Articles from 2023 – Page 20 of 60

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Amazon’s robots and its larger vision for work: A conversation with robotics tech leader Tye Brady

Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, joins us on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast to talk about… Read More

Inside BrickCon 2023, where serious LEGO geeks have been building for this moment

If you build it, they will come. Especially if you build a train, roller coaster, coral reef, space station, warship,… Read More

David Gregory and Bill Bruner at New Frontier Aerospace HQ

New Frontier Aerospace aims to zoom from hypersonic flight’s past into its future

TUKWILA, Wash. — Thirty years after the first flight of a pioneering reusable rocket ship known as the Delta Clipper… Read More

Feds award $15M for new cutting-edge research center to study Pacific NW earthquakes

Wildfires and hurricanes are dominating the disaster spotlight, but the threat of a massive earthquake still simmers beneath the surface… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexport execs depart; Rover adds board member; longtime T-Mobile leader to retire

— Dave Clark isn’t the only former Amazon exec out at Flexport. Five other ex-Amazonians who joined Flexport over the… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: What this veteran AI leader discussed with President Biden in a private meeting

“So we were ushered into a room and the president came in. He was engaged, he was witty…he was asking… Read More

City of Seattle partners with local teletherapy startup to tackle youth mental health crisis

The city of Seattle and healthcare startup Joon Care are partnering to provide free online mental healthcare in an effort… Read More

‘Convoy Mafia’: Alumni from trucking marketplace company take the wheel at their own startups

The Convoy Mafia is growing in Seattle. A vast alumni network from the trucking marketplace company is fueling entrepreneurial activity… Read More

Smartsheet stock rises 6% following earnings report as it launches new AI tools

Smartsheet shares rose 6% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Bellevue, Wash.-based work management software company reported better-than-expected earnings for… Read More

Microsoft just signed a giant carbon removal deal to sponge up CO2 using limestone

Microsoft announced that it is purchasing 315,000 metric tons of carbon removal over a multi-year period from climate tech startup… Read More

Zillow Group unveils tool to help renters buy insurance

Zillow Group introduced a new tool to help renters purchase insurance online. The Seattle-based company teamed up with tech-focused insurance… Read More

New robots are making Amazon’s warehouses more efficient — can they also make them safer?

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s lunchtime at Amazon’s AUS2, a six-story warehouse set between housing subdivisions and a state highway on… Read More

Tech entrepreneur Robbie Cape brings a taste of startup life to Mt. Joy, his new Seattle chicken joint

The joy was on the face of Robbie Cape. And the Mt. Joy was in the mouths and bellies of… Read More

Slalom Consulting lays off 7% of workforce; CEO cites ‘significant shifts within our industry’

Seattle-based business and technology firm Slalom Consulting laid off about 900 employees in a workforce reduction.

Mars Society unveils its plan to establish technology institute, perhaps in Seattle

The nonprofit Mars Society is getting set to take the next giant leap in its mission to support Red Planet… Read More

Seattle NFT startup Niftmint joins Andreessen Horowitz accelerator program

Seattle startup Niftmint is joining Andreessen Horowitz’s Talent x Opportunity (TxO) accelerator program, part of nine companies in the venture… Read More

Employees report a rare round of layoffs at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture

Several employees at Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin are reporting that they’ve been laid off, marking a rare turnabout in the… Read More

Former Amazon exec Dave Clark abruptly resigns as Flexport CEO a year after joining logistics company

Dave Clark, the former longtime Amazon executive, has resigned as CEO of Flexport, the San Francisco-based logistics company he joined… Read More

Project Kuiper terminal with cell tower in background

Amazon’s Kuiper satellite network forges partnership with Vodafone’s cell networks

Vodafone and its African subsidiary, Vodacom, have made a deal to use Amazon’s yet-to-be-deployed Project Kuiper satellite broadband network to… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Expedia exec joins Trupanion as CFO; General Fusion adds board member

— Seattle-based pet insurance company Trupanion named Fawwad Qureshi as CFO. The appointment, effective Sept. 25, comes after CFO Drew… Read More

GeekWire Summit Sneak Preview: Join us Oct. 19 for an AI reality check at an iconic Seattle venue

The GeekWire Summit is back on Oct. 19 — with a plot twist. We’re reinventing our annual technology conference, now… Read More

Seattle-based Breakers, a new fund led by Annie Luchsinger, eyes early-stage startups

Breakers is breaking into the venture capital scene. The new Seattle-based fund led by former Anthos Capital investor Annie Luchsinger… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptive board member resigns; Tagboard exec steps down; and more

— Seattle biotech company Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. disclosed in a SEC filing that Kevin Conroy has stepped down from his… Read More

RIP, WordPad: Microsoft will remove this longtime word-processing app in a future Windows update

We probably should have known something was up when they didn’t give WordPad a dark mode. Just before the long… Read More

RideWithGPS, a Portland startup that makes bicycle route planning tools, lands $3M

RideWithGPS, a 16-year-old company that sells GPS-powered route-planning tools for bicyclists, landed $3 million from an undisclosed strategic investor.

Biotech company Absci lays off 30 employees, about 15% of staff

Publicly traded biotech company Absci is laying off 30 employees, or approximately 15% of its workforce.

Life, luck, and ‘learning from the best’: Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé at PAX West

This year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle (PAX West 23) started Friday with a well-attended keynote speech by Reggie Fils-Aimé,… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 27, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 27, 2023. Read More

Artist’s giant troll sculptures bring whimsy to Seattle-area woods — and a message about waste

The giant trolls are here. A unique art project is leaving its big footprint on the Seattle area and the… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is done debating RTO policy; Robot umps update; Summit sneak peek

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made it clear in a recent internal meeting that he wants employees to “disagree and commit”… Read More