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GeekWire Podcast: Inside a Tesla Cybertruck; how police dogs find devices; Ballmer’s comedian son

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Reporter Kurt Schlosser takes us inside a Tesla Cybertruck, explains what it was like… Read More

University student entrepreneurs pitch planet-protecting ideas in annual ‘Environmental Innovation Challenge’

University students from the Pacific Northwest on Thursday competed in the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge in Seattle, pitching their… Read More

Vote for Workplace of the Year: Startups employ various methods in their commitment to culture

Respect. Inclusion. Satisfaction. Employee-centric. Our judges for the Workplace of the Year category at the 2024 GeekWire Awards used a… Read More

Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Credit the cloud, and the talent. The cricket is just a bonus. Veeam Software, the top company… Read More

A boost for fusion power: With new law, Washington state leaders signal support for sector’s next steps

While the reality of affordable fusion energy is still an atom-smashing twinkle in physicists’ eyes, the state of Washington is… Read More

Amazon’s palm-recognition tech gets its own mobile app, with new AI matching capability

Amazon released a new mobile app for its Amazon One palm-recognition technology, letting users sign up for the service on… Read More

Tech Moves: VC firm Ascend names new partner; Common Room adds board member; and more

— Startup veteran Jen Haller has been named partner at Ascend, the Seattle-based pre-seed venture capital firm. Haller first joined the… Read More

From timber to tech: Spokane’s startup scene is ready for its big breakthrough

SPOKANE, Wash. — Jack Githens didn’t plan to stay here after college. A senior at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Githens… Read More

Interview: Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on the future of the region’s innovation economy

SPOKANE, Wash. — Lisa Brown brings a unique background to her role as Spokane’s mayor, taking office in January after… Read More

Pockets of opportunity: Seattle startup’s clothing line looks to end inequality in women’s workwear

Aditi Sinha was working at Amazon, as the worldwide marketing leader for Prime Day and other global shopping events for… Read More

Protesters block entrances at Amazon HQ, objecting to planned use of fossil fuels in Oregon

Dozens of environmental activists this morning blocked the entrances at Amazon’s Day 1 building at its Seattle headquarters. A Washington-based… Read More

Vote for Deal of the Year: Four startups raise cash and a biotech giant acquires a UW spinout

Four big startup fundraising rounds and one major acquisition in the biotech space make up the finalists in this year’s… Read More

Meet Nala, the police dog that sniffs out electronic devices to fight internet crimes against children

Nala has a nose for electronics. But she’s not your run-of-the-mill tech geek with a passion for gear and gadgets.… Read More

Spectators at Gas Works Park for 2017 solar eclipse

Three options for seeing the solar eclipse, from expensive to iffy to absolutely free

After a seven-year gap, a total solar eclipse is once again due to make a coast-to-coast run across North America,… Read More

Next Tech Titan: MotherDuck, Rec Room, Statsig, Submittable, Zuper vie for pivotal GeekWire Award

Which company will be the next tech titan to emerge from the Pacific Northwest? GeekWire’s startup coverage seeks to answer… Read More

Instacart to pay $730K to settle alleged violations of Seattle’s gig worker sick time ordinance

Grocery delivery company Instacart has settled with the Seattle Office of Labor Standards for alleged violations of the city’s Gig… Read More

Goodbill raises $2M and expands customer base to unearth and challenge medical billing errors

Goodbill, a startup working to reduce medical costs to patients and a subset of insurers, has raised $2 million in… Read More

BirchAI, spinout from Seattle’s AI2 Incubator, acquired by health-tech company Sagility

Seattle-based BirchAI, a startup that builds software to streamline customer support for healthcare companies, announced Tuesday that it is being… Read More

Vote for CEO of the Year: These software veterans are taking on a variety of problems

The finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2024 GeekWire Awards include software veterans working on a variety of… Read More

Love it or hate it, Tesla Cybertruck turns heads in Seattle as GeekWire test drives futuristic EV

“Does it still have that new spaceship smell?” That was the quip from Dave Boone, walking past the GeekWire office… Read More

Seattle startup OpenPipe raises $6.7M to help companies reduce costs for LLM models

OpenPipe, a Seattle startup that wants to make it easier and cheaper for companies to train and deploy large language… Read More

‘Tomb Raider’ escape-room-style immersive attraction coming to downtown Seattle

A new waterfront attraction in Seattle will bring the popular video game and film franchise “Tomb Raider” and its protagonist… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new Surface and Windows chief; ex-Zillow CEO joins Match Group board; Oleria adds execs

— Longtime Microsoft exec Pavan Davuluri is taking on a new role leading the company’s Surface and Windows divisions, according to… Read More

Sonoma Bio celebrates new Seattle waterfront R&D center for autoimmune disease research

Sonoma Biotherapeutics on Monday hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new research and development center and office space on… Read More

Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

Technology can transform lives and strengthen communities when wielded for good. And the Pacific Northwest is home to an impressive… Read More

Sunny Gupta on Apptio’s lightbulb moment, and the key questions behind the tech company’s success

For Sunny Gupta, the inspiration behind Apptio started with a simple question: What are you struggling with? After selling two… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 17, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of March 17, 2024. Read More

Office-to-residential conversion is a trendy idea for downtown resurgence — but has big challenges

Office-to-residential conversions are frequent fodder in discussions of the post-pandemic city, downtown regeneration, and hopes to contain rising housing costs.… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s big AI hires, U.S. vs. Apple, and graffiti-fighting drones

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: We peel back the layers of Microsoft’s hiring of AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman and… Read More

Illustration: Europa Clipper above Europa, with Jupiter in background

Researchers find a way to detect signs of extraterrestrial life in a single grain of ice

Scientists have verified that a method to look for cellular life on Europa, an ice-covered moon of Jupiter, just might… Read More