Articles from 2023 – Page 34 of 60

WebMD will pay $75M to acquire employee experience company Limeade

Limeade, the employee experience software company based in Bellevue, Wash., agreed to be acquired by WebMD Health Services, part of… Read More

Amazon Games’ latest publishing partnership is with NCSOFT for ‘Throne and Liberty’

The next release from Amazon Games’ publishing arm is a new massively-multiplayer online title from the developer behind Lineage, AION,… Read More

Sales software startup Highspot lays off 15% of staff, its second cut this year

Highspot is trimming headcount again. The Seattle-based sales software company confirmed that it laid off 15% of its workforce. The… Read More

Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle in clean room

Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc. to boost capabilities for on-orbit services

Texas-based Firefly Aerospace says it has acquired Bellevue, Wash.-based Spaceflight Inc. and will shift the operation’s focus from satellite rideshare… Read More

Rivian joining other electric vehicle makers with pop-up showroom at Seattle shopping mall

Seattle’s University Village shopping center is turning into an auto row of sorts for electric vehicle makers. Rivian, the maker… Read More

Seattle councilmember targets ‘top 1%’ with capital gains tax proposal mimicking new state law

Washington state’s controversial capital gains tax went into effect earlier this year. Now a similar tax could come to Seattle… Read More

One-third of home sales are all-cash, the highest level in a decade, amid rising mortgage rates

The share of U.S. homebuyers making all-cash purchases hit a decade-high in April, with one-third of buyers bypassing mortgage loan… Read More

Report: Amazon may bring ad-supported tier to Prime Video

Amazon is discussing plans to create an ad-supported tier to its Prime Video platform, according to a report from The… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Philips CEO joins Absci board; AWS exec departs; and more

— Vancouver, Wash.-based AI drug design and development company Absci named Frans van Houten to its board of directors. A… Read More

Seattle mayor reveals top ideas in potential plan to convert some downtown office space to housing

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s desire to potentially convert some of the city’s downtown office space into housing and other commercial… Read More

Inside Amazon’s Spheres: After five years, the plants and employees are living well together

When the Spheres first opened on Amazon’s headquarters campus in Seattle, Jeff Bezos said the 40,000 plants inside the glass… Read More

Seattle Storm and Coinbase team up on NFTs commemorating Sue Bird’s jersey retirement

The Seattle Storm and Coinbase are teaming up to launch NFTs commemorating Seattle Storm legend Sue Bird’s jersey retirement at… Read More

Mozart Therapeutics lands $25M to develop therapies for autoimmune, inflammatory diseases

New funding: Seattle biotech company Mozart Therapeutics announced $25 million in new funding Wednesday to further its development of therapies for… Read More

Analysis: Apple’s Vision Pro sets up a clash with Valve, Sony, Meta over future of VR/AR

Apple newly announced headset positions the company as a contender in the evolving field of virtual and augmented reality, and… Read More

Downtown Seattle activity hits new high since pandemic, buoyed by Amazon office mandate

Foot traffic in downtown Seattle and around Amazon’s headquarters hit record highs in May, as measured since March 2020 when… Read More

Carbon removal startup Nori raises $6.25M from Toyota and others; names new CEO

New cash: Carbon removal startup Nori announced $6.25 million in new funding. Current investors M13, Toyota Ventures, Placeholder and Cargill… Read More

LeoStella’s CEO works on the next phase of evolution for the satellite revolution

TUKWILA, Wash. — Will LeoStella go beyond LEO? It’s been four years since LeoStella, a joint venture created by BlackSky… Read More

Microsoft to pay $20M FTC fine over Xbox child account data collection practices

Microsoft will pay a $20 million fine and change its account verification process for Xbox gamers under 13 as part… Read More

‘Tears in my eyes’: Seattle startups sound off on Apple’s Vision Pro headset

Entrepreneurs developing augmented and virtual reality apps and games are optimistic that Apple’s new headset will turbocharge adoption of the… Read More

‘Circular economy’ event in Seattle draws attendees from around world working to cut waste

With a world population of more than 8 billion people, it’s increasingly important to make finite resources on the planet… Read More

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman leaves Expedia Group board ‘to focus on his other business interests’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped down from the Expedia Group board effective June 1, after helping the company get a… Read More

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NASA awards millions to boost technology innovations created by small businesses

NASA’s latest round of small-business grants will support aerospace-related technologies ranging from a new kind of spacecraft docking mechanism to… Read More

Google’s search for top doodle ends with sixth grader’s artwork inspired by life with her sisters

Like a lot of kids, Rebecca Wu has been doodling for quite some time. Her dad said she first started… Read More

Tech Moves: Washington STEM names CEO: Former Nike exec joins Nordstrom board

Washington STEM, a nonprofit focused on statewide STEM education and social change, named Lynne K. Varner as its new CEO,… Read More

Seattle startup Flyhomes lays off employees for third time amid real estate headwinds

Real estate startup Flyhomes is laying off employees for the third time in a year, citing an effort to focus… Read More

Generative AI hackathon in Seattle encourages entrepreneurs to tinker with ‘magic wand’

Generative AI is taking the tech world by storm and has already developed to the point that a full stack… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 28, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of May 28, 2023. Read More

A synthetic NPR host? AI startup WellSaid Labs makes amazing ‘Planet Money’ voice clone

For longtime listeners of NPR’s “Planet Money,” there are few voices as recognizable and iconic as that of Robert Smith,… Read More

How are nonprofits using AI and ChatGPT? The focus is on the donor dollars

The nonprofit sector — which encompasses some 1.6 million organizations in the U.S. alone — has joined the ChatGPT and… Read More

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Voices from the Amazon walkout: Why some employees are speaking out and pushing back

Hundreds of Amazon employees walked out of the office in Seattle this week — gathering between the company’s towers while… Read More