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Who will be the Next Tech Titan? A preview of the upcoming GeekWire Awards

This week on the show, we offer a sneak preview of the GeekWire Awards, at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle… Read More

10 important questions about the promise and pitfalls of AI

Artificial intelligence is already changing the world. But the full extent of its impact on how we live and work… Read More

Amazon surprises 13 Seattle-area students with ‘Future Engineer’ college scholarships

The future is bright — and partially paid for — for 13 students from across the Seattle region after Amazon… Read More

AI is boosting drug discovery and development — and sparking questions about proprietary data

The culture of collaboration in the Pacific Northwest, the impact of AI on biopharma, and the shape of new business… Read More

Tech Moves: Sana R&D chief steps down; Seattle U names new computer science leader

Seattle University named Dr. Burkhard Englert as the new Department Chair and Amazon Endowed Chair of Computer Science. Englert is… Read More

Seattle tech vet calls rapidly growing ‘AI Tinkerers’ meetups the new ‘Homebrew Computer Club’ for AI

Seattle tech veteran Joe Heitzeberg remembers seeing a random, AI-related tweet in September 2022. “Still not enough tinkering happening, for… Read More

In-home health screening startup Reperio raises $14M, inks deal with Uber

Travis Rush grew up in the tiny seaside town of Gold Beach in Southern Oregon. With a population of only… Read More

Initiative to axe carbon emissions law could ‘slam the brakes’ on Washington’s climate tech sector

Washington is leaning into the fight against climate change. Seattle-area tech giants Microsoft and Amazon have set ambitious carbon reduction… Read More

Wizards of the Coast President Cynthia Williams stepping down after 2 years leading game giant

A new SEC filing reveals that Cynthia Williams plans to step down as president at Hasbro-owned game company Wizards of… Read More

Seattle biotech company NanoString to be acquired by Bruker for $392M, ending bankruptcy process

NanoString announced Wednesday that it will be acquired by Bruker, ending the company’s restructuring process that included a Chapter 11… Read More

Amazon fashion competitor Shein bringing a pop-up experience to Seattle next week

Shein, the fast-fashion e-commerce retailer that recently announced plans to open an office in Bellevue, Wash., is hosting a pop-up… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft back campaign against initiative that would defund climate efforts in Washington

More than 100 companies, tribal groups, union organizations, environmental nonprofits and political groups are backing a campaign to defeat a… Read More

Former Moz CEO Sarah Bird is new CEO at Canvas, creators of home 3D modeling tech

Sarah Bird, the Seattle tech veteran who led SEO software startup Moz for seven years, is the new CEO of… Read More

Digital ad content generator and testing service Validated raises more cash

Validated, a Seattle startup that uses AI to help companies figure out what product features and messaging resonates with customers,… Read More

Amazon exec explains grocery tech changes, debunks media reports about human reviewers

Amazon’s grocery technology has been in the news a lot over the past couple of weeks, following layoffs in the… Read More

Longtime Microsoft exec Gurdeep Singh Pall joins Qualtrics as president of AI strategy

Technology leader Gurdeep Singh Pall, a longtime Microsoft executive, is joining experience management technology company Qualtrics as its first president… Read More

Washington Technology Industry Association names Kristen Forecki as new board chair

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) named longtime Seattle tech leader Kristen Forecki as the new chair of its board… Read More

Google and Amazon workers protest tech giants’ contract with Israel as war in Gaza continues

Google and Amazon workers held protests on Tuesday in Seattle and other tech hubs, demonstrating in opposition to the tech… Read More

Bezos Earth Fund launches $100M ‘grand challenge’ for AI solutions to climate change

The Bezos Earth Fund on Tuesday announced the creation of a $100 million grand challenge that’s seeking artificial intelligence-powered solutions… Read More

Tech Moves: Avalara names president; Microsoft vet launches AI forum; Common Room adds product leader

— Seattle-based tax software company Avalara named Ross Tennenbaum as its new president. Tennenbaum joined Avalara in 2019 and became its… Read More

Destination Spokane: How remote work and new arrivals are changing one tech community

SPOKANE, Wash. — The “great migration” got a head start here. Long before the rise of remote work spurred many… Read More

How ‘Myst’ maker Cyan Worlds ended up building its own world in Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash. — “The House that Myst Built” could have been built anywhere. The home of Cyan Worlds, on the… Read More

Microsoft invests $1.5B in G42, the Emirati AI holding company based in Abu Dhabi

Microsoft is making another big AI-related investment, this time pouring $1.5 billion into G42, a AI holding company based in… Read More

Portland startup goes national with service that finds residential properties for team meetings

Radious, the Portland startup that runs a marketplace where residential properties can be used as collaborative workspaces, expanded its reach… Read More

Tech Moves: OpenAI hires former Amazon Web Services leader to lead new Tokyo office

Tadao Nagasaki, a longtime tech exec who led Japan-related operations for Amazon Web Services and F5, is joining OpenAI to… Read More

Former Facebook engineers lead Seattle-based investment firm backing data-focused startups

Back when Ravi Grover and his colleagues at Data Tech Fund were getting off the ground a few years ago,… Read More

Cybersecurity startup that helps companies secure industrial systems opens Seattle office

Josh Steinman spent four years working as a senior director inside the National Security Council at the White House. One… Read More

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

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

Tech Moves: Former DreamBox Learning CEO joins VC firm; First Fed hires Seattle entrepreneur

— Jessie Woolley-Wilson, former CEO at DreamBox Learning, joined Silicon Valley venture capital firm Owl Ventures as an operating partner. Woolley-Wilson… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society

Early versions of generative AI were “like a dancing bear,” says Werner Vogels, the Amazon chief technology officer. “We’re all… Read More