Seattle startup Yesler raises $3.3M for its B2B lumber and building materials marketplace Matt Meyers can build anything he wants, thanks to his decades in the lumber and building materials (LBM) space. Instead… Read More
Well-funded stealthy biotech startup Nautilus hires former Smartsheet, Isilon, GenapSys execs Sujal Patel is getting the band back together at his secretive new biotech startup Nautilus Biotechnology. The company is beefing… Read More
Stacey Abrams takes to Nintendo’s Animal Crossing to promote voting in Georgia’s Senate runoffs Another politician is hopping on Nintendo’s popular game Animal Crossing. On the eve of Tuesday’s runoff elections for the Senate… Read More
2020: The year the internet didn’t crash [Editor’s Note: Independent security consultant Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.] Commentary: Yes, 2020 really… Read More
Update: Slack is back after starting 2021 with widespread outage [Update, Monday afternoon: Slack is back after its morning outage. On its system status page, the company offers instructions for… Read More
Teledyne to acquire thermal imaging company FLIR Systems for $8 billion in cash and stock Sensor and imaging technology company FLIR Systems will sell to Teledyne Technologies for approximately $8 billion in cash and stock.… Read More
Haven will shut down, ending joint healthcare bid by Amazon, Berkshire, JP Morgan Haven, the healthcare joint venture led by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Chase, is shutting down next month. Unveiled… Read More
Tech stocks soar in 2020 amid pandemic as Seattle-area companies see valuations spike 2020 was a big year for big tech on Wall Street. Despite parts of the economy shuttering due to COVID-19,… Read More
IPOs: A hot year for tech offerings shows deep economic disparities In a year when large swaths of the economy sputtered due to the pandemic, Wall Street opened its doors to… Read More
How Optimal’s CEO shifted his company and personal priorities — and is now a better leader Sung Rhee wanted to make money. He’d been a general manager at Microsoft for nearly a decade, and in the… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 27, 2020 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 27, 2020. Read More
Podcast 2021 Predictions: Why these tech, science and startup leaders are upbeat about the year ahead An “incredibly dynamic year of change,” a “new hope,” and a “gangbusters” year in which the tech sector will come… Read More
Watch the epic first-ever virtual Space Needle light show for New Year’s celebration in Seattle Real, authentic fireworks shows are pretty amazing. But the virtual version isn’t too shabby, either. The Space Needle and Seattle… Read More
