Articles from 2023 – Page 10 of 60

Tech Moves: AI2 Incubator hires new managing director; Goldman Sachs director joins Dropbox; Marchex adds CFO

— Yifan Zhang, a Seattle-based entrepreneur who previously led real estate startup Loftium, is joining the AI2 Incubator as a managing… Read More

SIFF Cinema Downtown — Seattle’s former Cinerama — sets opening date and first movie

SIFF Cinema Downtown, the new name on the onetime Cinerama movie theater in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, has set Dec. 14… Read More

Seattle-area startup Chainguard raises $61M to help companies secure open source software

Chainguard, a Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup, raised $61 million in a Series B round. The 2-year-old startup aims to help… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: ‘Chill work’ as the path to productivity, with Rand Fishkin of SparkToro

“My whole hope for the AI revolution … is that AI should make it so people have to work less,… Read More

Zillow Group acquiring Follow Up Boss for up to $500M in quest for ‘housing super app’

[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] Zillow Group is adding to its arsenal of agent tools with the acquisition… Read More

AdaptX raises $10M to expand its AI-driven medical data analysis for healthcare providers

AdaptX, a Seattle tech company that uses AI to help healthcare providers analyze medical data to improve patient care, raised… Read More

Illustration: Helijet eVTOL with Vancouver skyline in background

Helijet plans to buy flying taxis from Beta Technologies for all-electric flights in B.C.

Vancouver, B.C.-based Helijet International has placed firm orders with Vermont-based Beta Technologies for a fleet of electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, or… Read More

Zeno Power wins $7.5M Pentagon contract for underwater radioisotope power system

Zeno Power says it’s been awarded a $7.5 million contract from the Department of Defense to build and demonstrate a… Read More

Leadership lessons: Impinj CEO Chris Diorio on how to motivate and inspire employees

When Chris Diorio accepted CEO of the Year honors at the GeekWire Awards in May, the longtime Impinj chief shared… Read More

Workplace training content provider Media Partners rebrands as Atana and raises $6M

Media Partners, a Seattle-area company that builds workplace training content, has rebranded to Atana Inc., and raised $6 million in… Read More

How the Pacific Northwest could become a carbon-capture hub — with help from tech and basalt

The Pacific Northwest’s lush forests are a pretty obvious place to store carbon dioxide pulled from the atmosphere. But the… Read More

Inside ‘The International’: Here’s what it was like watching Valve’s ‘Dota 2’ finals in Seattle

The esports world descended on Seattle this past weekend for this year’s International, the final tournament on the professional circuit… Read More

Bungie hit with layoffs in latest gaming industry workforce cuts

Employees at Bellevue-based game developer Bungie said they were hit by a new round of layoffs on Monday. Posts on… Read More

Hydrogen fuel company OCOchem raising more cash as sector gains momentum

OCOchem, a Richland, Wash.-based startup in the hydrogen fuel sector, is raising fresh cash, according to a new filing with… Read More

Zulily moves into new Seattle office following ownership change and more layoffs

Zulily’s got new digs. The e-commerce retailer recently moved into a new space at the 95 Jackson building in Seattle’s… Read More

Amazon tests letting warehouse workers listen to music and other audio via Bluetooth earplugs

A trial program now under way in some Amazon warehouses lets workers listen to music, podcasts, and other audio using… Read More

AI-powered ‘VC pitch coach’ from Yoodli helps startup founders prepare to face investors

A new feature from Seattle startup Yoodli uses artificial intelligence to help startup founders prepare to pitch their businesses to… Read More

AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. Global spending on cloud infrastructure services topped $68… Read More

Gary Lai at Museum of Flight's Pathfinder Awards banquet

Blue Origin’s chief architect lifts the veil on stealth moon startup at Pathfinder Awards

Gary Lai’s resume features his status as chief architect and pioneer spaceflier at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture —… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 22, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 22, 2023. Read More

A list of 20 interesting and weird indie games developed in the Pacific Northwest

Every fall in Washington state, hobby designers, garage developers, and eccentric tinkerers get together to show off their independently-produced video… Read More

Podcast

Inside the AI Revolution: Tech execs on the new realities for software, startups, and the future

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re featuring a panel discussion from the recent GeekWire Summit in Seattle, with three… Read More

Seattle-area transit payment card ORCA will soon be accessible in Google Wallet

Public transit riders in the Seattle area will soon be able to access their ORCA Cards for digital payments via… Read More

Flexport reportedly working on deal to acquire Convoy’s trucking tech

More details are emerging about where Convoy’s assets may end up. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Flexport is… Read More

Jeff Bezos and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson chat in front of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander at the company's Alabama production facility

Jeff Bezos and NASA’s administrator share a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s moon lander

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson today provided a look at coming attractions in the… Read More

How the National Archives is using AI to make records more accessible in the digital age

Colleen Shogan, the Archivist of the United States, discussed the National Archives‘ digital transition and use of artificial intelligence as… Read More

PNNL team removes heat source from transfer port

Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power

Zeno Power says it has successfully completed its first demonstration of a new type of radioisotope heat source that could… Read More

Amazon stock rises after beating Q3 estimates with $143.1B in revenue, $9.9B in profits

Amazon shares were up more than 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant beat analyst expectations for… Read More

Seattle startup Omnidian, which helps maintain solar panels, raises $25M

Omnidian, a Seattle company that manages solar power performance and services the panels for commercial and residential installations, announced $25… Read More

Tech Moves: Xbox exec shuffle; Outreach hires president; UW grad students win Google fellowships

Seattle sales tech startup Outreach hired Abhijit Mitra as president of product and technology. Mitra previously was chief product officer… Read More