Articles from 2021 – Page 70 of 77

Amazon arrives in rural America: Tech giant delivers hope and concern to California town

“They are a company I’m sure you’re all familiar with. A large, national, international operator at the cutting edge of… Read More

Amazon adding AI-equipped cameras to delivery vans to monitor safety, sparking privacy concerns

Amazon delivery drivers keeping their eyes on the road will have Amazon keeping an eye on them as the company… Read More

Madrona teams up with Advancing Women in Product to boost female tech leadership

Advancing Women in Product (AWIP), a nonprofit organization with more than 16,000 members internationally, is partnering with Seattle’s Madrona Venture… Read More

Event marketing startup Banzai makes another acquisition, scoops up webinar platform Demio

Banzai, a Seattle startup that sells event marketing software, has acquired Demio, a Tampa, Fla.-based webinar platform. Terms of the… Read More

Google’s AI-focused venture fund leads $5.4M investment for Seattle analytics startup Iteratively

Seattle startup Iteratively raised a $5.4 million round led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund. Founded in 2019 by… Read More

Sana joins Nasdaq with blockbuster $587M IPO

Sana Biotechnology raised $587.5 million in an initial public offering, a significant cash haul that the 3-year-old Seattle company will… Read More

Ciara joins board of Seattle startup Amperity to help guide corporate social responsibility efforts

Amperity is adding some more star power to its board of directors. The Seattle-based customer data platform announced Thursday that… Read More

Microsoft unveils ‘Viva’ on Teams in bid to shake up $300B employee experience technology market

Nearly a year into a pandemic that ushered in a new era of virtual work, Microsoft announced a new tech… Read More

Rad Power Bikes raises massive $150M round to scale e-bike business across globe

After a pandemic year that spurred huge demand for its e-bikes, Rad Power Bikes is raising $150 million to fuel… Read More

As schools limp through COVID, the Technology Alliance urges preparations for next calamity

It’s widely understood that COVID-19 has been largely disastrous for schools, but the numbers behind that assertion are still pretty… Read More

Seattle startup Pandion, led by Amazon Air founder, raises $4.9M to take on modern delivery challenges

An Amazon veteran who helped the tech giant take on the explosion in e-commerce retail deliveries is striking out on… Read More

New COVID-19 prediction models forecast a potential fourth wave — and how to minimize it

Let’s start with the good news. The number of new COVID-19 cases in the greater Seattle area, Washington state and… Read More

How telecom pioneer Craig McCaw hitched up with Astra rocket venture in $2.1B deal

Back in the 1990s, cellular telecom pioneer Craig McCaw bought into a vision of ubiquitous wireless service via a constellation… Read More

Amazon’s next CEO, Andy Jassy, is a music-loving, wing-eating, hard-charging disciple of Jeff Bezos

When singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile sat down for a live video interview in December, the person asking the questions on stage… Read More

Wawaweewa! Amazon picks up 10 Golden Globe nominations, including for latest ‘Borat’ moviefilm

Amazon is headed to the 78th Golden Globe Awards later this month on the strength of 10 nominations, the most… Read More

Sana Biotechnology boosts IPO range, looks to raise $517 million

Editor’s note: Sana Biotechnology priced shares on Wednesday evening, raising $587.5 million. See full story here. Sana Biotechnology —… Read More

As Google fights with Australia, Microsoft promotes Bing and says it wouldn’t threaten to leave country

Microsoft is wading into a dispute between Google and the Australian government by asserting that it would never threaten to… Read More

President Biden doubles down on immigration agenda, but tech priorities take a backseat

President Joe Biden continued unwinding the previous administration’s controversial immigration agenda Tuesday through a series of executive orders. Over the… Read More

Accounting software startup Lockstep raises $10M to help businesses better manage cash flow

Lockstep, a Seattle startup using software and the cloud to improve accounting practices, has raised $10 million in a Series… Read More

Amazon Web Services posts record $13.5B in profits for 2020 in Andy Jassy’s AWS swan song

Turns out Andy Jassy was basically running most of Amazon already. Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing giant led by… Read More

Tech workers sound off on Washington state’s proposed ‘billionaire tax’ at first public hearing

Tech workers showed up to a virtual hearing Tuesday to voice their opinion on a proposed tax on Washington state’s… Read More

No-meat news: Impossible drops retail prices and Rebellyous rolls out new plant-based products

If you’re looking for the right time to introduce more meatless options into your diet, two food technology companies took… Read More

Amazon now employs nearly 1.3 million people worldwide after adding 500,000 workers in 2020

That’s a lot of interviews. Amazon brought on a whopping 500,000 workers in 2020 to help the tech giant meet… Read More

Twitter reacts to Jeff Bezos news: Maybe he’ll open an indie bookstore or work to defeat Superman

The news Tuesday that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would be stepping down from his role as CEO later this year… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ role at Blue Origin hints at how his profile at Amazon is likely to change

What will Amazon without Jeff Bezos as CEO look like? It could look a lot like Bezos’ biggest personal passion… Read More

Amazon blows past estimates for holiday quarter, sets record with $125.6B in revenue

Amazon crushed expectations for its holiday quarter, beating estimates with an all-time high of $125.6 billion in sales. The fourth… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to step down this year, replaced by AWS chief Andy Jassy in stunning turn for tech giant

Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of Amazon, becoming executive chairman of the company he conceived 27 years ago… Read More

Seattle tutoring app founders learn to harness TikTok to build a huge base of potential users

The young founders of Seattle-based tutoring app Kadama have been learning for years how to launch and grow a startup,… Read More

Still trying to buy the new Xbox? You probably aren’t getting one until June

The ninth generation of console hardware has gotten off to a rocky start, and it’s not likely to let up… Read More

Analysis: Animal Crossing fuels record profits for Nintendo, even with Xbox X|S and PS5 launches

Any other video game company might have pulled out a big gun or two for November, when the PlayStation 5… Read More