Articles from 2023 – Page 5 of 60

Why this enterprise software investor is bullish on AI — and how she’s assessing new startups

Sheila Gulati spent the past decade as managing director of Tola Capital immersed in cloud transformation, investing in cutting-edge enterprise… Read More

5 good reasons to get your holiday geek on at the GeekWire Gala in Seattle

If you’ve been procrastinating and putting off holiday plans, here’s your friendly wakeup nudge: it’s December tomorrow. And the GeekWire… Read More

Seattle preps for new rules requiring more than 4,000 buildings to cut fossil fuel use by 2050

The Seattle City Council is closing in on new rules requiring roughly 4,100 existing buildings of more than 20,000 square… Read More

Manufacturing software startup Retrocausal raises $5.3M to help workers assemble products

Retrocausal, a Seattle-area software startup using AI technology to help manufacturers and their employees, announced a $5.3 million investment round.… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Blake Resnick finds a larger purpose in tech, making drones for public safety

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series profiling “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Inside Amazon’s new Bellevue office tower, where the company is testing evolving workplace designs

Nobody dropped the tech industry’s tried and true “fail fast” mantra, but during a tour Wednesday of Amazon’s newly opened… Read More

Biotech teams are gearing up for a $101M competition to boost healthy lifespan

Some of the biggest names in longevity research — and at least one Seattle biotech startup — say they’ll enter… Read More

Microsoft gets OpenAI board seat as non-voting observer

Microsoft is getting a voice on the revamped OpenAI board as a non-voting observer, according to a memo sent to… Read More

How do you capture the ocean’s energy? Peek under the hood of a startup’s ‘anti-boat’ power device

Oscilla Power, a startup developing devices that capture wave energy to produce electricity, has ocean-sized ambitions. The Seattle-based business envisions… Read More

Amazon inks new deal with NASCAR, bolstering sports streaming portfolio

Amazon’s live sports ambitions keep growing. The Seattle tech giant announced Wednesday a seven-year content deal with NASCAR that includes… Read More

Next-gen battery startup Sila breaks ground on Washington facility with $100M in DOE support

Next-generation battery materials startup Sila broke ground on Wednesday on its first automotive-scale manufacturing facility located in Moses Lake, Wash.… Read More

Looking for a hot holiday party ticket? GeekWire Gala early-bird rates ending soon

Light up your favorite holiday suit, dress or whatever makes for festive fashion, it’s almost time for the annual GeekWire… Read More

Tola Capital raises $230M for third fund to help Seattle firm back enterprise software startups

Seattle-based investment firm Tola Capital raised $230 million for its third fund that will provide capital for 25-to-30 early stage… Read More

Rover to be acquired by asset manager Blackstone in $2.3B deal

Seattle pet-sitting marketplace Rover announced Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by asset manager Blackstone in a deal… Read More

A Project Kuiper satellite terminal is set up with a wind farm in the background. (Amazon Photo)

Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights new connections to AWS and partners in Japan

As Amazon gears up to build and launch thousands of satellites for its Project Kuiper constellation, it’s talking up the… Read More

FBI investigating package containing white powdery substance at Gates Foundation mail facility

Seattle Police and Fire Department personnel responded to a report Tuesday afternoon of a suspicious package containing a white powdery… Read More

Broadcom laying off workers in Washington state following acquisition of VMware

Broadcom, the San Jose, Calif.-based semiconductor and software tech multinational, is laying off 158 workers in Bellevue, Wash., according to… Read More

Expense management software company Center is raising more cash

Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Center is reeling in additional cash, according to a new SEC filing.

AI imaging software generates a gallery of stereotypes, say Univ. of Washington researchers

If you’re asked to imagine a person from North America or a woman from Venezuela, what do they look like?… Read More

Sphere of influence? Google’s big Vegas ad buy clouds the landscape at Amazon re:Invent

Reporting from Las Vegas … Brilliant marketing move or big waste of money? That’s the debate after Google Cloud bought… Read More

AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ AI assistant, jabs at Microsoft and OpenAI at re:Invent

Reporting from Las Vegas … Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky doubled down on the new era of artificial intelligence… Read More

Holiday ‘Bliss’: Microsoft’s latest ugly sweater features iconic Windows XP desktop image

The hills are alive on this year’s ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft. Throwing things back to the early 2000s, the… Read More

MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith at company headquarters in Everett, Wash.

Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming… Read More

Why digital news sites were omitted from a Washington tax exemption trying to aid local media

Since 2005, nearly 2,900 U.S. newspapers have closed as ad dollars moved online and subscriptions slumped. Washington state lawmakers grew… Read More

Get your GeekWire Gala tickets today, and help give back to a nonprofit that supports young people

Today is a great time to secure your tickets for the GeekWire Gala. As part of our Giving Tuesday promotion,… Read More

Longtime Tableau exec Francois Ajenstat joins analytics company Amplitude as product chief

After a 13-year journey with Seattle-based Tableau Software — which grew from a small startup into a public company that… Read More

Amazon starts offering its palm recognition tech for building access and corporate security

Amazon is expanding its Amazon One palm recognition technology to corporate customers, allowing their employees to use their palms instead… Read More

Tech Moves: Leafly board member departs; Uber Freight hires ex-Convoy comms lead

— Following the implosion of freight logistics startup Convoy last month, former employees from the heavily-funded Seattle startup are finding landing… Read More

EU regulators say Amazon’s iRobot deal could ‘restrict competiton’

Shares of Roomba maker iRobot fell nearly 20% after the European Commission said Amazon’s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of the… Read More

Cyber Monday expected to be biggest U.S. online shopping day of all time at $12B in spend

U.S. consumers are expected to spend between $12-to-$12.4 billion on Cyber Monday, which would exceed forecasts and set a new… Read More