Former Microsoft leader to run a nonprofit using AI to talk with animals; three Amazon leaders resign and a longtime Google engineer joins LinkedIn. Read More
Microsoft is reorganizing its Copilot organization, unifying its consumer and commercial AI efforts under former Snap executive Jacob Andreou while narrowing the role of Microsoft AI leader Mustafa Suleyman to focus on superintelligence and frontier models. Read More
The company lets teams define security policies once and automatically enforce them across platforms like AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Read More
It’s the latest in a sometimes-dizzying assortment of delivery options from the e-commerce giant, which currently offers Primer members same-day and next-day delivery for free. Read More
OpenCFO, a Seattle-based startup tackling the ‘fragmented and manual’ nature of modern finance, has raised $2 million to automate financial functions for mid-sized companies. Read More
Five months after releasing its “responsible AI plan” providing guidelines for the technology’s use, the City of Seattle has tapped the brakes on artificial intelligence. Read More
GeekWire spoke with legal experts and wealth advisors to learn more about how the new income tax may impact different people in Washington’s tech ecosystem. Read More
Amazon MGM Studios was shut out of the race this year, but the tech giant still got a mention in host Conan O’Brien’s monologue to open the show on Sunday night. Read More
Microsoft says it’s exploring ways to license guide content from creators, but the details are vague, and the GDC demo told a different story. Read More
Seattle startup Certiv emerged from stealth with $4.2 million in funding to build security software that monitors and controls AI agents on employee computers. The company is led by serial entrepreneur Jason Needham, whose previous startups were acquired by Apple and VMware. Read More
Seattle creative studio leaders Brice Budke and Zeek Earl discuss how AI is transforming video production — and what still requires human creativity, taste, and intuition. Read More
Big tech scored a big win with the defeat of data center regulations, but it lost a significant tax break for the facilities with Thursday’s 11th-hour passage of a Senate bill. Read More
TerraPower employees questioned CEO Chris Levesque about connections between sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and company board leaders Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold, according to The Seattle Times. Read More
Taylor Soper is leaving GeekWire after more than 13 years as a reporter and editor to become director of AI House at AI2 Incubator. We’ll miss him deeply, but we’re excited to see what he does next. Read More
At the start of next year, Washington state shoppers will for the first time be able to visit showrooms for Rivian and Lucid Motors, take a test drive and buy an EV. Read More
Seven teams comprising 67 undergraduate and graduate students from across campus disciplines laid out their startup business plans at Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle to conclude a 10-week program. Read More
Ali Farhadi is stepping down as the CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), after a two-and-a-half-year tenure that brought growing recognition to the Seattle-based nonprofit research institute as a key player in the world of open source artificial intelligence. Read More
Seattle is witnessing a curious role reversal in its economic narrative. While the city finally gains ground on perennial challenges like crime and transportation, its traditional growth engine — the tech sector and downtown employment — is beginning to sputter. Read More
Woodman is the second president in the Bellevue, Wash.-based organization’s 10-year history and will report to founder Steve Ballmer when she starts April 20. Read More
“When I think about the pantheon of leaders who have truly shaped this company, Rajesh stands firmly among them,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said. Read More
Atlassian announced Wednesday that it will lay off about 10% of its staff, or 1,600 employees, as the 24-year-old software firm transitions to an “AI-first company.” Read More
For the Pacific Northwest tech corridor, the deal is the latest chapter for a business born in Kirkland, Wash., as Wave Broadband. Founded by Steve Weed, Wave grew into a dominant regional challenger to traditional cable giants. Read More
Microsoft filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Department of War, urging a judge to block the Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation. The move reflects the companies’ growing alliance and Microsoft’s history of taking on Washington, D.C. Read More
Some tech leaders and entrepreneurs worry the legislation could undermine their sector by souring Washington’s relatively favorable tax laws for startup founders, investors and high-wage earners. Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Jesse Proudman on why he’s saddened by the state’s new income tax, writing that it comes at the “worst possible moment” amid the AI boom. Read More
“Without being too on the nose, it’s sort of a criticism of billionaires and just how absolutely insane an amount of money it requires to buy something of that size,” said Abel Charrow, creator of “Let’s Buy the Seahawks.” Read More
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