Articles from 2021

Bezos Earth Fund awards $443M in grants, focus is on climate justice, saving and restoring nature

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced 44 grants totaling $443 million from the Bezos Earth Fund on Monday. The new pledges… Read More

Funding news: Cyrus lands $18M and buys startup developing COVID-19 therapeutic; Spare Labs snags $18M for mobility software

The news: Seattle-based protein engineering company Cyrus Biotechnology has raised $18 million and acquired Orthogonal Biologics, a spinout from the… Read More

Seattle-area counties’ experiment with on-demand, door-to-door public bus service is showing promise

When Kitsap Transit began its experiment with app-based, on-demand buses on Bainbridge Island, Wash., in July, one of the primary… Read More

Review: ‘Halo Infinite’ is the best single-player game yet from 343 Industries

Halo Infinite‘s campaign, in its best moments, makes me remember why Halo became popular in the first place. At its… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 28, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 28, 2021. Read More

Surface saver: How Microsoft’s deal with the NFL turned into a marketing boon for its tablet

In hindsight, Microsoft’s decision to ink a six-figure sponsorship deal with the National Football League in 2013 was a shrewd… Read More

First cases of Omicron variant found in Washington state; patients range from 20-39 years old

Washington state has identified the first Omicron variants — three different cases in three counties, affecting patients ages 20-39. The patients… Read More

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Immigration and tech: New realities, old problems, and what’s at stake for the future

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: how the pandemic, politics, labor shortages, and the rise of remote work are impacting… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers to test psilocybin in healthcare workers affected by pandemic

Can psilocybin help relieve the mental health burden of clinicians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s a question University of… Read More

FDA gives clearance to sonar-based app that monitors breathing

Sound Life Sciences has clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its app that monitors breathing, the… Read More

Seattle startup 98point6 appoints Jeff Greenstein as permanent CEO following leadership shuffle

98point6 chairman Jeff Greenstein is now the company’s permanent CEO after taking over interim leadership duties following the departure of… Read More

‘Mind-blowing’ gift to Univ. of Washington computer science honors Ed Lazowska’s ongoing legacy

Ed Lazowska has played an instrumental role in the growth of the Seattle region’s technology industry, as a driving force… Read More

Tech Moves: Lyft hires CFO from Amazon; Tomo adds CMO; Gopuff taps more Seattle talent

— Tomo, a new real estate startup led by ex-Zillow leaders, announced Sarah Makar as CMO. She is also a… Read More

GeekWire Gift Guide: 10 ideas for people who love games

The beautiful thing about shopping for game fans is that they’re usually easy to please. At this point, every platform… Read More

Tech entrepreneurs opening Seattle NFT Museum to showcase digital artform in a physical space

Art lovers curious about what to make of the craze around NFTs and the rush to collect such digital assets… Read More

Microsoft and KPMG will try out quantum algorithms on real-world problems

Microsoft and KPMG are getting set to test Azure Quantum’s capabilities on the sorts of real-world problems that should give… Read More

Smartsheet stock soars 15% as Q3 revenue grows 46% to $144M

Smartsheet’s business is on a roll. The Seattle-area software company set records “on multiple financial and operational levels,” CEO Mark… Read More

Zillow says it’s making good progress on home sales as it exits house-flipping business, announces $750M stock repurchase

Zillow Group says it is making good progress unloading homes it owns, announcing today that it has sold or is… Read More

Bezos Earth Fund awards $443M in grants, focus is on climate justice, saving and restoring nature

Funding news: Cyrus lands $18M and buys startup developing COVID-19 therapeutic; Spare Labs snags $18M for mobility software

Seattle-area counties’ experiment with on-demand, door-to-door public bus service is showing promise

Review: ‘Halo Infinite’ is the best single-player game yet from 343 Industries

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 28, 2021

Surface saver: How Microsoft’s deal with the NFL turned into a marketing boon for its tablet

First cases of Omicron variant found in Washington state; patients range from 20-39 years old

Immigration and tech: New realities, old problems, and what’s at stake for the future

Univ. of Washington researchers to test psilocybin in healthcare workers affected by pandemic

FDA gives clearance to sonar-based app that monitors breathing

Seattle startup 98point6 appoints Jeff Greenstein as permanent CEO following leadership shuffle

‘Mind-blowing’ gift to Univ. of Washington computer science honors Ed Lazowska’s ongoing legacy

Tech Moves: Lyft hires CFO from Amazon; Tomo adds CMO; Gopuff taps more Seattle talent

GeekWire Gift Guide: 10 ideas for people who love games

Tech entrepreneurs opening Seattle NFT Museum to showcase digital artform in a physical space

Microsoft and KPMG will try out quantum algorithms on real-world problems

Smartsheet stock soars 15% as Q3 revenue grows 46% to $144M

Zillow says it’s making good progress on home sales as it exits house-flipping business, announces $750M stock repurchase

Blue Origin’s team wins a $130M share of NASA funding for commercial space stations

Reality check: Microsoft, David Bowie, Bill Gates, and a creepy video game called ‘Omikron’

Amazon’s ‘New World’ online game bans nearly 8,000 accounts for ‘botting’

Tune Therapeutics launches with $40M in funding, aims to fine-tune activity of genes in cells

Univ. of Washington deep learning researchers ‘hallucinate’ protein designs from scratch

How acoustics experts turned down the volume on the Space Needle’s makeover

Kymeta and OneWeb move ahead with flat panel terminal for satellite internet service

Longtime Amazon retail exec joins REI as its first chief commercial officer

Soccer lovers and tech backers help launch new minor league team in Seattle with community focus

Microsoft’s standalone ‘Teams Essentials’ service poses new challenge to Zoom and others

NetBase Quid acquires social media analytics startup Rival IQ

Funding news: Upbound raises $60M for cloud infrastructure, competitive intelligence startup Klue lands $62M