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Articles from 2026

I pitched in to a new community effort to buy the Seattle Seahawks — so far I’m on the hook for $79M

“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

Microsoft’s return-to-office policy creates a return to slower commutes, traffic analysis shows

Inrix measured travel speeds on eastbound and westbound SR 520 and southbound and northbound I-405 during the weeks of Feb. 23 and March 2. Read More

Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI bot from shopping on Amazon in early test of agentic commerce

A federal judge sided with Amazon in its lawsuit over Perplexity’s Comet browser, granting a preliminary injunction in an early legal test of AI-powered shopping tools. Read More

Tim Chen’s Essence VC firm is raising a new fund to back more infrastructure startups

Chen said the new fund will allow Essence to lead bigger pre-seed rounds and gives him more flexibility on deployment timeframes. Read More

I got my hair cut at the one-of-a-kind Amazon Salon in London: See before and after photos

We all know Amazon as a master of book sales, cloud computing and Prime Video — but GeekWire’s John Cook had to determine how a Seattle-based tech juggernaut fared at cutting hair. Read More

Opinion: You couldn’t pay me to leave Washington state, and I’d pay more to stay

My view on Washington’s proposed tax on very high incomes is simple: if I’ve found myself in the position of making that much in a year, I can afford to contribute a little more to the place that helped make that circumstance possible. Read More

Seattle-area startup turns industrial emissions into high-performance battery materials

Homeostasis is building a business at the intersection of climate policy, trade wars and the global race for battery materials with its graphite production tech. Read More

Jay Graber steps down as Bluesky CEO, moves into chief innovation officer role at social media platform

“As Bluesky matures, the company needs a seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution, while I return to what I do best: building new things,” Graber wrote in a post. Read More

Microsoft’s new Copilot Cowork integrates Anthropic’s Claude in rollout of new E7 licensing tier

Microsoft is launching Copilot Cowork, a new AI assistant built with Anthropic that can run tasks in the background and work across Microsoft 365 apps, as part of a broader wave of updates including a new $99-per-user E7 licensing tier. Read More

New free, on-demand EV service launches in Redmond to shuttle riders to light rail

RedLink riders can access the service via the Circuit app. It’s available to all Redmond residents and visitors traveling within the service area, which includes parts of Downtown Redmond, Education Hill, and Southeast Redmond. Read More

Contractors sue Modern Hydrogen, alleging the Bill Gates-backed startup left their final invoices unpaid

Five contractors are suing the Seattle-area clean energy startup for more than $363,458, alleging unpaid invoices when the company suddenly slowed operations late last year. Read More

A whole new ballgame for trading cards: Startup uses robots and AI to sort and analyze collections

Gradient’s Renton, Wash., office space is home to 10 million sports and gaming cards, where a team of card geeks and engineers are using technology to upend a $15 billion U.S. market. Read More

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 1, 2026

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of March 1, 2026. Read More

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GeekWire Podcast on location at OpenAI in Bellevue, with CTO of Applications Vijaye Raji

We visited OpenAI’s new Bellevue office on opening day, toured the retro-modern space, and talked with CTO Vijaye Raji about Codex, culture, and the Seattle region’s AI moment. Read More

Rad Power Bikes’ new owner wants to rehire employees, open stores and return e-bike brand to glory days

Robert Provost, CEO of South Florida-based Life Electric Vehicles Holdings, Inc., laid out an ambitious roadmap to overhaul and energize the new company, Rad Life Mobility. Read More

Washington governor says he’ll sign millionaires tax

Ferguson said a revised proposal met his desire to send more revenue back to working families and small businesses. The legislation has sparked intense debate within the state’s tech and business circles. Read More

Washington state bill to ban microchipping of employees heads to governor for approval

The bill prohibits employers from requiring, requesting or coercing employees to have microchips implanted in their bodies as a condition of employment, and would bar the use of subcutaneous tracking or identification technology for workplace management or surveillance. Read More

Former startup CFO gets 2 years in prison for wire fraud / crypto scheme that cost company $35M

Nevin Shetty, 42, of Mercer Island, Wash., was found guilty last November, after a nine-day jury trial, of four counts of wire fraud. Read More

Inside OpenAI’s new Bellevue office: A swanky statement about AI’s impact on the Seattle region

OpenAI marked the grand opening its new office in downtown Bellevue, Wash., its largest outside of San Francisco, with room to grow to 1,400 employees. Read More

Silicon Valley tech vet: ‘No better time to start companies than now’

The AI moment is not just another tech cycle — it’s one of the best openings founders have seen in years. That was the message from Sudheesh Nair, a longtime Bay Area tech leader and co-founder of enterprise web agent startup TinyFish. Read More

University of Washington team working on CPR feedback device wins health innovation challenge

CPRight is a real-time CPR feedback device that provides data on compression rate and depth to ensure bystanders perform high-quality, life-saving chest compressions during an emergency. Read More

Xbox surprise: Microsoft reveals ‘Project Helix’ as the codename of its next console

In the days leading up to one of the games industry’s bigger trade conferences, Microsoft has quietly unveiled the code name for its next-generation Xbox console: Project Helix. Read More

Tech Moves: Amperity and Siteimprove name CMOs; AWS director departs; Gong’s new exec

In the latest Pacific Northwest tech moves, Amperity and Siteimprove name CMOs; an AWS security director departs; and Elizabeth Scallon goes to Nvidia. Read More

Sub Pop Records leaving Amazon HQ space for new store on Seattle waterfront

The store on 7th Avenue is closing March 8 and a new Sub Pop store will open April 1 on the Seattle waterfront. Read More

Fully charged: Meet the local leader energizing the Pacific Northwest battery boom

Grayson Shor, founder of the Pacific Northwest Battery Collaborative, is the driving force that’s uniting the region’s battery community. Read More

Rad Power Bikes brand will live on as Life EV completes acquisition of Seattle e-bike maker’s assets

Life EV announced that its court-approved asset acquisition had been completed as part of Rad’s bankruptcy process. The South Florida-based company paid $13.2 million for the e-bike maker that was once valued at $1.65 billion. Read More

Washington state lawmakers target data center sales tax breaks to help plug $2B budget gap

Washington lawmakers are considering ending a sales tax break for data center owners when they replace equipment. Read More

Amazon makes a new bet on healthcare AI, rivaling Microsoft in the doctor’s office

AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, handling patient calls, clinical documentation and billing codes in a new challenge to Microsoft’s Nuance and a crowded field of AI scribe startups.
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Amazon lays off robotics staff in latest cuts

The layoffs are separate from Amazon’s broader cuts announced in January that impacted more than 16,000 corporate workers. Read More

Startup Radar: Seattle-area founders use AI for music videos, real estate, debugging, and more

From fitness equipment to voice AI agents to autonomous debugging, our latest Startup Radar spotlight features Seattle-area founders solving problems… Read More

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