Articles from 2024 – Page 15 of 56

Freeze! Comments about the social dynamic in Seattle’s startup scene draw a chilly response

Nothing like a mention of the “Seattle Freeze” to heat up the conversation about the city’s startup ecosystem and what… Read More

Smartsheet acquisition: Competing bids unlikely; $8.4B deal could fuel other private equity buyouts

Smartsheet is allowed to solicit other potential acquirers after announcing a $8.4 billion buyout deal with Blackstone and Vista Equity… Read More

Allen Institute for AI’s new model points to items in images, aims to make bigger point in industry

Turing Test? Whatever. Meet the Refrigerator Challenge. A new multimodal artificial intelligence model from the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2),… Read More

Radian Aerospace prototype plane at airfield in UAE

Radian Aerospace completes its first round of ground testing for prototype space plane

Seattle-based Radian Aerospace has finished the first round of ground taxi testing for a prototype aircraft that’s meant to blaze… Read More

Seattle mayor wants to tap more revenue from payroll tax on big business to plug budget holes

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Tuesday announced details of his planned 2025-26 budget, which includes $287 million collected from the… Read More

How the Seattle Freeze and ‘celebration of pessimism’ hurts the city’s startup scene

Follow-up: Freeze! Comments about the social dynamic in Seattle’s startup scene draw a chilly response Lack of angel investors. The… Read More

Submarine builder recounts how a trip in OceanGate’s Titan sub unnerved him

Karl Stanley has done more than 2,000 dives in submersibles that he’s built himself, so he was intrigued when OceanGate… Read More

Self-driving wheelchairs at Sea-Tac Airport whisk mobility challenged travelers to their gates

Mobility challenged travelers at Sea-Tac International Airport have a high-tech new option for getting to their gates: self-driving, electric wheelchairs.… Read More

F5 layoffs impact in-house content creation employees

F5 is laying off employees working for the company’s marketing-related content production team, GeekWire has learned. The Seattle-based company confirmed… Read More

In scathing ruling, judge dismisses Group14 lawsuit alleging battery trade secret violations

In a ruling issued last week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly dismissed with prejudice a case brought by battery startup… Read More

Paul Allen Foundation giving $9M to boost arts and culture initiatives in downtown Seattle

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is getting in on continued efforts to reenergize downtown Seattle, announcing Tuesday that it… Read More

Amazon aiding Amazon: Tech giant buys carbon credits to help save the rainforest

Seattle-area tech giant Amazon is part of a $180 million deal with at least five other companies to buy carbon… Read More

Microsoft Copilot will show the underlying web search terms that contribute to AI chat responses

Microsoft announced a series of artificial intelligence security, privacy and transparency capabilities, including a new feature in its Copilot AI… Read More

Smartsheet to go private in $8.4 billion deal with Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone

Follow-up: Smartsheet acquisition: Competing bids unlikely; $8.4B deal could fuel other private equity buyouts Smartsheet announced Tuesday that it agreed… Read More

Freight fintech startup Outgo raises $15M to help trucking carriers access cash quickly

Outgo, a Seattle-based startup that sells banking services to freight carriers, revealed that it raised $15 million in an investment… Read More

This new Seattle marketplace startup wants to change how B2B companies scale sales

SoundGTM, a new Seattle startup led by tech veterans Jenn Steele and Kevin Boehm, announced public availability of its marketplace… Read More

OceanGate’s former top engineer says cost concerns shortchanged Titan sub’s safety

In the run-up to last year’s implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible, cost concerns played a role in decisions that may… Read More

The winning ideas from AI Tinkerers’ human-in-the-loop AI agent hackathon in Seattle

A hackathon in Seattle this past weekend provided a glimpse of how AI systems can effectively work with humans in… Read More

Washington state launches site to find climate friendly grants, rebates and tax incentives

Washington state leaders on Monday shared a new website that corrals the federal and state grants, tax incentives and rebates… Read More

New species of hammerhead shark named after Paul Allen, who funded critical research

Nine years after throwing his support behind an initiative aimed at protecting sharks and their habitats, Paul Allen has a… Read More

Microsoft details ‘largest cybersecurity engineering effort in history’ — securing its own code

Microsoft gave new details about its security initiatives on Monday morning, less than five months after CEO Satya Nadella and… Read More

GM-backed electric boating startup Pure Watercraft selling assets as part of receivership process

Pure Watercraft, the Seattle-based makers of electric outboard motors that hoped to revolutionize the pleasure boating industry and raised investment… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona expands Bay Area team, Microsoft vet returns, Veeam adds tech experts

Anna Chen is joining Madrona’s Bay Area office as the longtime Seattle investment firm strengthens its presence in Silicon Valley.… Read More

Seattle battery startup founded by father-son team brings new buzz to growing field

Housed in a scruffy gray building on the north shore of Seattle’s Lake Union is a next-gen battery startup with… Read More

A big, fast electric boat made in Seattle could whisk the ultra rich to and from their megayachts

Before electric boats even create a significant enough ripple on the lakes and waterways near you, Seattle-based Zin Boats is… Read More

My summer at GeekWire: Insights from an internship on the climate tech beat

I arrived at GeekWire’s Seattle offices on a sunny afternoon in June to find a party in full swing on… Read More

Alaska Airlines issues ground stop in Seattle after tech problem causes ‘significant disruption’

Alaska Airlines experienced a “significant IT outage” on Sunday evening that delayed flights and forced it to request a ground… Read More

Can Amazon change how we watch football? Testing ‘Prime Vision’ on Thursday Night Football

More than 25 years after the debut of the yellow first down line in an NFL broadcast, the quest to… Read More

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

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

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Podcast: Amazon’s quest to become a startup again; Plus, 6 years of progress in driverless cars

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s decision to bring its employees back to the office five days a week… Read More