Articles from 2025 – Page 54 of 58

Who will win in AI? DeepSeek’s breakthrough stirs questions around value capture

Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Ben Hallen, a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Foster… Read More

Whole Foods CEO’s role expands to oversee Amazon’s entire worldwide grocery initiatives

Amazon is adding some big items to the Whole Foods CEO’s cart. Jason Buechel will expand his role to oversee… Read More

DeepSeek’s new model shows that AI expertise might matter more than compute in 2025

Editor’s note: This post first appeared on Jon Turow’s Substack newsletter. Turow is an investor at Madrona Venture Group and… Read More

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, addresses a crowd in Redmond.

Microsoft CEO says AI use will ‘skyrocket’ with more efficiency amid craze over DeepSeek

In an apparent response to the attention on a new AI model out of China, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted… Read More

Tech Moves: T-Mobile names COO; Algorithmia co-founders team up again; and more

— T-Mobile announced Srinivasan Gopalan as its new chief operating officer beginning March 1. Gopalan is a telecom vet who… Read More

Seattle software startup led by cybersecurity vet lands $5.7M to create virtual security engineers

Staris, a new Seattle-based application security startup founded by technology industry veterans, raised $5.7 million in a seed round led… Read More

Costco, Amazon, Microsoft chart their own DEI paths as Trump targets diversity efforts

As President Trump issues directives to scuttle every federal government initiative that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, tech giants and… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 19, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 19, 2025. Read More

‘I’m good for my $80 billion’: What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella really meant by his Stargate zinger

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had the quote of the week in response to a question from CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin… Read More

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Podcast: Stargate, OpenAI and Microsoft; BlueSky in Seattle; and Madrona’s big new funds

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we delve into the Stargate Project announcement by OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank, in conjunction… Read More

Tech Moves: IMDb taps new CEO; Tagboard adds COO; SingleFile gets CFO; and more

— IMDb, the juggernaut of entertainment information, has a new CEO. Nikki Santoro has taken the helm from founder Col… Read More

Satellite containers for Amazon Project Kuiper

Amazon ships Project Kuiper satellites to Florida in preparation for milestone launch

Amazon is providing a sneak peek at the satellites that are being shipped to Florida for the launch of its… Read More

JPMorgan Chase names new Seattle Tech Center leader as engineering hub grows to 380 people

JPMorgan Chase named a new leader of its Seattle Tech Center: Mamtha Banerjee, a computer scientist, business leader, and Seattle… Read More

‘The Road Ahead’ at 30: What Bill Gates’ classic book about the future says about the world today

GeekWire revisits Bill Gates’ classic book, The Road Ahead, with insights from one of his coauthors, and finds parallels to the AI revolution happening now. Read More

Startup radar: Seattle founders tackle city permits, medical records, estate planning, cybersecurity

We’re spotlighting four new startups in Seattle that are looking to shake up various business processes with help from AI… Read More

Madrona raises $770M for new funds — here’s what the Seattle VC firm is betting on

Madrona, the largest venture firm in the Pacific Northwest, raised $770 million for two new funds as the longtime Seattle-based… Read More

Former Google VP raises $10M for new startup building AI agents for retail businesses

A onetime Seattle startup founder who went on to lead engineering teams at Google, Meta, Yahoo, Tinder and LinkedIn, is… Read More

Banzai to buy Act-On Software for $53.2M in latest acquisition for Seattle marketing tech company

Seattle-based marketing technology company Banzai International plans to acquire Act-On Software, a Portland, Ore.-based company that sells marketing automation software. Founded… Read More

Filing: Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader

Chris Young, a tech industry veteran who joined Microsoft to lead its business development initiatives in 2020, turned in his… Read More

Ro Health, provider of health services for special needs students, backed by L.A. private equity firm

Seattle-based clinical staffing provider Ro Health landed investment from LightBay Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, to fuel growth,… Read More

Fortive invests in Glue, a startup led by former Tektronix exec that automates hardware testing

Glue announced a $2 million pre-seed round led by industrial giant Fortive that will help the new Seattle startup bolster… Read More

Smartsheet officially goes private, completes acquisition by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners

Smartsheet is a private company again. The Bellevue, Wash.-based enterprise software giant completed its $8.4 billion acquisition by Blackstone and… Read More

Microsoft launches $5M grant program for AI projects in WA state as part of 50th anniversary

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state… Read More

Microsoft and OpenAI tweak the terms of their cloud deal, enabling $500B Stargate AI project

Microsoft will no longer be the exclusive provider of new cloud computing capacity to OpenAI — a new twist in… Read More

UW study of how AI models portray teens finds strong negative associations

A University of Washington study on how artificial intelligence systems portray teenagers found that the systems’ reliance on media coverage… Read More

‘The best AI has the best data’: Highspot, new GeekWire 200 leader, taps AI to boost sales teams

Highspot CEO Robert Wahbe believes AI will accelerate the value proposition for some sales tech companies and dilute the value… Read More

Here’s how AI graded President Trump’s inauguration speech

President Trump had clear messaging and a well-paced delivery during his inauguration speech Monday, but he could have been 36%… Read More

Meet the ‘technological optimist’ helping set Washington state’s tech, energy, and climate policy

State Sen. Sharon Shewmake is taking over as chair of the Senate’s Environment, Energy and Technology Committee, a wide-ranging clearinghouse… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 12, 2025

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 12, 2025. Read More

Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of… Read More