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Allen Family Foundation awards $5M to support and study six nature-based carbon removal projects

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced $5 million in grants on Thursday being awarded to six Pacific Northwest efforts… Read More

Tech Moves: UW professor wins prestigious honor; T-Mobile board shuffle; and more

— Mary-Claire King, a groundbreaking innovator in genetics, has received The National Academy of Sciences’ most prestigious metal, the Public… Read More

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Nautilus Biotechnology CEO Sujal Patel had to deliver tough news on a Thursday morning call with analysts. The company has laid off… Read More

Automating ‘science of war’: Exia Labs raises $2.5M to build AI for military operations

Jonathan Pan spent five years in the U.S. Army and then ventured into the video game industry. Now he’s combining… Read More

Microsoft asks Trump to loosen chip export limits to avoid giving China an AI advantage

Microsoft urged the Trump administration to change Biden-era limits on chip exports, warning that provisions of the regulations could give… Read More

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Kestra Medical Technologies aims to raise $150M in IPO

Kirkland, Wash.-based Kestra Medical Technologies is aiming to raise about $150 million in its initial public offering, pricing shares between… Read More

Starbucks layoffs impact more than 600 workers in Washington state

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GeekWire 200 CEO survey: Tech startup leaders on the economy, RTO, AI, and key priorities for 2025

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Nautilus Biotechnology lays off 16% of workforce, plans release of commercial platform in 2026

Nautilus Biotechnology has laid off about 16% of its workforce, reducing its headcount to 133 employees and helping provide a… Read More

Amazon’s new quantum chip joins race to enable next era of computing

Amazon unveiled a prototype quantum processor with a novel architecture that promises to significantly reduce the resources required to unlock… Read More

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are turning into requirements for space operations, and Amazon Web Services is optimizing its products… Read More

Inspectify acquires Aloft in Seattle real estate startup deal

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Amazon’s new Alexa+ uses generative AI to personalize conversations and automate tasks

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Jeff Bezos shakes up Washington Post opinion section to focus on ‘personal liberties, free markets’

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Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud got its start just last year under a different name — Lumen Orbit — but the newly… Read More

CarbonQuest, which captures carbon emitted from industrial sites, closes $20M round

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Bridgetown, a Seattle startup that uses AI agents to automate research tasks, raises $19M

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Expedia confirms layoffs at Seattle travel giant

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Warner Bros. shuts down Seattle-area subsidiary Monolith Productions, cancels ‘Wonder Woman’

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Opal, a Vancouver startup that automates back-office tasks for ad agencies, raises $1.5M

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Tesla retains advantage in Washington state as effort stalls to expand direct EV sales

The third time was not the charm for a coalition that was pushing to level the playing field for electric… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard booster descends to landing

Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space trip hits milestones – and throws in a mystery

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Seattle grocery space with ties to Amazon to become new H Mart

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Microsoft invests in Veeam, deepens cloud and AI partnership with data protection company

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Microsoft’s venture fund M12 leads $15M round for Seattle cloud infrastructure startup Edera

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Zillow vets launch HouseWhisper, giving real estate agents an AI assistant to help with workload

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