Articles from 2024 – Page 29 of 56

Phaidra raises $12M for AI software that helps manage data center energy consumption

Phaidra, a Seattle startup selling a “virtual plant operator” that uses artificial intelligence to manage industrial operations, raised $12 million… Read More

Blink … and it’s over: After 24 years at Seattle tech firm, Karen Clark Cole has a new user experience

Karen Clark Cole is ready to tackle her next big idea. Cole recently retired as CEO of Blink, the Seattle-based… Read More

Tech Moves: Tomo co-founder steps down; Usermind co-founder joins Ironclad; ex-Google director back at Microsoft

— Carey Schwaber Armstrong, the former Zillow exec who co-founded real estate startup Tomo four years ago, has stepped down… Read More

Snowflake moving into larger office in Bellevue to support growth plans

Cloud computing and data giant Snowflake confirmed that it will move into a new office in Bellevue, Wash., next year… Read More

Warren Buffett says ‘no money’ going to Gates Foundation after his death

Once 93-year-old Warren Buffett dies, his donations to the Gates Foundation will dry up. “The Gates Foundation has no money… Read More

Seattle-area EV drivers left searching for fast chargers due to ‘epidemic’ of cable theft

Electrical vehicle drivers in Seattle currently looking for a fast charge at a public station are likely to find a… Read More

Universal Hydrogen airplane during first flight

Universal Hydrogen runs out of runway and shuts down, one year after first flight

California-based Universal Hydrogen — which put a hybrid prototype for a hydrogen-fueled airplane into the air last year in Moses… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 23, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 23, 2024. Read More

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ADHD and the tech industry: Understanding the spectrum of ‘operating systems for the brain’

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we get a deeper understanding of ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence in the… Read More

Women in Washington state earn $18,400 less per year than men — a new campaign wants to fix that

Working women in Washington earn on average $18,400 less per year than men. That disparity puts the state in 49th… Read More

Amazon hires founders from well-funded enterprise AI startup Adept to boost tech giant’s ‘AGI’ team

Amazon is amping up its AI efforts by hiring executives from Adept, a San Francisco-based startup building “agents” that automate… Read More

Petition urges Seattle Public Schools leaders to restrict students’ use of smartphones

A group of parents of children enrolled in Seattle Public Schools has started a petition calling on administrators to take… Read More

Digital remittance company Remitly inks lease for new downtown Seattle office at Rainier Square

Remitly is moving into a new headquarters office in downtown Seattle. The digital remittance company confirmed to GeekWire that it… Read More

Tech ethicist on why healthcare isn’t ready for ambitious AI overhaul

Within the frothy, exuberant hype around AI’s ability to solve wide-ranging, formerly intractable problems, Alex John London is taking on… Read More

Seattle Public Library says personal information of some staff compromised in cyberattack

In its latest update about the ransomware attack that took out its tech systems and services last month, the Seattle… Read More

Tech Moves: Google exec departs; Syndio adds engineering leader; JPMorgan CTO leaves F5 board

— Nimrod Vered, a longtime engineering leader in Seattle, joined Syndio as senior vice president of engineering. Vered was most recently… Read More

Seattle-based RareCyte raises $20M for cell analysis products

Seattle-based life sciences company RareCyte announced $20 million in new funding to advance its applications for the analysis of cells.

Microsoft and Amazon team up to launch Xbox cloud gaming app on Fire TV devices

Microsoft and Amazon announced Thursday that they are partnering to bring the Xbox gaming app to two models of Fire… Read More

Another logistics startup emerges in Seattle as former Amazon, Flexport execs reveal Freightmate

The list of Seattle-area logistics startups continues to grow with the addition of Freightmate.ai, a new company that came out… Read More

VIPs cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite factory

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Amazon gave U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and other VIPs a sneak peek at the company’s Project Kuiper… Read More

They gave machines to Living Computers for preservation, but museum’s closure is a bitter end

Computer enthusiasts who sold or donated vintage items to Paul Allen and Seattle’s Living Computers Museum + Labs are concerned… Read More

Cancer screening tech startup Ezra opens two locations in Seattle area

Ezra, a New York City-based health technology startup offering cancer screening, opened two locations in the Seattle area this week.… Read More

Next-gen battery startup Sila raises $375M to fund completion of Eastern Wash. factory

Battery startup Sila has raised $375 million, which will help fund the completion early next year of its manufacturing facility… Read More

Doxo fires back at FTC lawsuit, asserting that it ‘centers on a disagreement about font size’

Doxo asked a federal judge to dismiss the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against the Seattle-based bill payment company, denying… Read More

Amazon joins the $2 trillion club

Amazon reached a $2 trillion market capitalization on Wednesday for the first time ever, joining a short list of U.S.… Read More

Microsoft chief brand officer, Xbox CMO departing; Google, Amazon execs join Redmond giant

Kathleen Hall, who spent 16 years at Microsoft and was most recently the tech giant’s chief brand officer, announced Wednesday… Read More

Starfish Space signs contract with Intelsat for satellite servicing beginning in 2026

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has signed a contract with Intelsat to provide on-orbit life extension services to a geostationary satellite… Read More

Fans upset by closure of Living Computers question why Seattle museum couldn’t be saved

Fans of the Living Computers Museum + Labs in Seattle reacted with disappointment to the news Tuesday that Paul Allen’s… Read More

Loti, a Seattle startup that helps public figures spot and squash deepfakes, raises $5.1M

Seattle startup Loti raised $5.1 million to grow its technology platform that helps public figures scour the internet for fake… Read More

Under fire in the U.S. and Europe, Microsoft tests its new approach to government scrutiny

In the giant dog park of global government regulation, Microsoft is showing its belly. What happens next remains to be… Read More