Articles from 2021 – Page 48 of 77

Sales tax compliance and audit startup LumaTax raises $4M

New funding: LumaTax landed $4 million in new funding led by Trilogy Equity Partners. The 4-year-old startup that spun out… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs raises $8M, unveils plan to turn its investors into co-founders of spinouts

The news: Madrona Venture Labs, the startup studio associated with Madrona Venture Group, has raised $8 million for its fourth… Read More

Try before you fly: Orbite sets schedule for luxurious astronaut orientation sessions

Wanna take a ride to space? There’s a smorgasbord of spaceflight shaping up for paying customers, ranging from the suborbital… Read More

Block out the date: Minecraft graduation ceremony will show off UW group’s detailed Seattle build

A college diploma is considered one of the building blocks for a successful future. If the diploma itself is made… Read More

Seattle teen entrepreneurs sell their health-tech startup and take a break from college

The news: Seattle entrepreneurs Sage Khanuja, 17, and Nikolas Ioannou, 18, have sold their telemedicine startup Spira to Galileo, a New York-based… Read More

Pledgendary, Carbon New Trill, Amazon Go(ne): What should Jeff Bezos name his new superyacht?

When the news broke that Amazon founder and moderately rich guy Jeff Bezos commissioned a 417-foot-long, $500 million superyacht known… Read More

Amazon shows off ‘New World’ gameplay in trailer for online multiplayer game set for Aug. 31 debut

Amazon Games has released a new trailer for its massively-multiplayer online game New World, which is scheduled for release on… Read More

Russell Wilson and Ciara sign first-look TV and film production deal with Amazon Studios

Russell Wilson and Ciara are getting into the film and television production business with Amazon Studios. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback and… Read More

Remitly lands investment from Visa amid reports of IPO preparation

Seattle mobile remittance startup Remitly landed an undisclosed equity investment from Visa. The companies previously partnered in 2019 and have… Read More

Redfin forecasts record $2.53T in U.S. home sales this year, up 17%, biggest gain since 2013

The news: Seattle-based real estate company Redfin is forecasting record U.S. home sales of $2.53 trillion this year, saying in… Read More

Amazon begins the ‘huge’ lift to shrink the carbon footprint of its devices to reach climate goals

Amazon’s newest Echo Dot is sold in charcoal, glacier white and twilight blue. But behind the scenes, the smart speakers… Read More

How will that remodel help boost your home value? Seattle startup Plunk raises $6.5M to find out

New funding: Seattle real estate startup Plunk has closed a $6.5 million seed round led by Unlock Ventures. The tech: Plunk… Read More

SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell as Blue Origin’s CEO? New book about Jeff Bezos says she was asked

When it comes to his Blue Origin space venture, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos likes to say “slow is smooth, and… Read More

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‘Amazon Unbound’ is a portrait of a company ‘getting perilously close to invincible’

“I wonder what unit profitability was in 2017 without advertising?” That seemingly mundane question, posed by Jeff Bezos during a… Read More

Jeff Bezos will reportedly join the billionaire boating class with a $500M luxury sailing superyacht

It’s not exactly the type of vessel that would putter around near the shores of Amazon’s South Lake Union campus… Read More

Amazon blocked 10 billion counterfeit listings and spent $700M fighting fraud on its site last year

As part of a continued effort to show that it’s serious about cracking down on counterfeit goods sold on its… Read More

Director Steven Soderbergh to shoot scenes in Seattle for HBO Max thriller about a tech worker

Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh is returning to Seattle to shoot scenes for a thriller called “KIMI,” starring Zoe Kravitz. According… Read More

Report: Pentagon may cancel JEDI cloud computing contract amid legal battle and political criticism

The Pentagon is considering “pulling the plug” on the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract, The Wall Street Journal reported… Read More

BluePallet aims to disrupt industrial commerce with ‘decentralized’ marketplace for chemical products

New funding: BluePallet, a startup with roots in Seattle, has emerged from stealth mode with $4 million in new funding. The… Read More

Melinda Gates reportedly consulted with divorce lawyers since 2019

The news: Melinda Gates has been working with divorce lawyers since 2019, according to a new report from The Wall… Read More

California legal rulings may have big impact on Amazon’s liability for third-party products it sells

In November 2015, Kisha Loomis signed on to Amazon and ordered her son a hoverboard, a two-wheeled vehicle popular with… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 2, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of May 2, 2021. Read More

While hosting “SNL,” Elon Musk acknowledges having Asperger’s … and riffs on Dogecoin

Elon Musk made his mark tonight on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” — not only as the richest host in the… Read More

Amazon employee at Bessemer, Alabama fulfillment center dies

The news: An Amazon fulfillment center worker died Thursday after being found in the bathroom of a warehouse in Bessemer,… Read More

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Urbanist Richard Florida on the overblown tech exodus and how cities will regroup post pandemic

Reports of the death of coastal cities are greatly overblown. At least that’s the view of renowned urbanist and author… Read More

Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

— Cybersecurity giant Tanium appointed Marc Levine as its new CFO, effective May 17. He was most recently CFO at… Read More

Gates Foundation reverses position on COVID vaccine patent protections after mounting pressure

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Thursday that it supports the lifting of patent protections on coronavirus vaccine technologies.… Read More

Amazon Sidewalk launching in June with Tile trackers and others on shared network

Amazon announced Friday that Sidewalk, its neighborhood wireless network designed to provide connectivity to small Internet of Things (IoT) devices,… Read More

Ex-Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn leaves venture capital post after 5 weeks on job

When Jeff Blackburn announced his retirement from Amazon in February after 22 years, the longtime Jeff Bezos lieutenant stressed that… Read More

Report: Seattle digital remittance startup Remitly hires banks for IPO at around $5B valuation

The news: Seattle startup Remitly has hired investment banks to prepare for an initial public offering, according to Reuters. The IPO… Read More