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Articles from 2025

Flyhomes officially exits real estate brokerage business to focus on financing products

Seattle-area real estate startup Flyhomes is exiting the brokerage business as it doubles down on its flagship “Buy Before You… Read More

YouTuber IShowSpeed zips through Seattle, streaming to millions from city’s iconic attractions

If you missed IShowSpeed in Seattle, you’re too slow. The YouTube sensation live-streamed his way through the city on Tuesday,… Read More

AI Toolbox: AI2 Incubator’s Yifan Zhang on her favorite tools to capture meetings, automate tasks

There are endless AI tools being released every week, but which ones are actually creating value and improving work? Our… Read More

Will new U.S. visa fee boost Canada’s tech sector? B.C. sees an opening against Seattle and Silicon Valley

Canada is seizing on the new $100,000 U.S. H-1B visa fee, pitching itself as a more affordable hub for AI talent as British Columbia and Ottawa look to keep skilled workers from heading south to Seattle and Silicon Valley. Read More

This startup wants to help homebuyers submit purchase offers online — without an agent

A high-profile settlement to resolve nationwide antitrust lawsuits last year upended traditional real estate commission structures. Now a new startup… Read More

UW institute led by Nobel Laureate uses AI to develop ‘off switch’ for cancer drugs and other applications

The drug interleukin-2 does a great job of goosing a patient’s immune response to certain kidney and melanoma cancers. In… Read More

Slice of startup life: Seattle kitchen tech wizard creates ultrasonic knife for more effortless cuts

It’s taken more than 2.5 million years to get from the earliest sharpened-stone version of a knife to what Scott Heimendinger believes is a modern kitchen marvel. Read More

T-Mobile will power Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System coming to Major League Baseball in 2026

Human umpires will remain behind the plate calling balls and strikes in Major League Baseball games, but next season their calls will be officially open to challenge via technology for the first time. Read More

Amazon links Nova Act, its AI agent creator, to VS Code, Cursor and Kiro

Amazon introduced a Nova Act extension that brings its AI agent toolkit directly into code editors such as Visual Studio Code, Cursor, and Kiro, aiming to speed development and cut down on context-switching. Read More

Microsoft tames intense chip heat with liquid cooling veins, designed by AI and inspired by biology

Microsoft says it has developed a breakthrough microfluidics cooling system for chips, resembling the veins in a leaf and using AI to match the processor’s heat signature, promising greater overall efficiency in data centers. Read More

Seattle-area portal helps domestic violence survivors and others safely apply for protection orders

A Seattle-area portal helps people at risk from domestic violence, harassment and stalking file online in pursuit of protection orders. Read More

Next-gen battery company Sila starts manufacturing in Washington at first-of-a-kind facility

Next-generation battery materials startup Sila is starting operations at its first-of-a-kind, automotive-scale manufacturing facility Washington. Read More

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NASA showcases its latest class of astronauts — including a geologist from the Seattle area

NASA has named the next 10 members of its astronaut corps, and one of those 10 is a geologist with… Read More

Is Seattle’s tech scene in trouble? WSJ report highlights concerning trends — with a potential opening for startups

Seattle’s tech scene got the national treatment this past weekend as the Wall Street Journal detailed the fallout from layoffs… Read More

Seahawks power up new mixed reality video experience to fire up fans in Seattle stadium

The Seattle Seahawks were flying high during a 44-13 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday — and a… Read More

Who is T-Mobile’s new CEO? Veteran telecom exec Srini Gopalan to succeed Mike Sievert in top role

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert will step down Nov. 1 after more than five years in the role, handing the reins to COO Srini Gopalan, a veteran telecom exec who says he will focus on “truly unleashing the Un-carrier.” Read More

AI scheduling assistant Howie raises $6M, launches publicly with 1,000+ paying customers

Earlier this week I was on an email thread with someone trying to schedule a video call. “@Howie can arrange… Read More

Startup Radar: Seattle founders automate emails, digitize recipes, showcase talent, and build AI agents

We’re back with another spotlight on up-and-coming early stage startups across the Seattle region. Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 14, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 14, 2025. Read More

Startup leaders warn new $100K H-1B visa fee will hurt U.S. entrepreneurship and innovation

Longtime entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are sounding the alarm over President Trump’s new H-1B fee that would impact tech companies… Read More

Zillow targeted in class-action lawsuit alleging home search giant inflated costs for homebuyers

This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. The law firms that filed one of the original class-action lawsuits challenging… Read More

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When AI becomes the creative director: Amazon VP Jay Richman on the future of media and ads

AI is transforming how ads are made, but it’s also raising bigger questions about creativity itself. Amazon VP Jay Richman joins the GeekWire Podcast to discuss the shift. Read More

Out of Office: Cybersecurity engineer fills his need for speed — and stress release — with RC car racing

Dan Rico, a senior security engineer at Truveta, finds relief from the pressures of cybersecurity by building and racing high-speed RC cars — a hobby that not only helps him disconnect but also sharpens the same problem-solving skills he uses to defend against cyberattacks. Read More

Illustration: VIPER rover and Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander on moon's surface

NASA puts in an order with Blue Origin to work on sending VIPER rover to moon’s south pole

NASA has selected Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture to help it resurrect a mission to send a robotic prospector… Read More

Plug and Play’s second Seattle-area accelerator cohort includes six local startups

Plug and Play has selected the 10 startups participating in its second Seattle-based accelerator program, and six of the 10… Read More

AI-powered robots are helping AWS extend the life of data center electronics

Amazon Web Services has successfully integrated AI-empowered robots into its system for reusing and recycling used data center electronics. Read More

Inside Founders Bash: 10 takeaways from our conversations with startup leaders in Seattle

We dropped by Ascend’s annual Founders Bash event last night in Seattle to assess how startup leaders are thinking about… Read More

The next chapter for AI in schools: Navigating a new era with caution and curiosity

As AI returns to the classroom for another school year, there are still more questions than answers. But some educators are discovering how AI can enhance, rather than replace, education and learning. Read More

Will I get a piece of Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement if my book was used to train AI?

As Anthropic agrees to a $1.5 billion settlement, one author’s search for his own books on pirate sites reveals the personal stakes in the massive legal fight over AI training data. Read More

Seattle mayoral front-runner Katie Wilson on taxes, tech sector and working with Amazon

As Seattle grapples with persistent issues including homelessness and fentanyl abuse while debating how to fund city services, Wilson wants to engage the tech sector as part of the solution. But how that would specifically play out is unclear. Read More

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