Articles from 2024 – Page 7 of 56

Prenuvo opens Seattle clinic for full-body MRI scans pitched as a proactive health measure

Prenuvo, providers of full-body MRI screenings designed to detect cancer and other diseases early, announced the opening and location of… Read More

Microsoft screenshot showing satellite image of Hurricane Harvey with prompts from Earth Copilot

Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data

Microsoft and NASA have joined forces to develop Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing… Read More

RealWear acquires augmented reality headset startup Almer

RealWear, a Vancouver, Wash.-based maker of augmented reality headsets for enterprise customers, acquired Almer Technologies, a Switzerland-based startup that developed… Read More

Seattle startup TestSprite, which automates testing of APIs and web apps, raises $1.5M

Seattle-based startup TestSprite raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round to help automate software testing processes for front- and back-end… Read More

Gilead Sciences to close Seattle office; shutdown impacts 72 employees

Biopharma giant Gilead Sciences will shut down its office in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood, the company confirmed to GeekWire on Wednesday.… Read More

Seattle startup MIND raises $11M to help companies protect data and prevent leaks

MIND, a Seattle-based startup aiming to help companies protect their data, emerged from stealth mode and announced a $11 million… Read More

A proposed capital gains tax in Seattle draws mixed response from tech leaders and city lawmakers

The Seattle City Council on Wednesday debated a newly proposed 2% capital gains tax to support food and housing programs… Read More

Starfish Space raises $29M to bankroll development of orbital servicing vehicles

Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space today announced that it has raised $29 million to support the development of its first three… Read More

Microsoft’s startup story: How the company became a tech giant, and what we can learn from it today

For this second chapter in our Microsoft @ 50 series, GeekWire spent the past month revisiting Microsoft’s early years, from its founding in 1975 to its IPO in 1986, looking for a new understanding and enduring lessons from its startup story. Read More

Amazon launching discount storefront ‘Amazon Haul’ with items under $20, longer delivery times

Amazon is launching a new storefront aimed at delivering a wide range of products priced $20 and under as the… Read More

Get your GeekWire Gala tickets as festive holiday party returns to Seattle on Dec. 12

The hap-happiest time of the year can also be the geekiest — so make sure your plans include the upcoming… Read More

Startup Haven, born from a Seattle poker game in 2006, grows network for founders and investors

Bob Crimmins just wanted to play some poker. The longtime Seattle entrepreneur created Startup Haven back in 2006 to get… Read More

Seattle indie game studio Starform raises $6M to bolster aerial combat sim ‘Metalstorm’

Seattle-based video game developer Starform raised $6 million in a new funding round to continue work on its air combat… Read More

Apple puts Wyze and Ring in its sights with reported plans for new smart home security camera

Seattle-area smart-home device maker Wyze Labs and Amazon-owned Ring, among others, could be set to face new competition in the… Read More

Meet Amperity’s new CEO: Former Salesforce exec takes reins at customer data startup

Tony Alika Owens, a longtime tech exec who previously spent a decade at Salesforce, was named CEO at Amperity, a… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Zap’s Uri Shumlak wrestles with fusion energy in pursuit of carbon-free power

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

An escape from reality: Go inside the new ‘Tomb Raider Experience’ in Seattle to relive video game

Film and video game fans looking for another escape from reality have a new option in downtown Seattle with the… Read More

Tech Moves: iSpot’s new CTO; VMWare exec returns to Microsoft; Expedia CFO to resign

— Nipun Dureja is now chief technology officer for iSpot, a Bellevue, Wash., company that measures the impact of advertising… Read More

Living Computers vet rescues 1986 Mac from thrift store and gets it to run ChatGPT and much more

Hunter Irving is like a tech time traveler. Or he’s just a guy who can’t shake the impact that working… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 3, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 3, 2024. Read More

Zillow is the future of the Multiple Listing Service, says Compass CEO

[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] BOSTON — Compass CEO Robert Reffkin has been vocal in his opposition to… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: What Trump 2.0 means for tech, Diller nixes Expedia + Uber, and a GeekWire fall update

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, it’s a grab-bag of topics, including self-driving wheelchairs, Expedia Group Chairman Barry Diller’s comments… Read More

Seattle councilmember proposes 2% capital gains tax to support low-income initiatives

Seattle City Councilmember Cathy Moore is proposing a 2% capital gains excise tax modeled on a Washington state tax. The… Read More

Sustainable chicken-sandwich chain Mt. Joy opening new Seattle location in Amazon space

Mt. Joy, the fast-casual chicken sandwich restaurant built around sustainable farming practices, is opening its second location in Seattle. The… Read More

Remitly co-founder joins English soccer team’s ownership group, with plans to harness tech and AI

Shivaas Gulati needed a break. More than 11 years after helping to start Remitly, the Seattle digital remittance company, Gulati… Read More

Startup radar: 5 early stage companies in Seattle that are raising cash and gaining traction

We’re back with another spotlight on startups making moves in Seattle. The latest batch includes: Govstream.ai, Integrate, Sound Games, Tamnoon,… Read More

AI habits die hard: Microsoft tweaks new Copilot sidebar for Edge after revamp roils users

For more than a year-and-a-half, users of Microsoft Edge for Windows had access to a powerful tool in the browser… Read More

As the AI era heats up, this startup has generated a novel way to cool data center microprocessors

The founders of GemaTEG Inc., a startup based in Bellevue, Wash., didn’t intend to make a system for precisely controlling… Read More

Expedia beats Q3 profit estimates as stock jumps; CFO to step down

Expedia Group topped profit expectations and met revenue estimates for its third quarter, reporting $4.1 billion in revenue, up 3%… Read More

Historic calculators invented in Nazi concentration camp will be on exhibit at Seattle Holocaust center

In an age when a smartphone or an AI voice assistant can provide the answer to nearly any math-related query,… Read More