Articles from 2024 – Page 43 of 56

Tech Moves: Ex-Smartsheet CMO lands at Conga; former Panopto CMO joins Valid8

— Andrew Bennett, the former chief marketing officer at Smartsheet, is now chief marketing officer at Conga, a Denver-area startup that… Read More

Seattle office market continues to struggle as vacancy rates rise for ninth consecutive quarter

A new Q1 report from Kidder Mathews shows regional vacancy rates in the Seattle area rising to 15.1%, up from… Read More

Blue Origin puts a test pilot who could have been NASA’s first Black astronaut on its next space crew

If the fates decided differently, Air Force test pilot Ed Dwight could have become NASA’s first Black astronaut in the… Read More

Seattle’s AI2 Incubator launches online forum for spotlighting research and discussing AI advances

Seattle’s AI2 Incubator launched a new online forum called Harmonious for discussing research papers and advances related to artificial intelligence,… Read More

Amazon restarting construction on 22 unfinished floors inside Bellevue office tower

Amazon is restarting construction on a 42-story office tower in Bellevue, Wash., to complete 22 floors of the building’s interior… Read More

AI and telecom breakthroughs dominate ‘Innovation of the Year’ category for 2024 GeekWire Awards

It’s a big year for artificial intelligence, telecom advances, and tools designed to make these emerging technologies safe and transparent,… Read More

Seattle startup KredosAI raises more cash to help companies collect late payments

KredosAI, a Seattle-based enterprise software startup that helps companies collect late payments from customers, raised more cash to fuel growth.

Google reportedly pausing Kirkland Urban office buildout in Seattle area

Google’s growth plans east of Seattle appear to be on pause, according to a new report from real estate firm… Read More

Amazon closing smaller Fresh grocery store in Seattle as it focuses on expanded format stores

Amazon is closing its Fresh grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, the company confirmed Wednesday, saying that it plans… Read More

Washington governor signs bill that could stoke semiconductor industry, draw CHIPS Act funding

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law that key players hope will be a boon for the semiconductor… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

— Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm, the company’s new chief… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: Cultivating the next wave of AI startups, with Yifan Zhang of the AI2 Incubator

As the managing director of the AI2 Incubator, where she plays an active role in investing in the next wave… Read More

Biotech giant Genmab to acquire Seattle company ProfoundBio in $1.8B deal

ProfoundBio, a Seattle-based biotech firm developing drugs to treat ovarian and endometrial cancers, will be acquired by publicly traded Danish… Read More

Microsoft and Quantinuum report a way to turn down the noise in quantum computing

Microsoft and Quantinuum say they’ve demonstrated a quantum computing system that can reduce the error rate for data processing by… Read More

Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred… Read More

Cyber Safety Review Board finds Microsoft security culture ‘inadequate,’ calls for accountability

Microsoft comes under intense scrutiny and pointed criticism in a 34-page report released Tuesday by the Cyber Safety Review Board… Read More

Radian Aerospace updates its space plane design and hints at coming attractions

A Seattle-area startup called Radian Aerospace is fine-tuning the design of its orbital space plane, with an eye toward building… Read More

AI2 Incubator spinout Modulus sells cell therapy tech assets to Boston’s Ginkgo Bioworks

The news: Modulus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based cellular therapy company spun out of the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI2) Incubator,… Read More

As elections loom, TrueMedia.org releases AI deepfake detector to identify fake content

Seattle-based nonprofit TrueMedia.org released a free AI-powered media verification tool Tuesday to help journalists and fact-checkers detect deepfakes and combat… Read More

Pollen Systems raises $2.4M and expands global reach of its crop analysis platform

New funding, new hires: Pollen Systems, a Seattle-area ag-tech startup, has raised $2.4 million in new capital and hired nine… Read More

Inside the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, which uses DNA to ‘record biology over time’

Researchers opened the doors Monday to the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, a collaboration between the Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg… Read More

Read AI raises $21M from Goodwater and Madrona, adds AI summaries for email and messaging

Artificial intelligence startup Read AI raised $21 million in new funding from Goodwater Capital and Madrona Venture Group, and expanded… Read More

Tableau releases Einstein Copilot beta as part of Salesforce’s broader AI rollout

Tableau is releasing a new artificial intelligence tool that aims to make its advanced data analysis and visualization features more… Read More

Concur founder Steve Singh leads acquisition of Direct Travel in ongoing quest for ‘perfect trip’

Steve Singh is one step closer to the “perfect trip.” The Seattle-based business leader and investor, former CEO of companies… Read More

Startup building tech for patient portals spins out of Providence incubator with $20M in funding

New startup, new funding: The Providence health tech incubator has spun out Praia Health as an independent company, and the… Read More

Microsoft unbundles Office and Teams globally in new attempt to appease antitrust regulators

Microsoft says it will offer its Teams and Office 365 separately for business customers globally, unbundling the two programs and… Read More

Vote for UX Design of the Year: Finalists help users across investing, data analysis and more

The finalists for UX Design of the Year at the 2024 GeekWire Awards are helping end users across home building,… Read More

Ag-tech startup TerraClear raises $15M to grow its end-to-end solution for ridding fields of rocks

TerraClear raised $15 million in new funding for its rock-mapping and picking technology solutions for farmers. The startup, based in… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 24, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of March 24, 2024. Read More

Seattle’s Soundry AI creates text-to-sample generator to help prompt enhanced music creation

The news: Seattle-based Soundry AI, a platform that uses generative artificial intelligence to help musicians create samples for songs, is… Read More