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Articles from 2023

Robo sommeliers: Seattle startup The Waves enters crowded wine subscription market

Visiting small-batch winemakers on their farms, Andy Comer and Gaurav Tiwari sensed skepticism. “We come from Seattle,” said Tiwari, a… Read More

With new Phoenix robot, Sanctuary AI looks to usher in ‘labor as a service’

Sanctuary AI says its new robot is ready for real work. The Vancouver, B.C., company unveiled what it describes as… Read More

Analysis: Microsoft’s regulatory concessions in Activision deal may tamper Xbox ecosystem growth

Microsoft may end up controlling a shocking amount of the most popular, beloved video game franchises in modern media if… Read More

Amazon consumer robotics leader Ken Washington is leaving the company

Updated with Amazon confirmation and comment. Ken Washington, who oversaw the Amazon Astro home robot as the company’s vice president… Read More

Can AI write a better Mother’s Day card? How my mom reacted, and what she said when I came clean

There’s nothing like a heartfelt Mother’s Day message to let your mom know how much you appreciate her and everything… Read More

Police near Seattle issue warning about AI phone scammers impersonating family members

Law enforcement agencies are raising concerns about voice-cloning AI tools, warning consumers that scam callers are using the tech to… Read More

Amazon bolsters its gaming lineup with new ‘Lord of the Rings’ MMO

A new Lord of the Rings massively-multiplayer online game is in production at Amazon Games, made in partnership with Swedish… Read More

College dropout Bill Gates shares advice he never heard at the graduation he never had

Despite dropping out of Harvard University after only three semesters, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates managed to carve out a pretty… Read More

EU approves Microsoft’s $69B Activision acquisition

European Union regulators on Monday approved Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire gaming company Activision, giving the Seattle-area tech giant… Read More

Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet four inspiring organizations using tech for good

The Pacific Northwest is home to countless people applying technology to good causes and working to improve the sector, our… Read More

Seattle startup raises $2M to make healthcare pricing data more transparent

Seattle startup Cascade Health raised a $2 million pre-seed round to boost its AI-powered software that aims to increase healthcare… Read More

Stratolaunch TA-0 release in mid-flight

We have separation: Stratolaunch reaches milestone with release of test payload

California-based Stratolaunch, the venture created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, released a separation test vehicle for the first… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of May 7, 2023

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GeekWire Podcast: Google I/O highlights, AI risks and rewards, and the future of creativity

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Seahawks use AI to generate schedule art as NFL teams try to one up each other on social media

NFL teams have been having a ball the past couple days with social media posts tied to the release of… Read More

Lights, camera, reaction: Cinerama fans rejoice at news that beloved Seattle theater will live on

The news that one historic theater would live on had people cheering at another historic theater on the other side… Read More

Gov. Inslee makes his climate pitch in bid to attract business from Nordic countries

Gov. Jay Inslee made his sales pitch Thursday for Washington as the state for Nordic enterprises to do business in… Read More

Q&A with Minh Le, former SVB leader in Seattle, on navigating a crisis and his new gig

Minh Le bled SVB. The longtime leader at Silicon Valley Bank spent more than half of his professional career with… Read More

Pallavi Dhagat in OSU lab

Pacific Northwest teams win federal funding for semiconductors, energy tech and more

Four Pacific Northwest public-private partnerships have won support from the National Science Foundation through a $43 million nationwide program to… Read More

‘Huge news for downtown’: Cinerama reopening in Seattle follows Amazon’s office return

Seattle civic leaders described the return of beloved movie theater Cinerama as another boost to downtown revitalization efforts. Nonprofit film… Read More

Cinerama is saved! Seattle film nonprofit SIFF acquires historic theater from Paul Allen estate

Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending. The nonprofit film and education organization SIFF acquired the Cinerama from the estate… Read More

Tech leaders discuss generative AI’s impact on enterprise, startups and society

Madrona Venture Group investor Aseem Datar met with about 30 startups in the past week — and all pitched AI… Read More

Allen Institute for AI creating an open generative AI language model ‘by scientists, for scientists’

You can’t read the news today without seeing a story about the latest advances in artificial intelligence, particularly in the… Read More

In search of AI’s killer app … and other notes from Google I/O

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Has AI found its VisiCalc? That’s what I’m wondering after spending Wednesday at Google I/O, the… Read More

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The AI hype train is running full steam ahead. Artificial intelligence is in the mainstream spotlight with the recent proliferation… Read More

Clean energy startup Modern Hydrogen, previously known as Modern Electron, raises $32.8M

The news: Clean energy startup Modern Electron is going all in on hydrogen — so much so that it’s changing… Read More

Tech Moves: Hootsuite adds execs; Institute for Protein Design names new leader

— Hootsuite hired two new execs: Chief Revenue Officer Jessica Hartigan and Chief Customer Officer Ellen Terchila. Hartigan previously worked… Read More

Pie in the sky: Seattle pizza chain eyes drone delivery to bake sustainability into its future

In the near future, when a pizza gets tossed in the air at Pagliacci, it may not come down until… Read More

Satya Nadella

Microsoft won’t give raises to full-time salaried employees this year

Microsoft employees won’t be getting raises this year as the tech giant continues to cut costs. Insider first reported the… Read More

Microsoft cutting more jobs in Seattle region, beyond global layoffs announced in January

Microsoft is making more cuts to its workforce. The company is slashing 158 jobs in Washington state, where it is… Read More

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