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Articles from 2024

Atlas V launch with prototype Amazon Project Kuiper satellites

The Year in Space: Amazon’s Project Kuiper revs up to join the megaconstellation market

Get ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper to pick up the pace in the megaconstellation space race. So far, SpaceX’s Starlink… Read More

Can Microsoft avoid the ghost of Clippy? Familiar theme emerges in Copilot rollout for Office apps

In late October, Microsoft announced that it was starting to test the integration of its Copilot AI assistant into Microsoft… Read More

Bench Accounting to be acquired by Employer.com following abrupt shutdown

After a surprise shutdown that shocked customers, Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Bench Accounting will be acquired by Employer.com. The companies made… Read More

A better weather forecast: Microsoft vets lead startup outperforming traditional sources

Working on Aurora, Microsoft’s AI foundation model of the Earth’s atmosphere, Cristian Bodnar and Jayesh Gupta could see that large… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 22, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 22, 2024. Read More

An artist-in-residence at every tech company? Seattle nonprofit sets ‘big, hairy, audacious goal’

Sounding like veterans of the tech industry that they are hoping to better collaborate with, the co-founders of Seattle-based Future… Read More

Blue Origin New Glenn integrated vehicle hotfire test

Blue Origin completes its last major test to get ready for first New Glenn rocket launch

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s put its orbital-class New Glenn rocket through its last major test in… Read More

Vancouver fintech company Bench Accounting announces sudden shutdown

Follow-up: Bench Accounting to be acquired by Employer.com following abrupt shutdown Bench Accounting, a Vancouver B.C.-based company that provides online… Read More

Startup radar: Early-stage companies getting off the ground in Seattle

We’re featuring another four startups in our latest spotlight of up-and-coming Seattle-area startups. These early-stage companies are building products to… Read More

Seattle venture capital firm Flying Fish raising new ‘Opportunity Fund’

Flying Fish is looking for new opportunities. The Seattle-based venture capital firm is raising money for a new “Flying Fish… Read More

Tech Moves: Washington senator with Microsoft roots to lead Commerce Dept.; Remitly VP retiring

State Sen. Joe Nguyễn will become the next director of the Washington state Department of Commerce. Commerce manages economic and… Read More

Buyer beware: OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model is an entirely different beast

Editor’s note: This guest commentary by Anthony Diamond of Seattle-based Pioneer Square Labs originally appeared on PSL’s blog. TL;DR: OpenAI’s new… Read More

Startup led by Seattle doctors gets FDA approval for virus-killing, surgical mask technology

COVID-19, at the moment, might feel safely in the rearview mirror. But other respiratory viruses and bacterial-caused walking pneumonia are… Read More

Instacart joins Uber in lawsuit against Seattle over driver deactivation law

Instacart is joining Uber in an attempt to block a new ordinance in Seattle that regulates how companies can deactivate… Read More

Certivo, a new PSL spinout led by Seattle tech vet, brings AI to compliance management

Longtime Seattle tech leader Kunal Chopra is heading up a new spinout from Pioneer Square Labs called Certivo, which is… Read More

Iconic retailer Nordstrom, reshaped by digital commerce, set to go private in $6.25B deal

Seattle-based Nordstrom has agreed to be acquired and taken private by members of the longtime retail family and El Puerto… Read More

Ask the Expert: How should I monetize AI agents?

Hello, GeekWire readers. We launched our new business advice column earlier this month, featuring different experts from the Pacific Northwest… Read More

Early Microsoft leaders go all in on AI with Seattle-area startup Total Neural Enterprises

Rich Tong has seen multiple technological revolutions. He believes we’re at the beginning of another one. Tong, a former Windows… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 15, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 15, 2024. Read More

Podcast

AI, tech talent, and regional innovation: A swan song from retiring WTIA CEO Michael Schutzler

Michael Schutzler, the newly retired CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), joins us on this episode of the… Read More

Seattle startup Tribute shuts down as founder reflects on her entrepreneurial journey

Tribute, a Seattle startup fostering workplace connections, weathered the pandemic, won the top prize at the 2020 Seattle Angel Conference,… Read More

Nick Hanauer, critic of income inequality, calls proposed Washington wealth tax ‘impractical’

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer was a vocal supporter of implementing Washington’s capital gains tax, which passed in 2021 and… Read More

Uber sues Seattle over new law regulating how delivery platforms boot drivers off their apps

Uber is suing the City of Seattle over a new law, set to take effect in January, that regulates how… Read More

Amazon and OSHA reach broad settlement over injury rates and warehouse working conditions

Amazon and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced an agreement to settle most of the cases brought by OSHA… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names CFO; former Microsoft AI VP leads new startup; Avante gets sales VP

Expedia Group has appointed Scott Schenkel as its new chief financial officer, effective in early February. Schenkel was at eBay… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Beast Games’ arrives on Prime Video, as 1,000 contestants compete for $5M

MrBeast is jumping from YouTube to Prime Video today as the new reality TV competition “Beast Games” premieres on Amazon’s… Read More

Wealth tax proposal in Washington state reignites debate over taxes and tech talent migration

Follow-up: Nick Hanauer, critic of income inequality, calls proposed Washington wealth tax ‘impractical’ Do taxes that target wealthy residents drive… Read More

RealSelf layoffs: Cosmetic procedure review company cuts staff

RealSelf, a Seattle-based cosmetic treatment review and resource platform, laid off part of its workforce last week. The layoffs affected… Read More

Ex-Amperity CEO Kabir Shahani is amped about building startups with his latest venture

It’s been nearly three years since Kabir Shahani stepped aside as the CEO of Amperity, the Seattle-based customer-intelligence startup he… Read More

University of Washington researchers craft method of fine-tuning AI chatbots for individual taste

As artificial intelligence chatbots are popping up to provide information in all sorts of applications, University of Washington researchers have… Read More

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