Articles from 2025 – Page 45 of 58

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has a formula to gauge the long-term success of AI investments

Ask not what Microsoft can do for AI, but what AI can do for global productivity. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella,… Read More

Seattle startup Xealth lands investment to grow its digital healthcare delivery platform

Seattle health tech startup Xealth today announced new funding from Morningside Ventures. The investment will help the company’s development of… Read More

Tesla drivers in Seattle join wave of trade-ins amid Musk backlash — but some are holding on

Carter Rabasa recognizes that the financials of trading in his 2020 Tesla don’t look great. But he thinks the optics… Read More

Former Outreach CEO Manny Medina launches new startup tackling AI agent monetization

Manny Medina, co-founder and former CEO of Seattle-based sales tech company Outreach, is getting back on the startup train. Medina… Read More

Sironix, which turns soybeans into cleaning ingredients, raises $3.5M to fund manufacturing

Sironix Renewables, a startup turning coconuts and soybeans into high-performing cleaning ingredients, has raised $3.5 million from investors and $400,000… Read More

Microsoft’s CEOs have this trait in common, says exec who has worked closely with all three

It would be hard to imagine three personalities more different than those of Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Nadella,… Read More

Pike Street Capital raises $199M to boost water flow management company Impel

Pike Street Capital Partners, a Seattle-based private equity firm focused on industrial technology companies, raised $199 million to supercharge its investment… Read More

Cardiac Dimensions lands $53M to fund research and expansion of heart valve technology

Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million from investors.… Read More

Last chance to vote for 2025 GeekWire Awards to help honor best in Pacific Northwest tech

Get your votes in! Today is the last chance to help us choose the upcoming winners at the 2025 GeekWire… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Startup of the Year finalists share how they are using AI

The five finalists for Startup of the Year at the GeekWire Awards are using AI in one way or another,… Read More

Analysis: Microsoft’s Copilot for Gaming is a solution looking for a problem

Microsoft recently announced that it would bring the beta of a gaming-specific version of Copilot to the Xbox platform in… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 16, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of March 16, 2025. Read More

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Microsoft President Brad Smith on AI, global turmoil, and key issues facing the tech giant at 50

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: A conversation with Microsoft President Brad Smith, on stage at GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 event this… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold and Todd Bishop on stage at Town Hall Seattle

Human-level AI is a few ‘miracles’ away, Microsoft pioneer Nathan Myhrvold says

Will artificial intelligence ever catch up with human intelligence? And if it does, is humanity doomed? Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold, who had the job of predicting the future of tech during Microsoft’s early years, was ready with some answers at GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 anniversary event Thursday night. Read More

How to stream Seattle Mariners games with team’s new app

Seattle Mariners fans have a new way to watch their favorite baseball team with the launch of the ROOT Sports… Read More

Microsoft@50 recap: Company faithful mark first 50 years and look to future at GeekWire event

GeekWire hosted hundreds of longtime Microsoft employees, key executives, company faithful and tech community members Thursday night in Seattle at Microsoft@50, a GeekWire event to mark the company’s 50th anniversary. Read More

Microsoft president: Proposed Washington state business taxes would weaken tech sector

Microsoft President Brad Smith warned that new tax proposals from Washington lawmakers would do “lasting damage” to the tech sector… Read More

TerraPower CEO says company on track to deploy first-of-a-kind next-gen nuclear plant in 5 years

TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque offered a sunny picture for the work underway at the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power company in… Read More

Google research scientist with UW ties designs ‘Loss of Pulse Detection’ feature for smartwatch

In a race against time, a smartwatch might be the best defense. More specifically, the time concern is the loss… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Finalists for AI Innovation of the Year are on the cutting edge of tech

From self-driving vehicles to detecting audio deepfakes to computer vision for warehouses — companies across the Pacific Northwest are using… Read More

FAQ: What to know if you’re attending GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 event

We’re excited to host a special community event tonight at Town Hall Seattle as we bring together key leaders from… Read More

Why startups should pay attention to ‘vibe coding’ — and approach with caution

There’s a trendy new term going around startup circles that is sparking questions about how AI coding tools could change… Read More

Game on: Seattle Mariners add Nintendo patch to jerseys in new sponsorship deal

Are the Seattle Mariners poised to level up this season? Perhaps, if a jersey patch is the boost the team… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Sustainable Innovation finalists create, destroy and transform to protect the planet

The Sustainable Innovation of the Year finalists for the 2025 GeekWire Awards sound like they could be wizards or minor… Read More

Proposed law to rein in Uber and Lyft surge pricing stalls in Washington state

Washington state lawmakers have abandoned an attempt to limit the cost of ride-hailing fares during large public events. Senate Bill… Read More

Wizards of the Coast reportedly lays off staff working on virtual tabletop Sigil

Reports spread on Tuesday via social media that Wizards of the Coast, the Renton, Wash.-based company that publishes Dungeons &… Read More

Seattle startup Workflow Labs raises $1M to help automate tasks for Amazon sellers

Seattle startup Workflow Labs raised $1 million in new investment to grow its platform that helps Amazon sellers reach customers… Read More

Longtime Microsoft HR chief Kathleen Hogan shifts to corporate strategy role for CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft named Kathleen Hogan, its longtime chief people officer, to the new role of executive vice president of strategy and… Read More

Contract management software company Icertis lands $50M

Bellevue, Wash.-based contract management software company Icertis raised $50 million in a new investment from existing backer B Capital, the company confirmed… Read More

As Madrona turns 30, longtime Seattle firm keeps investing in its backyard — and beyond

When four friends got together in 1995 to launch Madrona Investment Group, the internet was just getting started. After three… Read More