Amazon CEO calls attacks on civilians in Israel ‘shocking,’ says company will support relief efforts Amazon CEO Andy Jassy called the attacks against civilians in Israel “shocking and painful to watch” in a post on… Read More
Former Washington Post chief Marty Baron on what it was like working for Jeff Bezos Inside the Seattle-area home of their new boss, a group of Washington Post leaders nervously waited as Jeff Bezos silently… Read More
Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet Liz Pearce joins climate startup; Absci names AI chief; and more — Longtime tech executive Liz Pearce announced Monday that she is joining Seattle-based climate marketplace startup Ever.green as chief revenue… Read More
Great Washington Shakeout drill on Oct. 19 designed to help people practice for earthquake With a small earthquake near Seattle still top of mind, it’s a good time to remind people that the Great… Read More
Seattle data analysis startup lands $250K after winning Madrona Venture Labs competition A startup that helps data teams at consumer packaged goods companies (CPG) analyze and visualize their data through an artificial… Read More
She helped lead the fight against Amazon’s return to office — and then had to leave a job she loved Pamela Hayter just wanted someone at Amazon to answer “the why.” After more than eight years at the tech giant,… Read More
Meet the 24 new startups in Techstars Seattle, as accelerator doubles class size Startup accelerator program Techstars Seattle on Monday unveiled 24 companies for its 15th cohort, doubling the class size from last… Read More
Magnitude 4.3 earthquake hits near Seattle; tsunami not expected Did you feel it? A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck Sunday evening at 7:21 p.m. PT about 35 miles northwest of… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 1, 2023 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 1, 2023. Read More
Meet the latest next-gen battery startup to put down roots in a rural town in Washington California battery startup OneD Battery Sciences is breaking ground Monday on a pilot manufacturing facility in the Eastern Washington town… Read More
Podcast What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in court about Google, Apple, search, and the future of AI You may have read the juicy sound bites from Satya Nadella in Google’s antitrust trial this week, as the Microsoft… Read More
Atlas V rocket launches prototype Amazon satellites to test Project Kuiper network Amazon’s first satellites were launched today on a mission aimed at testing out the hardware and software for the Seattle… Read More
Tech Moves: Former Sprint CEO rejoins F5 board; Flexport engineering exec departs; and more — Michel Combes, a longtime telecommunications and finance executive, rejoined F5’s board of directors. He previously stepped down from the… Read More
Life goals: Megan Rapinoe says goodbye to soccer, and Seattle tech leaders share how she inspired Megan Rapinoe’s reign is drawing to a close. But the global soccer star’s influence and activism is sure to continue… Read More
Epic Games’ layoffs hit its Seattle-area office, affecting 39 employees The recent round of layoffs at Epic Games impacted its office in Bellevue, Wash., with 39 employees affected, according to… Read More
Alaska Airlines launches aviation-focused startup program with Los Angeles venture lab Alaska Airlines wants to help more startups take off. The Seattle-based airline announced Thursday a partnership with UP.Labs to launch… Read More
Stoke Space fuels up with $100M in funding in quest to build fully reusable rockets Stoke Space announced Thursday that it raised $100 million, boosting the Kent, Wash.-based company’s quest to develop a new breed… Read More
Amazon begins shifting 2,000 employees from Seattle to new Bellevue office towers Amazon has moved about half of a planned 2,000 employees from Seattle to Bellevue, Wash., where the company ultimately plans… Read More
Bill Gates-backed Likewise launches AI-powered Pix ‘personal entertainment companion’ Likewise, the Seattle-area content recommendation startup that spun out of Bill Gates’ private office five years ago, launched a free… Read More
SeekOut lays off 7% of staff in restructuring but plans to grow headcount this year Seattle-area recruiting software startup SeekOut laid off 16 employees, or about 7% of its workforce. The company confirmed the layoffs… Read More
Emmett Watson meets ChatGPT: What if the champion of ‘Lesser Seattle’ could see us now? The late, great Seattle newspaper columnist Emmett Watson died more than 20 years ago. A lot has happened since then… Read More
Fake Amazon calls and the use of generative AI highlight new phone scam report Generative AI is playing an increasing role in phone scams, and fake calls related to Amazon accounts or purchases are… Read More
TikTok owner ByteDance grabs another 66K square-feet of office space in Seattle area ByteDance is expanding in the Seattle area. A third quarter report from real estate firm Broderick Group reveals that TikTok… Read More
Amazon pulls the plug on Amp, the live-audio app it launched last year to ‘reimagine radio’ Amazon is pulling the plug on Amp, the audio app it launched last year to let users DJ their own… Read More
Seattle VC firm creates startup investment competition to help grow PNW angel network Seattle venture capital firm First Row Partners is launching The Ensemble Event Fund, a new startup competition that aims to… Read More
GeekWire Summit, Oct. 19: Check out the agenda and join us to explore the new era of AI The long-awaited promise of artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a reality in our work and lives, with far-reaching implications for… Read More
Report: FTC alleges Amazon tested price increases as part of secret ‘Project Nessie’ The Federal Trade Commission alleges that Amazon’s “Project Nessie” was designed to gauge the impact of its product price increases… Read More
‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup It would be fair to expect the destroyer of toxic “forever chemicals” to be a massive, intimidating device. In which… Read More
Qualtrics cuts 780 jobs, about 14% of workforce, citing ‘complexity’ from rapid hiring Qualtrics is cutting about 14% of its workforce to reduce costs and restructure its organization, citing a need to address… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur David Niu launches new startup that reimagines PR As a serial entrepreneur who started and sold three startups, David Niu knows what it’s like to be a CEO… Read More
