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Articles from 2023

E-commerce company Kaspien, previously known as Etailz, is shutting down and laying off staff

Kaspien Holdings, a publicly traded company that helps online brands boost sales on Amazon and other e-commerce platforms, is closing… Read More

Google to pay Washington state Play Store users as part of $700M antitrust settlement

Google Play Store users in Washington state are eligible for a share of a multistate $700 million antitrust lawsuit settlement… Read More

Touchdown of Blue Origin New Shepard booster

Launch success brings Blue Origin closer to resuming crewed suborbital space trips

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture today sent its New Shepard rocket ship on its first suborbital trip to space in 15… Read More

Self-driving company Cruise will lay off 67 workers at Seattle-area engineering hub

Self-driving technology company Cruise is laying off 67 employees at its Bellevue, Wash., engineering center, part of widespread cuts at… Read More

Rules targeting financial criminals will require new filings for startups and small businesses

Startup and small business owners take note: if your company has 20 or fewer full-time employees and gross annual sales… Read More

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket ship on launch pad.

Blue Origin ramps up for second launch attempt after delaying return to spaceflight

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is heading back to the launch pad again early Tuesday to send its New… Read More

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Washington state AG Bob Ferguson proposes AI task force to assess and report on risks

Attorney General Bob Ferguson is proposing legislation to create a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Task Force in Washington state that would… Read More

Tech Moves: Google leaders join Seattle startup MotherDuck; Humanly adds a VP; and more

Seattle data analytics startup MotherDuck is expanding its nest with two new leadership hires. Frances Perry has taken the role… Read More

Zulily website inaccessible and ‘down for maintenance’ following layoffs

Follow-up: Zulily lays off more employees as website and app remain offline Zulily’s website was “down for maintenance” Monday in… Read More

High-tech art experience WNDR Museum closes abruptly in Seattle after 8 months

WNDR Museum, an interactive, tech-infused art experience near the waterfront in downtown Seattle, has ceased operations eight months after opening.… Read More

PNW climate tech execs launch real estate investment firm focusing on mass timber projects

Three former executives of the climate friendly housing technology company Green Canopy NODE have left to create Cambia Capital, a… Read More

Compliance software startup Strike Graph raises more cash

Strike Graph, a Seattle startup and Madrona Venture Labs spinout that helps companies with their security-related compliance and certification, raised… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 10, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 10, 2023. Read More

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Surviving Amazon: Work, life, and bias inside one of the world’s most ambitious businesses

[Editor’s Note: We’re excited this week to welcome a guest host to the GeekWire Podcast, Ross Reynolds, whose voice is… Read More

Ackerley brothers, fresh off Leeds United stake, launch new investment arm for sports and tech

Ted and Chris Ackerley are on the hunt for companies at the forefront of sports and media innovation. The Seattle… Read More

Glowforge lays off 30 employees as maker of 3D laser engravers gets ‘ready for what’s next’

Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser engravers, has laid off 30 employees, co-founder and CEO Dan Shapiro confirmed to… Read More

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes conducts more layoffs amid ‘worsening industry headwinds’

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has conducted another round of layoffs as the company faces what it calls “persistent and… Read More

Seattle marketing company Banzai goes public, rings opening bell at Nasdaq following SPAC deal

Marketing tech company Banzai rang the opening bell at Nasdaq on Friday as the Seattle firm officially became a public… Read More

Startup that helps law firms and VCs review deals wins new First Row Partners competition

Standd, a Washington D.C. startup that builds software to help lawyers and investors review deals, won the top investment prize… Read More

Sam Altman’s venture fund invests $3M in startup using humans and AI to keep people on task

Shelpful, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that combines artificial intelligence and human empathy to help people stay on task and get… Read More

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Pacific NW National Lab opens AI center to concentrate on science, security, energy

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is shining a brighter spotlight on artificial intelligence by creating the Center… Read More

Hasbro laying off Wizards of the Coast staff is baffling — and could lead to a brain drain

A new round of layoffs at Hasbro has impacted its subsidiary Wizards of the Coast, despite Wizards’ strong recent performance… Read More

Jeff Bezos on AI: Large language models are ‘not inventions, they’re discoveries’

Jeff Bezos sat down for an extensive and wide-ranging discussion with Lex Fridman about his life, work, the future of… Read More

Salesforce-backed cybersecurity startup Oleria is raising more cash

Oleria, a Seattle startup helping companies manage employee access to applications and data, is raising more cash, according to a… Read More

Why many rural communities are still in the ‘digital dark’ — and how Washington state is trying to help

Brandon Block is a reporter for Crosscut, where this story first appeared. Applying for a job, scheduling a doctor appointment… Read More

Slalom moving its HQ and name to ‘Hawk Tower’ near Seattle sports stadiums

A new company will make its nest in Seattle’s “Hawk Tower” in the new year. Seattle-based business and technology firm Slalom… Read More

High-tech pat-downs: Startup lands $6M to develop handheld device for detecting concealed weapons

Lassen Peak, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup developing a handheld concealed weapon detection system, has raised $6 million from Seattle-based Madrona… Read More

Illustration: Laser transmissions between satellites in mesh network

Amazon reveals a secret about its Project Kuiper satellites: They’re using laser links

Ending years of speculation, Amazon has acknowledged that its Project Kuiper satellites will use laser-based links to communicate with each… Read More

Microsoft, Google, others partner with LevelTen Energy to create first market for 24/7 clean energy

A growing number of organizations as well as the U.S. government are moving beyond commitments to purchase 100% clean energy… Read More

Parse Biosciences raises $50M for single cell sequencing tech

Parse Biosciences. a Seattle biotech startup developing single cell sequencing products used by more than 1,000 labs worldwide, raised $50… Read More

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