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How AI is transforming Seattle-area startups: Insights from GeekWire 200 CEOs

AI is reshaping operations at Seattle’s top startups — but there’s no one-size-fits-all strategy, according to a new survey of… Read More

Microsoft isn’t done cutting jobs yet: Report says sales roles are next on the chopping block

Microsoft often restructures its operations and makes strategic cuts around the end of its fiscal year — and this year… Read More

Tech Moves: Wizards of the Coast VP departs; Seeq hires CFO; nLight adds board member; and more

— Magical minds from the Renton, Wash., tabletop gaming company Wizards of the Coast are casting new career paths. Jess… Read More

‘Purpose over profit’: Seattle tech leader urges UW CSE grads to create a better future for everyone

When she left her career in the tech industry to start the Seattle-based Technology Access Foundation, executive director Trish Millines Dziko… Read More

Seattle lawmakers approve GPS tracking tech for police pursuits

The Seattle City Council voted 8-1 on Tuesday to authorize the Seattle Police Department’s use of GPS tracking devices designed… Read More

Andy Jassy’s long game: Amazon’s reinvention enters its 5th phase as AI upends the workforce

Andy Jassy’s latest memo makes it official: AI will reshape and reduce Amazon’s corporate workforce. But this is more than… Read More

TerraPower lands $650M from NVIDIA’s investment fund, Bill Gates and others

Next-gen nuclear power company TerraPower today announced $650 million in new funding. The round includes new investor NVentures, the venture… Read More

Immigration crackdown rattles tech employers and workers amid ICE raids

U.S. immigration crackdowns aimed at undocumented workers in agriculture, construction and elsewhere are having ripple effects in the tech world,… Read More

It’s Snowflake season in Bellevue as cloud giant puts cool touches on major new office space

Even with summer heating up, it feels a lot like winter in the Spring District. Snowflake, the cloud computing and… Read More

Amazon CEO: AI will shrink corporate workforce in coming years

Amazon’s corporate workforce will shrink in the coming years as generative AI takes hold, CEO Andy Jassy told employees Tuesday.… Read More

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AeroTEC joins forces with Pratt & Whitney to test hybrid-electric plane in Moses Lake

Seattle-based AeroTEC says it’s been selected by Pratt & Whitney Canada to lead the modification and flight test of an… Read More

Female founders’ paradox: 71% cite difficulties in fundraising, but also strongly optimistic

In the eight years since a Seattle group launched to support female entrepreneurs, funding for women-led startups in the U.S.… Read More

Banzai’s $53M Act-On acquisition falls apart after funding collapses

Banzai International’s $53.2 million acquisition of Portland’s Act-On Software unraveled after the Seattle-area company’s funding fell through, a regulatory filing… Read More

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Portal Space Systems plans to put spacecraft manufacturing facility near Seattle-area hub

Portal Space Systems says it’s setting up its 50,000-square-foot spacecraft manufacturing facility just 3 miles away from its existing design… Read More

The ‘infinite workday’ is here — and Microsoft says AI will make it worse if we’re not careful

AI could accelerate burnout and chaos at work unless companies fundamentally change how they manage time and priorities, Microsoft warns… Read More

Amazon stretches Prime Day to four days in July — and taps LeBron James to hype annual event

Amazon’s biggest shopping day is turning into more and more days as the e-commerce giant announced that its annual Prime… Read More

Microsoft adds generative AI to NFL scouting app in latest evolution of sports tech partnership

Back in the day, pro football scouts used stopwatches and notepads to track top draft prospects at the NFL Combine.… Read More

Whole Foods grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood closes after 7 years

A Whole Foods Market in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has closed, seven years after opening at the base of a… Read More

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Look inside Zeno Power’s ‘kitchen,’ where engineers test recipes for nuclear batteries

Researchers are fine-tuning a recipe at Zeno Power’s office-lab complex in Seattle’s South Lake Union district — but it’s not… Read More

A high-tech harvest: Innovative lending library brings bots to Washington farms

A first-of-its-kind program to put cutting-edge agriculture technology into the hands of farmers is blossoming among hay, corn and berry… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 8, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of June 8, 2025. Read More

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Inside the Microsoft protests: Fired engineer speaks out on Palestine, Israel, AI, and big tech

A wave of protests has swept through Microsoft events in recent months, targeting the company’s cloud and AI contracts with… Read More

Fresh produce with your package: Amazon testing tighter grocery bundling for same-day deliveries

Amazon is making a more concerted effort to get customers buying groceries online as they shop on the tech giant’s… Read More

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He helped Microsoft grow in India, and Seattle Orcas co-owner could do same for cricket in U.S.

Sanjay Parthasarathy, a former Microsoft leader who is among the notable tech execs that have ownership stakes in Seattle’s new… Read More

Seattle vs. San Francisco: Founders compare startup cultures after AI conference trip

What happens when you send Seattle founders down to San Francisco for a few days? Some hot takes on the… Read More

Washington state joins fight to save EV rules after Trump signs congressional repeal

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joined a lawsuit today aiming to save rules enacted by more than a dozen states… Read More

Stories on tap: Microsoft vet consoles and entertains with talks at his Seattle-area bars

People have been offering their hot takes over cold beer for centuries. James Whittaker is no different. But with distinguished… Read More

Rover CEO Aaron Easterly stepping down after leading pet-sitting giant since 2011

After 14 years building Rover from a Seattle hackathon idea into a pet care empire, Aaron Easterly is stepping down… Read More

Tech Moves: USAFacts president stepping down; Starbucks’ new COO; WSOS names leader

Steve Ballmer is hiring. USAFacts, the data-sharing nonprofit founded by the former Microsoft CEO, is looking for a president to… Read More

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OceanGate documentaries answer some questions about sub disaster — and leave others hanging

Editor’s note: GeekWire contributing editor Alan Boyle was a consultant for “Titan,” one of the documentaries about the OceanGate tragedy.… Read More

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