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21 startups selected for 12th WTIA Founder Cohort

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced the latest batch of startups that will be taking place in the nonprofit’s 12th WTIA… Read More

Microsoft layoffs: Tech giant’s job cuts stretch into 2025, now focusing on performance

Microsoft plans to make a new round of layoffs across the company, impacting employees whose performance has been deemed to… Read More

Healthcare M&A: Transcarent paying $621M to acquire Seattle-based health benefits firm Accolade

Seattle-based Accolade is set to go private again in a deal to be acquired by Transcarent that brings together two… Read More

Cash flow: Top 10 tech startup funding rounds in the Pacific Northwest for Q4

Venture capital funding to startups based across the Pacific Northwest rose more than 20% year-over-year during the fourth quarter of… Read More

Contentstack acquires Lytics, a customer data platform startup based in Portland

Contentstack, an Austin-based company that helps brands store content and create personalized digital experiences, announced the acquisition of Lytics, a… Read More

Meet Allumia Ventures: Healthcare-focused fund backed by Providence eyes new investments

Providence Ventures announced that it is spinning out of the Providence healthcare system to become an independent venture capital firm… Read More

Seattle biotech firm Athira Pharma will pay $4M to settle allegations related to research misconduct

Seattle-area biotech company Athira Pharma agreed to pay $4.07 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by… Read More

Valve will power a Lenovo portable gaming PC as SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck

Valve is making a notable shift with its portable gaming strategy as Lenovo debuted a new edition of its Legion… Read More

Apple inks giant new lease for 193,000 square-foot Seattle office previously occupied by Meta

Apple is taking a big bite out of the Seattle commercial estate market with a new 193,000 square-foot lease in… Read More

Seattle’s Getty Images will buy Shutterstock, creating company worth $3.7B

Seattle’s Getty Images is acquiring Shutterstock to create a business worth approximately $3.7 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal… Read More

Seattle genomics startup Variant Bio signs deal with Novo Nordisk worth up to $50M

Variant Bio today announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk for disease research and development that could total $50 million for… Read More

TrueMedia.org plans to shutter and open-source its AI deepfake detector; Etzioni hints at new startup

TrueMedia.org, the Seattle-based nonprofit that offered AI tools to identify and combat deepfakes in the lead-up to the 2024 elections,… Read More

Washington AG sues T-Mobile over data breach that impacted more than 2M residents

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless… Read More

Port of Seattle plans to use tech to target waiting drivers who park on side of roadway at airport

The Port of Seattle plans to implement technology that it hopes will deter drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) from… Read More

REC Silicon shuts down manufacturing plant in Washington, lays off 224 workers

Silicon manufacturing company REC Silicon is ceasing operations in Moses Lake, Wash., but left the door open to a future… Read More

Google calls out Microsoft for trickery over Bing’s response to ‘Google’ search query

Searching for “Google” on Microsoft Bing right now (when logged out) brings up a search experience that looks a lot… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft chip VP goes to Google; WTIA gets exec chair; Era Software founder departs

— Rehan Sheikh, Microsoft’s vice president of silicon manufacturing, has left the company for rival Google. Sheikh called his almost… Read More

Amazon parents who got used to remote flexibility are frustrated by new 5-day in-office policy

Amazon’s mandate to bring corporate and tech employees back to the office five days per week is being met with… Read More

Windows 10’s days are numbered, and Microsoft is starting a big push for Windows 11 upgrades

Microsoft is looking to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week as a catalyst for Windows users to… Read More

Amazon’s Ring expands into smoke detectors with integration into new Kidde devices

Ring, the Amazon-owned video doorbell and home security company, is branching out into smoke and carbon monoxide detection through a… Read More

Inrix data: Seattle-area traffic got 9% worse last year amid rise in return-to-office

As more Seattle-area employees returned to the office last year, the city’s roadways got significantly more clogged with vehicles. Congestion… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 29, 2024

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 29, 2024. Read More

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‘From impossible to merely difficult’: AI collaborates with a vintage 1980s musical gadget

What happens when you mix modern AI with a piece of vintage technology and the musical stylings of a very… Read More

Microsoft offers U.S. a roadmap to win AI race vs. China, signals $80B in FY25 capital spending

The United States needs an overarching national strategy to ensure it prevails in the global AI race — focusing on… Read More

Barnes & Noble sells ‘a better book’ than Amazon: CEO credits bookstore experience at revived chain

Barnes & Noble went from near-bust to back in action and the CEO of the nation’s largest remaining book chain… Read More

Zoom lands in Microsoft’s backyard with new Bellevue office

Zoom is the latest tech company to open a satellite office in the Seattle region, planting a flag nearby rivals… Read More

Ask the Expert: Working remotely vs. in the office — which actually works better?

Our latest Ask the Expert business advice column focuses on the debate over remote work, which continues to be a… Read More

On the ground from Amazon HQ in Seattle: Small businesses ‘excited’ as 5-day policy kicks in

Standing inside her food truck Spice on Curve in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood on Thursday, Nasima Akhter was prepping… Read More

Climate activism and community-building startup draws tech workers seeking camaraderie

A climate-focused startup fostering community is drawing tech workers who are feeling anxious about the planet’s environmental trajectory and eager… Read More

Judge denies Uber’s motion to block new Seattle law regulating the driver deactivation process

A federal judge denied Uber’s effort to stop the enforcement of a new Seattle law that establishes labor standards for… Read More