Interlune will team up with Astrolab to send a camera to the moon for helium-3 survey Seattle-based Interlune says it’s struck a deal with California-based Astrolab to send a multispectral camera to the moon to estimate… Read More
Amazon will offer OpenAI’s open-weight models, sidestepping Microsoft via Apache 2.0 license OpenAI released its first open-weight AI models in more than five years, and Amazon quickly said they will be available… Read More
Titan sub investigators blame OceanGate for safety lapses and say fatal disaster was ‘preventable’ In a report issued today, the U.S. Coast Guard panel investigating the loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible and its occupants… Read More
Microsoft’s new AI reverse-engineers malware autonomously, marking a shift in cybersecurity Microsoft says it has created an advanced AI system that can reverse-engineer and identify malicious software on its own, without… Read More
Seattle leaders pass tax hike for big companies, cuts for small biz – but voters get final word With a mix of hand-wringing and can-do enthusiasm, Seattle City Council members this afternoon unanimously passed a tax overhaul that… Read More
Microsoft cuts another 40 jobs in Washington state, continuing layoffs amid AI investment surge Microsoft laid off another 40 employees in Washington, bringing the total number of job cuts in its home state to… Read More
Seattle’s LevelTen Energy to lay off workers amid shrinking support for U.S. wind and solar power Seattle-based LevelTen Energy, a startup facilitating the deployment of clean energy projects, is laying off 60 workers according to a… Read More
Gates Foundation unveils record-setting $2.5 billion initiative focused on women’s health The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion, five-year initiative focused on women’s health that will support innovation in care,… Read More
Microsoft study shows jobs most — and least — impacted by generative AI AI may be coming for your job — but not if you’re operating machinery, building tires, or replacing roofs. A… Read More
Amazon lays off staff and restructures Wondery podcast unit Amazon is laying off 110 people as part of a restructuring of its Wondery podcast network business, according to Bloomberg.… Read More
From Army diver to carbon capture: How a Pacific deployment sparked a veteran’s climate mission [Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in Leadership and Innovation,” is a GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading companies within the Pacific… Read More
Qbeast, led by Azure and AWS vet, raises $7.6M to optimize analytics on open data platforms Qbeast, a data optimization startup based in Bellevue, Wash., raised a $7.6 million seed round led by Peak XV’s Surge… Read More
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 27, 2025 See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 27, 2025. Read More
Crypto billionaire takes his $28M space trip with five others on Blue Origin’s rocket ship Controversial crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun finally got his suborbital ride into space today from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture,… Read More
Podcast Have we hit ‘Peak AI’? Microsoft, Amazon, and a pivotal week for Seattle tech This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft soars past Wall Street expectations, briefly hitting a $4 trillion valuation, while Amazon… Read More
Space entrepreneurs see defense projects as next frontier for funding and innovation Will the Golden Dome be a golden opportunity for commercial space ventures? That may be a bit of an exaggeration.… Read More
New round of layoffs at Glowforge impacts multiple teams at Seattle laser engraver maker A new round of layoffs has hit Seattle laser engraver maker Glowforge. Co-founder and CEO Dan Shapiro told GeekWire that the… Read More
Tech Moves: Protect AI founders get roles at Palo Alto; F5 board chair to retire; new Chainguard hires — Two co-founders and former executives of Seattle-based Protect AI announced their new roles at Palo Alto Networks, the California… Read More
Finding value from AI: These tools boost coding, writing, video editing, researching, travel planning Everybody is talking about AI. But how are people actually using new automation tools, and what value are they getting… Read More
Starbucks pioneered mobile ordering. Now the coffee giant is ditching pickup-only stores. I stopped by one of Starbucks’ mobile-focused pickup-only locations in Seattle this week after the company announced that it was… Read More
Microsoft tries to keep its consumer Copilot out of New York Times AI copyright case Microsoft is fighting to keep its consumer AI division, led by its AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, from getting dragged into… Read More
Amazon Web Services profits squeezed as AI arms race drives spending surge An increase in Amazon Web Services spending cut into the cloud giant’s profits in the second quarter as AWS raced… Read More
Amazon tops Q2 estimates with $167.7B in revenue, $18.2B in profits; AWS up 17% to $30.9B Follow-up: Amazon Web Services profits squeezed as AI arms race drives spending surge Amazon beat estimates for its second-quarter earnings… Read More
Worker skills intelligence startup AstrumU shuts down after running out of capital AstrumU, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that developed a worker skills data platform, is closing. Adam Wray, the company’s CEO and… Read More
Microsoft reaches $4 trillion valuation — for a moment, at least — after big earnings report Microsoft’s market value touched $4 trillion for the first time, becoming only the second U.S. company to cross the milestone,… Read More
Amazon Alexa Fund backs Fable — the ‘Netflix of AI’ — where users create TV shows with prompts Amazon Alexa Fund is backing a San Francisco startup behind a platform that allows users to create AI-generated scenes and… Read More
Frazier Life Sciences raises $1.3 billion for latest fund Frazier Life Sciences announced Thursday that it raised $1.3 billion for its 12th fund — its largest to date —… Read More
Why these startup founders love building in Seattle There are a lot of advantages to building a startup in Seattle. That’s the word from founders we interviewed Wednesday… Read More
‘Take things into your control’: Tips for immigrant entrepreneurs navigating the U.S. visa process If it’s not hard enough to launch a tech startup, add to that navigating the U.S. immigration process — which… Read More
Fresh off $37.5M round, Augmodo’s vision for spatial computing inside retail stores sharpens Even after raising $37.5 million in a new funding round, Augmodo founder and CEO Ross Finman admits that his startup might not… Read More
