Articles from 2023 – Page 32 of 60

Q&A: DexCare CEO Derek Streat’s advice on raising cash in a rough market: ‘Don’t if you don’t have to’

Derek Streat, CEO of the fast-growing healthcare patient demand and access platform DexCare, is a startup veteran with 25 years… Read More

Biotech startup developing tests and treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease raises $52.9M

University of Washington spinout AltPep, which is developing tests and treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, completed a $52.9 million… Read More

IonQ moves ahead with Forte quantum computers and its facility in Seattle area

Maryland-based IonQ is expanding the commercial availability of its next-generation Forte quantum computer — and ramping up its research and… Read More

Convoy co-founder Grant Goodale to step down from trucking marketplace startup after 8 years

Grant Goodale, the co-founder of Seattle-based trucking marketplace startup Convoy, will step down from his position as chief experience officer… Read More

From vacant storefronts to vibrant hubs: Revisiting ‘third places’ for urban resilience

In Seattle, city government and the Downtown Seattle Association continue to build on the “Amazon Great Return” through a variety… Read More

Aerial view of Titan submersible search site

Search team confirms hearing ‘banging’ noises at sea but haven’t found Titanic sub

Searchers are continuing to hear what they describe as “banging” noises as they monitor underwater sounds for signs of an… Read More

FTC sues Amazon, alleging it duped consumers into buying hard-to-cancel Prime subscriptions

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allegedly duping customers into signing up for subscriptions to its Prime service… Read More

Microsoft reaches a key milestone in its quest to build a quantum supercomputer

Microsoft says it has achieved an important physics breakthrough representing the first milestone in its long-term initiative to build a… Read More

Maury Island Incident mural in Des Moines, Wash.

Maury Island Incident and ‘Men in Black’ stories become a cause for celebration

Even the Men in Black need their day in the sun. And they’re getting it this week, in the place… Read More

Patient appointment booking platform DexCare lands $75M in one of the year’s largest deals

Seattle health-tech startup DexCare announced Wednesday that it raised $75 million in fresh cash to boost the development of its healthcare… Read More

Nintendo announces new ‘Super Mario Bros.’ & ‘Pikmin’ games for Switch

In its latest Nintendo Direct virtual presentation on Wednesday morning, Nintendo announced a number of upcoming video games, including the… Read More

Clean-room team with Orbiter SN3 space tug and Otter Pup docking spacecraft

Spinning spacecraft adds unwelcome twist to Starfish Space’s docking test mission

Starfish Space’s ambitious mission to test its on-orbit satellite docking system has taken an unfortunate turn — or, more precisely,… Read More

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Amazon vs. Walmart: Reporter and author Jason Del Rey on the ‘defining business clash’ of our era

Amazon famously professes to obsess about customers, not competitors, but if the company really wants to focus its business, concentrating… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M for fifth fund as studio doubles down on AI startups

Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) announced Wednesday it raised $11 million for its fifth fund, providing fresh fuel for the Seattle… Read More

Healthcare billing and claims automation startup Outbound AI raises $16M

Outbound AI announced Wednesday $16 million in fresh funding to advance the rollout of its artificial intelligence tools that help healthcare… Read More

Amazon will hold Prime Day 2023 on July 11-12, adding invite-only deals and ‘Buy with Prime’ sites

Amazon will hold its 2023 Prime Day sales event on Tuesday, July 11, and Wednesday, July 12, the Seattle-based e-commerce… Read More

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush chats with GeekWire's Alan Boyle during a 2019 dive in the company's Cyclops submersible.

Here’s what it’s like to steer an OceanGate submersible … no, not the missing sub

The Titan submersible that has gone missing near the wreck of the Titanic isn’t the only sub in OceanGate’s fleet:… Read More

Hydrogen-powered aviation and sustainable fuel startups announce expansion plans in Washington

The Paris Air Show is taking place this week and the event kicked off with news from two sustainable aviation… Read More

Danish artist to troll Northwest with giant public sculptures, backed in part by Allen Foundation

Seattle’s famous Fremont Troll and the Seattle Kraken’s blue-haired mascot Buoy are going to get some company this summer when… Read More

Amazon closes another Go convenience store in downtown Seattle; location was second to open

Amazon closed another of its Amazon Go convenience stores in downtown Seattle, three months after it announced that eight of… Read More

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush with Titan submersible during construction

Search for OceanGate’s missing Titanic sub widens; crew’s names come to light

The search for an OceanGate submersible that went out of contact during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic… Read More

Real estate investment and property management platform Picket lands $20M

The News: Seattle startup Picket Homes raised $20 million to boost development of its platform that helps investors analyze, purchase… Read More

Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi named CEO of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Ali Farhadi, a computer vision specialist and startup founder who most recently led Apple’s machine learning initiatives, will rejoin the… Read More

OceanGate loses contact with submersible during dive to Titanic; search is underway

OceanGate’s Titan submersible has gone out of contact during one of its dives to the wreck of the Titanic, 12,500… Read More

Soundbites on AI: Seattle music vets share concern and enthusiasm for how tech might impact art

During a recent appearance on Conan O’Brien’s podcast, Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan offered a gloomy prediction for the… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 11, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 11, 2023. Read More

Podcast

Data’s destiny: Former Microsoft and Snowflake exec Bob Muglia on the future of AI and humanity

This week: the origins of data, and the future of the digital species. Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast is… Read More

The new CEO of All Raise wants to change the narrative around women founders and investors

The percentage of venture capital dollars going to startups led by only female founders hasn’t surpassed 3% over the past… Read More

More layoffs at Zulily: E-commerce company trims headcount after private equity acquisition

Zulily is laying off workers again. Several employees of the Seattle-based e-commerce retailer were let go from the company this… Read More

Convoy CEO Dan Lewis on leadership advice, autonomous trucking and the Seattle tech scene

For Dan Lewis, conviction and consistency are the driving forces behind his leadership style of trucking marketplace startup Convoy. “Trust… Read More