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Articles from 2023

Illustration: City on Mars

Science fiction focuses on the far future of terraforming, with a tie-in to today’s cities

Billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dream of making Mars more like Earth, or seeing millions of people… Read More

Privacy bill aims to protect health data on apps and websites in Washington state

Consumers in Washington state will gain new privacy protections over their health data if lawmakers pass proposed legislation called the… Read More

Tech office leases slow to a ‘trickle’ in Seattle as real estate braces for impact of layoffs

Office building attendance in downtown Seattle this past November increased year-over-year from 15-20% to 35-60%, as more companies establish in-office… Read More

Green aviation company ZeroAvia expanding in Boeing’s backyard with hydrogen-electric tech

ZeroAvia recently grabbed headlines for successfully flying the largest aircraft to date under hydrogen power. The startup’s main operations are… Read More

Nonprofit supported by Paul Allen’s foundation studies link between lynx and burned habitats

A wildlife research nonprofit backed by the Paul G. Allen Foundation is embarking on a new study to learn more… Read More

Forbes ’30 under 30′ entrepreneurs raise $3M for remote work productivity startup backed by Meta

After more than a year of remote work, Devin Ajimine and his friends could not find a productivity tool that… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 22, 2023

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 22, 2023. Read More

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Putting the AI in domains: Why the new era of artificial intelligence inspires this startup founder

After calling up the website Smartynames.com this week, I typed in a description for a business idea: “Drone photography business… Read More

Band says it’s ‘not welcome back’ at Seattle arena; NHL team insists song lampooning Bezos isn’t why

A Seattle punk-pop group that played this week as the “house band” between periods at a Seattle Kraken game at… Read More

Amazon adding new fees for grocery delivery

Amazon is tacking on new service fees for Prime members who get less than $150 worth of groceries via the… Read More

After fan outcry, Wizards of the Coast will leave its original open license in place

Wizards of the Coast is officially leaving its old rules in place to govern independently-published material for the Dungeons &… Read More

Microsoft and VMware vet Paul Maritz backs social app that vows not to monetize user data

Veteran computer scientist and business leader Paul Maritz is perhaps best known for his work in PC and server operating… Read More

Exit comeback: After big slowdown in IPO and M&A activity, analysts optimistic for a rebound

After startup exit activity took a nose dive in 2022 amid inflation, rising interest rates, and other macroeconomic forces, some… Read More

Startup survival: How a pandemic pivot helped this photo booth company see a bigger picture

Nearly three years after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live events and put Sam Eitzen’s physical photo booth business in… Read More

Tech layoffs at big companies could be a boon for startups and entrepreneurship

A wave of layoffs at tech companies is flooding the job market with fresh talent. The trend is sparking questions… Read More

Publicly traded cannabis fintech POSaBIT acquires three compliance software firms

POSaBIT has reached a deal with Akerna to acquire three cannabis compliance companies in an all-cash deal, broadening the suite… Read More

Whalesync, a Seattle startup syncing data between software apps, raises $1.8M

Whalesync, a Seattle startup offering no-code support to companies to sync their data between software applications, raised $1.8 million. The… Read More

Seattle-area longevity company emerges from three startups, plans to go public via SPAC

Bradford Zakes recently helped combine the Seattle-area biotech company he led, Cerevast Medical, with two startups to create a new… Read More

In effort to ban caste discrimination, Seattle councilmember cites system’s link to tech industry

When Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant introduced legislation this week to ban caste discrimination in Seattle, her supporters included tech… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon VP Babak Parviz joins Madrona; Microsoft CVP Vahé Torossian departs

— Babak Parviz, a former director at Google and vice president at Amazon, joined Seattle-based firm Madrona Venture Group as a… Read More

Go inside Group14, the $3B startup with a secret tech for better batteries

Across the highway from battery startup Group14 Technologies is the Maltby Cafe, a decades-old institution dishing up cinnamon rolls the… Read More

UW biotech spinout raises $5M to develop gene therapy system for muscular dystrophy

The news: Myosana Therapeutics, a Seattle startup developing gene therapy technology, raised $5 million to develop an early-stage candidate treatment… Read More

Lauren Sanchez plans to lead an all-female crew on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship

Lauren Sanchez is planning to follow in the footsteps of her billionaire boyfriend, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, by taking a… Read More

Go inside the $2 billion Seattle Convention Center expansion, viewed as a big boost to downtown

The sparkling new addition to the Seattle Convention Center is a $2 billion statement piece in the downtown Seattle landscape. Now state… Read More

Microsoft puts game developers front and center in latest Xbox reveal presentation

Microsoft aired a 44-minute pre-recorded presentation Wednesday to announce several release dates for upcoming games on the Xbox platform, as… Read More

Seattle sues Kia and Hyundai, accusing carmakers of omitting anti-theft tech, spurring thefts and public harm

Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison on Monday filed a lawsuit against Kia and Hyundai, alleging that the automakers failed to… Read More

ChatGPT goes to college: Here’s how the UW says professors should deal with AI in the classroom

The sudden rise of ChatGPT — the AI-powered chatbot released by OpenAI last fall — has educators across the country rethinking… Read More

What Microsoft’s numbers say about the state of the tech economy

Things really began to change in December. That’s when Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform started to lose some of its momentum,… Read More

Seattle startup aims to change surgery using AI, computer vision and augmented reality

In a former Boeing manufacturing facility near Seattle’s waterfront, a six-year old startup is readying a system it says will… Read More

Quantum cryostat at Microsoft

Tech report lays out a fuzzy roadmap for Washington state’s quantum industry

A newly issued report says Washington state provides one of America’s best settings for expanding the frontiers of quantum information… Read More

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