Articles from 2024 – Page 3 of 56

Billionaire businessman and tech investor David Bonderman, co-owner of Seattle Kraken, dies at 82

David Bonderman, the billionaire investor and businessman who co-founded private equity firm TPG and was a co-owner of the Seattle… Read More

Marketing tech company Banzai to acquire video creation platform OpenReel in $19.6M deal

Seattle-based marketing technology company Banzai International, which went public last year on the Nasdaq, announced an agreement this week to… Read More

Tech is major focus as Melinda French Gates gives $150M to increase workplace equality for women

Melinda French Gates is giving $150 million to a variety of groups to help remove barriers for women in the… Read More

Cloudflare VP joins Statsig as chief revenue officer at fast-growing Seattle startup

William da Cunha, a longtime tech exec who was most recently a vice president at Cloudflare, joined Seattle startup Statsig… Read More

Interview with new Outreach CEO Abhijit Mitra on how AI will impact salespeople

Sales automation software company Outreach launched more than a decade ago, has raised nearly $500 million, sells to more than… Read More

CarbonQuest partners with Icelandic venture to boost deployment of carbon capture and storage

Spokane, Wash.-based startup CarbonQuest announced a partnership with Iceland-based Carbfix, a global leader in carbon storage, to team up in… Read More

Microsoft shareholders reject call to invest in Bitcoin, but company doesn’t entirely rule it out

Microsoft shareholders turned down a proposal calling on the company to consider diversifying its investments by including Bitcoin in the… Read More

Former Amazon leader’s supply chain tech startup Auger names 11 execs after $100M Series A round

Dave Clark isn’t fooling around. Auger, the supply chain technology startup founded by the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO, named… Read More

Microsoft shareholders reject proposals to further study AI’s risks to its business

Microsoft investors turned down six shareholder proposals at its annual meeting Tuesday, three of them focused on the risks of… Read More

Last chance for GeekWire Gala tickets — join us this week at Seattle’s geekiest holiday party

Like a seasoned holiday shopper, you’ve proven you’re a top-notch procrastinator. But time’s up, and now you need to grab… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Expedia as new product chief; Avanade names president

Shilpa Ranganathan is back at Expedia Group as its new chief product officer. Ranganathan spent the past 16 years at… Read More

Protect produce: New startup in Seattle aims to make food last longer with high-tech fridge

Buying fresh produce and cooking at home can be a healthy proposition, but storing food in the fridge can lead… Read More

Vacasa founder raises $10.1M for new startup that targets vacation rental property owners

The founder and former CEO of Vacasa is leading a new, Portland, Ore.-based vacation rental platform called Fairly, which emerged… Read More

Amazon Autos is up and running as e-commerce giant aims to simplify car-buying experience

Amazon is entering the automotive market with the public beta launch Tuesday of Amazon Autos, a service that allows customers… Read More

For Nobel Prize winner David Baker, it’s back to the lab as protein pioneer helps launch more startups

Life is a little different for these days for David Baker, given that he won a share of this year’s… Read More

Industrious to open new co-working space in Seattle near tech-heavy South Lake Union

Co-working company Industrious is opening its fifth Seattle-area location with a space in Dexter Landing, an office development near the… Read More

Microsoft shares new data center design featuring a closed-loop water system for cooling

Microsoft revealed details of new approach to cooling data centers that won’t lose water to evaporation. The strategy will still… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Hanna Hajishirzi’s open approach to AI challenges the industry’s norms

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Hidden AI revolution: Why leaders must address covert adoption of new tech

As a parent of young teens during the emergence of social media and smartphones in the early 2010s, I failed… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 1, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 1, 2024. Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon Nova, the future of AI, and more from the AWS re:Invent show floor

LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s artificial intelligence strategy came into focus this week with the unveiling of Amazon Nova, its new… Read More

Seattle-area fintech startup Finagraph merges with LeaseCrunch

Finagraph, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that develops financial data analysis software, merged with LeaseCrunch, a Milwaukee, Wi.-based company that sells… Read More

Ask the Expert: What are my career options at a slow-growing software-as-a-service company?

Hello, GeekWire readers. I’m excited to announce that we’re launching a new business advice column, featuring different experts from the… Read More

Unknown system outage impacts vehicle licensing offices across Washington state

Update, 4:28 p.m. PT: The issue has been resolved and vehicle licensing offices are up and running again. The problem… Read More

Smartsheet revenue up 17% to $286.9M in Q3 as enterprise giant preps to go private

Smartsheet reported its third quarter earnings, with revenue rising 17% to $286.9 million and GAAP net income of $1.3 million,… Read More

First Mode explores strategic alternatives as Anglo American stops funding clean energy company

First Mode, a Seattle clean tech company aiming to reduce carbon emissions for mining trucks and other heavyweight vehicles, is… Read More

Now here’s a PC name for a snowplow in a tech town: Ctrl + Salt + Delete

Microsoft’s hometown is now home to an especially geeky snowplow. Residents of Redmond, Wash., chose “Ctrl + Salt + Delete”… Read More

Microsoft releases preview of voice-enabled ‘Copilot Vision’ AI browsing companion for Edge

A new opt-in Microsoft Edge feature, released in limited preview today, augments the browsing experience with AI that “sees” the… Read More

Redmond, Wash., police partnering with Brinc on drone tech as part of first responder program

The Redmond (Wash.) Police Dept. is partnering with Seattle-based drone provider Brinc and California-based Skydio as part of the department’s… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: TerraPower Isotopes’ Chris Dunckley spearheads pursuit of ultra-rare element

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More