Articles from 2024 – Page 28 of 56

Costco raises membership fees — is Amazon Prime next?

Costco membership fees will increase for the first time in seven years, the retail giant announced Wednesday. Customers in the… Read More

Eric Elfman, new CEO at Moxiworks, brings entrepreneurial mindset to real estate platform

As the industry continues to deal with the disruption of commissions lawsuits and settlements, the new CEO at a key… Read More

Microsoft inks the largest carbon removal deal ever

Microsoft has made a deal to buy 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from a subsidiary of Occidental… Read More

Microsoft relinquishes role as OpenAI board observer amid FTC scrutiny of AI investments

Microsoft will no longer serve as an observer on the OpenAI board, despite a multi-billion dollar investment that gives the… Read More

Former OfferUp and Auth0 CEOs lead secretive new EV charging startup with high-powered exec team

A secretive new Seattle-area startup called Juicer Energy is aiming to turn residential properties into public EV charging stations. Juicer’s… Read More

Amazon’s carbon footprint shrank 3% last year — but AI-driven climate challenges loom

Amazon’s carbon footprint shrank by 3% last year, marking its second straight year of decline. In its annual sustainability report,… Read More

DoorDash and Uber fed up with Seattle council standstill on food delivery driver pay

DoorDash and Uber are chomping at the bit for regulatory action in Seattle. The tech giants have been lobbying lawmakers… Read More

Get to know the brains behind Seattle’s flourishing climate tech ecosystem

The Seattle area is known for business giants, grunge icons, and much more. Now, the burgeoning field of climate tech… Read More

Gravitics wins $125M contract from Axiom for commercial space station hardware

Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics says it has won a $125 million contract from Axiom Space to provide a pressurized spacecraft for… Read More

Amazon’s investment in Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus is its latest foray into fashion

Will Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus help Amazon find its fashion fit? That’s the question after the news last… Read More

Drone company looking for answers to loss of devices into lake after major July 4 tech failure

The head of the drone company in charge of a failed Fourth of July light show in SeaTac, Wash., called… Read More

Tech Moves: TiE Seattle names leader; ex-Flexport president joins General Catalyst in new role

— Prashant Mishra, a longtime Seattle-area tech leader and founder of Click2Cloud, was named president of TiE Seattle. Mishra founded Click2Cloud… Read More

Former Arista and Cisco exec Douglas Gourlay named CEO of data storage company Qumulo

To help settle into Seattle, Douglas Gourlay spent this past weekend watching Boys in the Boat, the movie depicting the… Read More

Automated parking garage in Seattle condo tower gets even more robotic with EV charging bays

An automated parking garage beneath a luxury condo tower in downtown Seattle is calling in reinforcements, with robotic arms that… Read More

Group14 lands $300M deal to produce materials for German battery maker

Next gen battery materials manufacturer Group14 announced a deal Monday with German battery cell company CustomCells, which will purchase $300… Read More

New York Times Co. fights OpenAI’s request for reporters’ source materials in copyright dispute

The New York Times Co. is asking a federal judge to deny OpenAI’s request to turn over reporters’ notes, interview… Read More

Meet Gillian Dohrn, GeekWire’s ocean-plunging and science-loving climate tech intern

The GeekWire team is excited to introduce Gillian Dohrn, our first Etzioni Intern in Climate Tech Journalism. Readers may have… Read More

Founder of bible software company leads new contract drafting startup AllDrafts

Bob Pritchett spent three decades running Faithlife, the Bellingham, Wash.-based church technology company behind the popular Logos Bible study software.… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 30, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 30, 2024. Read More

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How smart home pioneer ecobee competes with Amazon and Google, and where it’s headed next

Greg Fyke is president and CEO of ecobee, the Toronto-based smart home company known for its pioneering smart thermostat, and… Read More

Coming soon to Seattle: a co-working space for tackling climate change

The climate tech sector is blossoming in the Pacific Northwest, attracting new innovators eager to tackle what some see as… Read More

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket and Stoke Space's Nova rocket. (Blue Origin / Stoke Space Illustrations)

Space Force clears Blue Origin and Stoke Space to bid for fast-turnaround launches

The U.S. Space Force has added Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Stoke Space, a startup that’s headquartered nearby… Read More

Jeff Bezos keeps selling Amazon stock after announcing his move out of Washington state

The news this week that Jeff Bezos plans to sell more Amazon stock is another reminder of the tech mogul’s… Read More

Microsoft lays off employees in new round of cuts

Microsoft conducted another round of layoffs this week in the latest workforce reduction implemented by the Redmond tech giant this… Read More

Amazon discontinues Astro for Business robot security guard to focus on Astro home robot

Astro is leaving its job to spend more time with family. Amazon informed customers and employees Wednesday morning that it… Read More

Jeff Bezos selling $5B worth of Amazon shares as company’s stock hits all-time high

Jeff Bezos is selling 25 million Amazon shares worth $5 billion, according to a regulatory filing on the day the… Read More

AI expert and film vet lead new Seattle startup aiming to help artists accelerate production

Yinhan Liu, a natural language processing expert who sold a startup earlier this year, is setting off on another entrepreneurial… Read More

This startup wants to help change the way knowledge is captured and accessed at companies

A mountain of knowledge and information resides inside each company, both in documentation and with every employee. But accessing that… Read More

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub misses out on federal funding but vows to keep going

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration today awarded $504 million in grants to 12 regional Tech Hubs across… Read More

Clean aviation startup ZeroAvia lands deal with American Airlines to buy 100 plane engines

American Airlines plans to buy 100 hydrogen electric engines from clean aviation company ZeroAvia to power some of its commercial… Read More