Articles from 2024 – Page 27 of 56

Seattle startup Momento, led by ex-AWS engineers, lands $15M to help companies ship faster

Seattle startup Momento, which offers infrastructure tools to help companies speed up software development processes, raised a $15 million Series A… Read More

Washington state Department of Commerce gives $52M to tribes for climate resiliency projects

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee visited the Quinault Indian Reservation on Tuesday to help announce $52 million in funding for… Read More

Tech Moves: Syndio hires LinkedIn product vet; Microsoft chief scientist joins Shutterstock board

— Mitali Pattnaik, a former head of product management and senior director at LinkedIn, joined Seattle startup Syndio as its new… Read More

After Trump shooting, UW researchers try to make quick sense of online reaction, rumors and more

The chaos and confusion in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump led many people… Read More

Gov. Inslee, Sen. Murray visit Washington fusion startups as funding heats up despite tech hurdles

The fusion industry last year pulled in more than $900 million of private and public funding in the quest to… Read More

Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz help electrify I-5 corridor with fast chargers for EVs

Stopping for coffee between Washington and California could soon include the option of topping off an electric vehicle battery charge… Read More

Businesses around Amazon HQ are bustling, a year after tech giant’s return-to-office mandate

During the sunny, summer lunchtime rush around Amazon’s Seattle headquarters campus one day last week, it almost looked and felt… Read More

Longtime Silicon Valley investor on the biggest challenge for Seattle’s startup ecosystem

Seattle needs more founders trying to hit home runs. That’s the word from Kyle Lui, a longtime Silicon Valley venture… Read More

Wellness startup Viome targets oral health with toothpaste and gel formulated via microbiome data

Viome, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wellness and diagnostics company, is putting its efforts around preventive healthcare and longevity where its mouth… Read More

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NASA awards $348,000 to Interlune to test technology for processing moon soil

Seattle-based Interlune has received a $348,000 grant from NASA to test its system for processing lunar soil on a series… Read More

Environmental groups target Amazon’s climate efforts with Prime Day protest at Seattle HQ

Environmental protesters in Seattle seized on Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales event on Tuesday to once again call out the… Read More

New virtual reality gaming and entertainment venue Mirra opening in Bellevue

Virtual reality entertainment startup Mirra plans to open its first location in Bellevue, Wash. in August. Mirra is a “social… Read More

New visa application centers for India open in Seattle area

The India Visa Application Center has opened in Seattle, adding another link in a growing connection between the Emerald City… Read More

Markable.AI launches $100M ad fund for creators on Instagram, TikTok and other social platforms

Getting dropped by Weibo couldn’t have worked out better for Markable.AI. The social media platform had been testing a beta… Read More

LevelTen lands $65M from Microsoft, Google to expand clean energy marketplace services

Seattle-based LevelTen Energy, a startup facilitating the deployment of clean energy projects, raised a $65 million Series D round from… Read More

Projected 30% spike in electricity demand in 10 years supercharges energy summit in Seattle

After decades of relative stability in the Pacific Northwest’s energy demands, dramatic changes are coming fast. Over the next decade,… Read More

New data reveals impact of minimum wage law on food delivery drivers and orders in NYC

Delivery drivers working for platforms such as DoorDash and Uber Eats in New York City saw wages grow by more… Read More

AI tools help journalists assess authenticity of images in immediate aftermath of Trump shooting

Journalists used artificial intelligence to check the authenticity of images from the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in… Read More

How clean tech companies can take advantage of AI — without draining energy from the planet

Artificial intelligence has tremendous potential to improve efficiency and help decarbonize the planet — but it also requires huge amounts… Read More

Alitheon gains traction with military and commercial applications for its ID system

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Seven years after it came onto the Seattle area’s tech scene, a startup called Alitheon is making… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 7, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 7, 2024. Read More

Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos issue statements on shooting at Trump rally

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joined other leaders across the country issuing statements about the shooting… Read More

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OpenAI wants NYT’s notes; AI meets email; Startup vets power up an EV charging marketplace

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we catch up on the latest twist in the New York Times’ lawsuit against… Read More

Seven years later, longtime Echo Spot user sizes up the first revamp of Amazon’s tiny Alexa device

Amazon’s original Echo Spot has been sitting on the back corner of the desk in my home office for seven… Read More

Election impact on climate efforts is top of mind at first-ever Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle

More than 4,500 climate tech investors, government officials, tech leaders, activists, artists and researchers from around the world are gathering… Read More

The $120 trillion opportunity that has TPG’s Jim Coulter excited about climate investing

Jim Coulter, founding partner, executive chair and director for the investment firm TPG, thinks a little more optimism is warranted… Read More

Mozilla’s product chief sues the Firefox maker, alleging discrimination after cancer diagnosis

Update, April 2026: Steve Teixeira informed GeekWire that he and Mozilla reached a confidential settlement in December, resolving the lawsuit.… Read More

This climate tech leader wants startups to solve urgent needs — and is raising a fund to help them

Aina Abiodun is ready for the climate tech sector to recognize that communities everywhere are already experiencing the challenging impacts… Read More

Portland startup lands $2.7M for autonomous robots designed to disinfect hotels and hospitals

Haystack Robotics, a Portland, Ore.-based startup developing robotics technology for disinfection use cases, has raised $2.7 million from an investment… Read More

Who’s raising? The top funding deals for Pacific Northwest startups in Q2

Tech startups spanning biotech, agriculture, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and other industries reeled in the largest funding rounds during the second… Read More