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New Glenn rocket on Florida launch pad

Blue Origin reschedules orbital debut of New Glenn rocket, then re-reschedules it

Over the course of just a few hours today, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture made two adjustments to the… Read More

Instacart and Uber file appeal in driver deactivation lawsuit against City of Seattle

Instacart and Uber aren’t letting up in their fight against a new law in Seattle. The companies filed an appeal… Read More

Proposed law would restrict phone usage in Washington public schools

School districts in Washington state would be required to enforce policies that restrict student use of phones under a new… Read More

I made the call to get my kid a smartphone — here’s how it’s going, and why it makes me kind of sad

Quick, take a picture of me — you’re looking at the hero of Christmas! Better yet, let’s have my 6th-grade… Read More

T-Mobile to acquire digital advertising leader Vistar Media for $600M

T-Mobile reached a $600 million deal to acquire Vistar Media, a leading provider of solutions for digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising,… Read More

Seattle startup Overland AI lands $32M to help U.S. military with off-road autonomous driving tech

Seattle startup Overland AI raised $32 million in a new Series A round to help the U.S. military and other… Read More

Microsoft creates new AI platform and tools division, led by former Facebook engineering chief

Microsoft is creating a new engineering division, led by the former global head of engineering at Facebook (now Meta), that… Read More

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project

Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in fresh funding and an ambitious new initiative to create a giant genomic… Read More

Blue Origin rocket on Florida launch pad

Technical snag forces another delay for the first orbital launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture counted down to the final hour tonight, but in the end, the company had… Read More

Seattle biotech startup Tune Therapeutics lands $175M to support clinical research

Tune Therapeutics, a biotech company with headquarters in Seattle and Durham, N.C., raised $175 million in one of the largest… Read More

Take note in 2025: Why the new year is the time to revolutionize your personal organization

How do you take notes? What do you do with them? If you’re like most people, your system might feel… Read More

GeekWire Week in Review

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 5, 2025

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AI in 2025: A solopreneur software developer’s take on where things stand, and what’s next

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, Seattle-area software developer and AI entrepreneur Patrick Husting of Ghostwriter AI and the Equestrian… Read More

UW and computer science student reach truce in spat over ‘HuskySwap’ scheduling app

The University of Washington resolved a disagreement with a computer science student who went viral on LinkedIn for calling out… Read More

T-Mobile support truck on LA street with fire-lit sky in background

T-Mobile makes satellite texting available through SpaceX’s Starlink for LA amid fires

T-Mobile has opened up direct-to-cellular emergency texting over SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network on a temporary basis in areas affected by… Read More

Heavily funded Pandion delivery startup closes abruptly in latest logistics industry fallout

Pandion, a Bellevue, Wash.-based delivery startup that launched during the pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom, has become the latest company to fall… Read More

Seattle cybersecurity company WatchGuard snaps up threat analysis startup ActZero

Seattle cybersecurity company WatchGuard Technologies has acquired ActZero for an undisclosed sum, the parties announced this week. WatchGuard has bought… Read More

Zillow makes job cuts after reorganizing agent software and advertising teams

Seattle-based real estate company Zillow Group laid off an unspecified number of employees, the company confirmed Friday. According to a… Read More

E-commerce logistics startup Pipe17 lands $15.5M and hires its first COO

Pipe17, a Seattle startup that built a platform to manage e-commerce operations, announced today that it has raised a $15.5… Read More

Mike Maples Sr., 1942-2025: Microsoft’s ‘adult in the room’ had a deep impact on the company

Mike Maples Sr. faced no shortage of skepticism when he joined Microsoft in 1988, after being personally (and persistently) recruited… Read More

Gaming industry outlook: What’s ahead for Microsoft, Amazon, Valve, and startups in 2025

It’s been a long, strange year for video games. We’ve seen some great releases, like Balatro, Astro Bot, and Pacific… Read More

As AI booms, here’s how Microsoft and Amazon are coming up with energy solutions

Artificial intelligence and the data centers that drive the technology are booming with no end in sight. That’s putting mounting… Read More

Redfin lays off 46 employees in latest cuts at Seattle real estate company

Redfin laid off 46 employees on Thursday, in another round of job cuts at the Seattle-based real estate company. A… Read More

Tech veterans from Meetingflow and EnergySavvy launch custom AI app startup in Seattle

A trio of seasoned, Seattle-area entrepreneurs has teamed up to create AZX, a startup pitched as a boutique company creating… Read More

Can your dog keep up with Tyler Lockett? Seattle Seahawks great teams with Rover in new contest

Tyler Lockett has run plenty of routes in his 10-season career as a Seattle Seahawks wide receiver. Now he wants… Read More

Seattle VCs invest in Kamiwaza, a new enterprise software startup helping companies adopt AI

AI adoption in the enterprise continues to grow but many companies face hurdles in figuring out how to take advantage… Read More

New Glenn rocket on launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 36 in Florida

Blue Origin postpones first launch of New Glenn rocket due to high seas for landing

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s delaying the first-ever launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket due to… Read More

Amazon and Seattle: Mayor Bruce Harrell on tech giant’s full return to office, and relationship with city

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is threading the needle with Amazon. In an interview with GeekWire this week, Harrell explained how… Read More

Fresh nugget of cash: Plant-based chicken maker Rebellyous Foods raises $2.4M

Rebellyous Foods, the Seattle-based food technology startup that makes plant-based faux chicken products, including nuggets, patties and tenders, raised $2.4… Read More

Portland Trail Blazers offering device from Seattle startup to help vision-impaired fans track action

The Portland Trail Blazers will offer technology from a Seattle startup to help blind and low-vision fans better follow the… Read More

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