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GeekWire Awards nominations now open! Help us honor the best in Pacific Northwest tech

Nominations are now open for the 2025 GeekWire Awards, set for April 30 in Seattle, as we’ll once again recognize… Read More

Tidal Vision, a company turning tossed crab shells into a green chemical, nets $140M in funding

Tidal Vision, a green chemistry company founded by a former Alaska fishing boat captain, has raised $140 million to fund… Read More

Bill Gates’ book ‘Source Code’ is a surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul’s early years

Never go to the dentist the morning after an LSD trip. That’s one of the more unexpected takeaways from Bill… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 26, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 26, 2025. Read More

Podcast

Podcast: DeepSeek reality check; Amazon, Bezos, and the Post; lost in the Microsoft garage

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive deep into DeepSeek, the AI project shaking up the tech world, to… Read More

F5 opening new office space in 2026 to bring 250 Spokane, Wash.-area employees together

F5 is consolidating its office footprint in the Spokane, Wash., area, with plans to bring employees together in a new… Read More

Tire recycling tech startup with link to Costco lands $40M from former CEO Jim Sinegal and others

Prism Worldwide is likely the swan song for Bob Abramowitz, its CEO and 66-year-old co-founder. The tire recycling company is also… Read More

New group brings unique approach to help startups take flight out of the University of Oregon

Launch Oregon wants to help boost the researchers, engineers, and scientists at the University of Oregon commercialize their innovation and… Read More

Trump’s push to freeze funding leaves researchers anxious about delayed scientific breakthroughs

When Luca Foschini, head of Seattle’s Sage Bionetworks, described the impact of the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze federal grants… Read More

Return to the ‘mother ship’: Seattle startup studio Madrona Venture Labs absorbed by Madrona

Madrona Venture Labs is being absorbed into Seattle’s Madrona venture firm after operating for more than 10 years as an… Read More

Tech Moves: F5’s first chief digital officer; Seattle-area EV charging startup acquired; and more

— Alvina Antar is the first chief digital officer for Seattle-based networking and security giant F5. Antar comes to the… Read More

Microsoft’s new Surface Copilot+ PCs use Intel’s Lunar Lake chips in push for business adoption

Microsoft announced new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices for businesses running on Intel Core Ultra series 2 processors —… Read More

Allen Institute for AI challenges DeepSeek on key benchmarks with big new open-source AI model

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released a supersized version of its Tülu 3 AI model, aiming to further advance… Read More

Flexport, Amazon vets raise $5M to automate data and document processing for freight forwarders

Freightmate, a Seattle-area startup that aims to streamline how freight forwarders process documents and data, raised $5 million in a… Read More

Amazon’s latest job cuts impact corporate communications and sustainability employees

Amazon laid off employees in its communications and sustainability organizations on Wednesday in the latest round of cuts at the… Read More

Oregon legal tech startup raises $22M to fuel AI platform that speeds research, drafting and more

Paxton, a Bend, Ore.-based legal tech startup, raised $22 million to fuel growth of its AI-powered platform, the company announced… Read More

Microsoft’s AI revenue run rate reaches $13B annually as tech giant tops earnings expectations

Microsoft says it’s generating revenue from its artificial intelligence products and services at a rate of $13 billion annually, exceeding… Read More

Modern Hydrogen and major Seattle-area utility aim for less controversial clean energy fix

As President Trump is disrupting clean energy deployments, Modern Hydrogen aims to navigate a less controversial middle path that provides… Read More

‘We live in amazing times’: Smartsheet leader calls AI a ‘gift’ that is transforming how we live and work

Praerit Garg is excited about going to work, thanks to artificial intelligence, which he refers to as “a gift.” The president… Read More

Atlas V launch with Amazon Kuiper satellites

Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues WA state over Washington Post request for Kuiper records

The company that Jeff Bezos founded has gone to court to keep the newspaper he owns from finding out too… Read More

Hardware-focused startup studio Conduit Venture Labs expands reach to support outside companies

Conduit Venture Labs, a Seattle startup lab founded in 2022 to help incubate and launch hardware-focused companies, has expanded its… Read More

Ex-Google, Apple engineers raise $10M to give AI its ‘Linux moment’ with new open source platform

A new startup out of Seattle wants to open up the “black box” of foundational AI models in a bid… Read More

3D-modeling startup Canvas, led by former Moz CEO Sarah Bird, lands $10M

Canvas, a startup providing technology for 3D measurements and modeling used in architecture, interior design and construction, today announced $10… Read More

Redfin sees uptick in downtown Seattle apartment rents, and watches for further Amazon effect

The median asking rent for an apartment in downtown Seattle rose for the first time in 17 months, according to… Read More

DeepSeek defense: Microsoft earnings will offer new chance to detail AI capital spending plans

Reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday afternoon, it will be tough for Microsoft to avoid the issue of the AI breakthroughs from… Read More

Microsoft + TikTok, 2025 edition: Trump comment stirs new speculation about possible deal

The potential for Microsoft to acquire TikTok is looping back around again like a viral social dance clip on endless… Read More

Cybersecurity startup Eclypsium raises $45M to help companies secure their infrastructure

Eclypsium, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that helps Fortune 500 companies and government agencies strengthen the cybersecurity of their technical infrastructure,… Read More

Inside Wizards of the Coast’s new gaming lair, where ‘D&D’ architects chart their course for 2025

The future of Dungeons & Dragons was a secret inside a secret. Wizards of the Coast hasn’t left Renton, Wash.,… Read More

Sam Altman, SoftBank invest in $425M round for Helion, a Seattle-area startup chasing fusion power

Helion Energy announced a $425 million funding round that will help the Seattle-area fusion company chase the “Holy Grail” of… Read More

Vancouver game studio Phoenix Labs lays off ‘majority’ of employees

Canadian video game developer Phoenix Labs, creator of Dauntless and Fae Farm, announced Monday that it’s laying off a majority… Read More