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Articles from 2025

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How will the new China tariffs impact Amazon’s e-commerce business?

Amazon and its wide network of third-party retail partners could be disrupted by President Trump’s additional tariffs on goods from… Read More

Microsoft@50: Brad Smith, Steve Ballmer, Nathan Myhrvold headline GeekWire’s March 20 event

GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 event, marking the tech giant’s milestone anniversary, will feature on-stage conversations with Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad… Read More

Cybersecurity startup SpecterOps, which has an office in Seattle, raises $75M

SpecterOps, an Alexandria, Va.-based cybersecurity startup that helps companies fend off identity-based threats, raised $75 million in a Series B… Read More

I was biohacked at a fitness facility that uses AI and more to promote a smarter, not harder, workout

Artificial intelligence is already doing some heavy lifting for us at work. Now the technology is being used to help… Read More

This Seattle AI startup watches you work — then automates the tedious back-office tasks

A Seattle startup hatched out of AI2 Incubator is emerging from stealth today, announcing a $5 million seed round to… Read More

Microsoft unveils AI agents for sales, striking back at Salesforce

Microsoft announced two AI agents for sales that double as a competitive response to Salesforce in an area where both… Read More

Former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom named CFO of industrial giant Fortive

Former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom is taking the role of chief financial officer for Everett, Wash., manufacturing conglomerate Fortive. Okerstrom… Read More

Is AI hype out of control? Assessing AI-related marketing tactics on the GeekWire 200

Editor’s note: Ryan Sloan, a data scientist based in Seattle, wrote this guest post after assessing the GeekWire 200, our… Read More

Internal memo: Amazon One Medical CEO Trent Green leaving to lead publicly traded NRC Health

Trent Green, the CEO of Amazon’s primary healthcare company, One Medical, is leaving to take a job as CEO of… Read More

Tech Moves: Starbucks names CFO; Avanade bolsters C-suite; Tune Therapeutics gets CEO

— Starbucks announced Cathy Smith as its chief financial officer. Smith was most recently at Nordstrom for two years, and… Read More

Vote now! Finalists revealed for 2025 GeekWire Awards, honoring best in Pacific Northwest tech

The finalists are locked in and the voting is open for the 2025 GeekWire Awards! Now’s your chance to help… Read More

Anthropic, which opened a Seattle office last year, now valued at $61.5B after raising $3.5B

Anthropic is adding more rocket fuel to its engine as the high-flying San Francisco startup behind the Claude chatbot and… Read More

Security startup Oleria launches its own ‘copilot’ in latest example of AI assistant proliferation

Oleria, a Seattle-based security startup that manages employee access to applications and data, rolled out its new “Oleria Copilot” that… Read More

More moonshots, less humility: How to supercharge Seattle’s startup ecosystem

Seattle’s startup scene needs more swag and more big swings. Better storytelling and highly ambitious entrepreneurs are two ingredients that can… Read More

Seattle gaming startup Rec Room lays off 16% of staff — read CEO’s memo to employees

The eponymous Seattle-based company behind the virtual hangout app Rec Room has cut 16% of its workforce. “This wasn’t an… Read More

The two questions that Kara Swisher would ask Jeff Bezos about The Washington Post

“Why do you want to own this paper anymore? And do you love it as much as I do?” That’s… Read More

Newly launched Seattle cancer therapy startup Callio Therapeutics raises $187M

Biotech-focused investment firm Frazier Life Sciences has launched Callio Therapeutics, a cancer treatment startup with headquarters in Seattle and Singapore.… Read More

Oscars host Conan O’Brien delivers jokes about Amazon and Jeff Bezos

Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of… Read More

OCOchem prepares to flip the switch on tech for turning captured CO2 into industrial chemicals

OCOchem, a startup turning captured carbon dioxide into a valuable industrial chemical, is completing construction of its pilot plant in… Read More

Washington lawmakers pursue rules aiming to protect kids from social media’s potential harm

Washington state lawmakers are moving ahead on legislation that aims to protect kids from the addictive impacts of social media… Read More

Textio co-founder discusses bias in workplace communications, and how some AI propagates it

Understanding bias in workplace communication, whether it’s in job descriptions, performance feedback or elsewhere, was a founding objective of Textio,… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 23, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 23, 2025. Read More

Social commerce startup led by Seattle-area sisters uses AI to connect brands with younger shoppers

As everything gets more virtual, younger shoppers crave tangibility and personal engagement — or at least the perception of real… Read More

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Hanging up on Skype; Google’s future in Seattle; Microsoft’s quest for a quantum leap

This week on the Geekwire Podcast: Google prepares to say goodbye to Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, we get ready to say… Read More

Google sets long-term plan to exit Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, consolidate in South Lake Union

The Center of the Universe is getting less Googley. Google confirmed Friday that the company plans to bring all its… Read More

Tech investors on why AI makes this a great moment for startups — with one caveat

There’s no better time to build a startup — but be ready for some fierce competition. That was one takeaway… Read More

New head of Alliance of Angels excited to hit ‘refresh’ on longtime startup investment group

Angie Parker is the new executive director of Alliance of Angels, the Seattle-based investment group. A University of Washington Foster… Read More

End of an era: Microsoft to shut down Skype, shifting users to Teams, 14 years after $8.5B deal

Before Zoom, before FaceTime, and before video-calling became a default feature of today’s messaging apps — there was Skype. Microsoft paid… Read More

Amazon commits $100M to Bellevue to ‘accelerate’ production of affordable housing

Amazon announced that it is giving $100 million to support affordable housing efforts in Bellevue, Wash. The contribution is part… Read More

Redfin CEO addresses ‘painful’ restructuring; stock dips 11% after Q4 earnings miss expectations 

This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. Redfin closed out 2024 with a healthy bump in revenue, but profits… Read More

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