Articles from 2024 – Page 39 of 56

Prudential to shut down Assurance, the insurance tech startup it acquired for $2.35B in 2019

Insurance giant Prudential is shutting down Assurance IQ, five years after spending $2.35 billion to acquire the under-the-radar tech startup… Read More

Inside the Seattle courtroom where Binance’s founder received a controversial prison sentence

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao sat up straight in his chair inside a Seattle courtroom Tuesday morning, his hands folded… Read More

Amazon keeping corporate headcount ‘flat’ but hiring in select areas including generative AI

Amazon wants to keep corporate headcount growth flat but is still hiring selectively in some areas of the company, including… Read More

Amazon stock rises as Q1 earnings top estimates with $143.3B in revenue; AWS sales up 17%

Amazon topped estimates for its first quarter earnings, reporting $143.3 billion in revenue, up 13% year-over-year, and earnings per share… Read More

Kerry Carter tackles CEO role at Atavus as ex-pro aims to grow adoption of football training technique

Kerry Carter, a former pro football player with the Seattle Seahawks and other teams, is tackling a new role as… Read More

Get your GeekWire Awards tickets: May 9 event celebrates the best in tech and innovation

The 2024 GeekWire Awards are fast approaching on May 9 in Seattle, and we’ve released a limited number of individual… Read More

AI startup’s new tool creates music for video footage without requiring text prompts

Another startup has added a new wrinkle to the growing ways artificial intelligence is affecting content creation — this time… Read More

Seattle startup Rippl acquires Kinto to boost dementia care services

Rippl, a Seattle startup that supports dementia care, acquired Kinto, a Boston startup that provides coaching services to family caregivers.

Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and… Read More

Amazon Q adds feature to create AI apps using natural language

Amazon says it will give non-developers the ability to create apps using natural language as part of a new feature… Read More

Illustration: Portal Space Systems' Supernova satellite bus in orbit

Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth with satellites that’ll be fired up by the sun

A Seattle-area startup called Portal Space Systems is emerging from stealth to share its vision for a type of satellite… Read More

Tableau Public will finally get local file-saving in latest move to appeal to loyal users

Tableau will enable local file-saving for the free version of its data visualization software, no longer requiring Tableau Public users… Read More

Tribal company and Oregon battery startup create unique partnership in pursuit of clean energy

A startup developing long-duration batteries is teaming up with a Pacific Northwest tribe to build innovative energy storage devices. Puyallup… Read More

This startup just raised funding to turn wood pulp into sustainable, biodegradable plastics

A Vancouver, B.C.-based startup making biodegradable plastics out of wood pulp has raised up to $5 million from Brazil’s Suzano… Read More

Generative AI is a dual concern for cybersecurity industry — and will drive increased labor demand

Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword when it comes to cybersecurity — and will be a core driver of demand… Read More

Tech Moves: Matt Hulett steps down as PetMed Express CEO; Seattle startup Avante adds execs

Matt Hulett, a veteran of the Seattle tech and startup scene, is stepping down as CEO and president of PetMed Express,… Read More

Amazon earnings preview: Advertising and AWS expected to continue fueling profits

Amazon reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday. Analysts will be watching for continued growth in the company’s key profit… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 21, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of April 21, 2024. Read More

Podcast

‘The Everything War’: Inside Amazon with author and Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: A conversation with Dana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of the new… Read More

AI for AP: High school students create tool that acts as tech tutor for advanced placement courses

Frustrated by inadequate resources to help students study for advanced placement courses, two Seattle-area high school teens turned to technology,… Read More

Seattle mayor joins tech leaders on Homeland Security’s new AI safety and security board

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is among a group of 22 representatives that are part of a new Artificial Intelligence Safety… Read More

Report: Amazon will stream NBA games in latest major sports deal for tech giant

Amazon is making another big move into the sports world with a reported deal in place with the NBA to… Read More

Founders with unique backgrounds unite over climate concerns and launch new venture fund

SNØCAP, a new climate-focused venture capital fund, is launching with $5 million to invest in startups. The team has a… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet Dave Parker named CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization

Veteran entrepreneur and startup advisor Dave Parker is taking over as CEO at global networking group Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Parker has… Read More

Sued by FTC, bill payment company Doxo disputes ‘unjust’ allegations of deceptive billing

A lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleges that Seattle-based bill payment company Doxo has repeatedly deceived consumers into… Read More

What’s the real story of Xbox in 2024? Latest financials from Microsoft offer mixed signals

Microsoft posted its latest earnings report on Thursday, which was broadly speaking good news for the company. For its embattled… Read More

ZeroAvia opens manufacturing facility in Washington, will start selling clean aviation parts

Clean aviation company ZeroAvia this week celebrated a new 136,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Everett, Wash., and announced it will be… Read More

Haunted by breaches, Microsoft is ‘putting security above all else,’ vows CEO Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella has made a habit of touting the revenue growth in the company’s security technology business on Microsoft’s earnings… Read More

Seattle startup Dropzone AI raises $16.8M to develop autonomous agents for cybersecurity

Dropzone AI, a Seattle-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to help companies boost their Security Operations Centers (SOC), raised a… Read More

Microsoft beats expectations as quarterly profits rise 20% to nearly $22B

Updated with details from Microsoft’s earnings conference call. Microsoft posted a 17% increase in revenue, to $61.9 billion, with $21.9… Read More