers remotely monitor greenhouse plants, has acquired pest management company CropWalk. Founded in… Read More

This casket startup is taking on big funeral industry with a focus on direct-to-consumer innovation

Another company with ties to the Seattle area is getting into the business of making after-life decisions and purchases easier… Read More

Eliem is latest Seattle-area biotech to go public, raises $80M to help fuel treatments for nervous system disorders

Eliem Therapeutics joined the ranks of publicly traded companies from Washington state, pricing 6.4 million shares at $12.50 and raising… Read More

Amazon senior cloud exec Charlie Bell is leaving the company after more than 23 years

Charlie Bell, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team and a longtime linchpin of the company’s cloud business, is leaving… Read More

Rover’s business continues to bounce back in first earnings report as public company

Issuing its first earnings report as a public company, Rover reported gross bookings of $134 million in the second quarter,… Read More

New UN climate report emphasizes speed, intensity of warming and benefits of aggressive response

While the world’s top coalition of climate scientists say the planet is warming faster than ever with dire effects due… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech hires commercial officer; Instacart names new president; and more

— Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies announced Nitin Sood as its first-ever chief commercial officer. Sood will report to Adaptive Biotech CEO… Read More

Amazon and GoPro sue alleged counterfeiters over bogus grips, mounts, and other accessories

Amazon and GoPro are suing nine defendants on allegations that they attempted to sell counterfeit GoPro accessories on Amazon.com, in… Read More

Report: Amazon offering $2M in cash and prizes in lottery for vaccinated frontline workers

In a bid to incentivize more frontline workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Amazon is offering a lottery of cash… Read More

Leafly to go public via SPAC merger that values Seattle cannabis marketplace at $385M

Leafly is joining the SPAC party. The Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace plans to go public through a deal with New… Read More

How an Alaska fisherman saw potential for a sustainability startup in a mountain of crab shells

Maybe the cliche is right, that you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. But Craig Kasberg… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 1, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 1, 2021. Read More

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The new realities of real estate: Redfin CEO on tech, climate, housing, and the era of ‘a thousand HQs’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman joins us on this episode of the GeekWire Podcast to discuss the latest twists in the… Read More

Amid COVID surge, Amazon to require masks for warehouse workers regardless of vaccination status

A day after pushing back the return to an in-person setting for its office workers to the new year, Amazon… Read More

After ‘punch in mouth,’ Hillrom will proceed with $367M deal to acquire Seattle’s Bardy Diagnostics

Update: Hillroom’s acquisition of Bardy was completed late in the day on Friday, according to an SEC filing. Original story:… Read More

Newly public, Rover pays off $8M PPP loan that helped pet-sitting company survive pandemic

Updated on Monday Aug. 9 with additional details. Not that long ago, Rover was on a very short leash. In… Read More

Hands on with Steam Deck: Here’s what to expect from Valve’s portable – and powerful – gaming PC

It’s still early enough in the production process that it’s hard to say what lies ahead for the Steam Deck.… Read More

Seattle investment bank that helps buy and sell companies forms new SPAC to target ‘industry 4.0’

For the past 22 years, Cascadia Capital has helped dozens of healthcare, retail, technology and other companies find buyers. Now,… Read More