8:00 AM PST GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PST Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 25, 2024
8:19 AM PST Tech8:19 AM PST Pfizer to close Seagen manufacturing plant in Seattle area following $43B acquisition
8:00 AM PST Geek Life8:00 AM PST Seattle vanlife gurus see tech and AI’s potential as a copilot, to boost human connections on road trips
7:48 AM PST Podcast How Microsoft, T-Mobile, and Amazon use big bets to build durable businesses in turbulent times
12:46 PM PST Health/Life Sciences12:46 PM PST Transplant organ freezing and rewarming technique wins U. of Washington health innovation challenge
8:38 AM PST Startups8:38 AM PST 5 days in the office? Some tech startups are bringing workers together all week, every week
8:34 AM PST Startups8:34 AM PST Tech Moves: AWS vet lands at health startup; Lumen hires longtime Microsoft GM; ex-Qualtrics exec joins Typeform board
7:45 AM PST Geek Life7:45 AM PST Univ. of Washington’s famed cherry blossoms have some bright, tech-infused competition on campus
4:36 PM PST Sustainability4:36 PM PST Clean energy and power grid projects in Washington land federal and state funding
1:38 PM PST Sustainability1:38 PM PST With $1.2B in assets, the Paul Allen Family Foundation evolves — and stays true to PNW roots
12:21 PM PST Games12:21 PM PST Seattle studio Ridgeline Games, led by ‘Halo’ co-creator, closes as part of EA cuts
10:48 AM PST Tech10:48 AM PST Seattle biotech company Kineta lays off majority of staff, including its CEO
8:51 AM PST Tech8:51 AM PST 2024 GeekWire Awards nominations close today, so act fast to honor the best in Pacific NW tech
8:43 AM PST Contests8:43 AM PST Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater
8:42 AM PST Startups8:42 AM PST Former AWS engineers raise $3M to take on tech giants with ‘world’s fastest spreadsheet’
12:01 AM PST Health/Life Sciences12:01 AM PST Global health nonprofit PATH moving to new HQ space in Seattle that was once home to Tableau
10:08 PM PST Startups10:08 PM PST Computer scientist Cecilia Aragon traces her trajectory from stunt flying to a startup
12:20 PM PST Civic12:20 PM PST Uber and Lyft drivers will get expanded death benefits thanks to new Washington state law
9:13 AM PST Startups9:13 AM PST Glowforge gets in legal tangle with tech ‘activist’ who questions safety of startup’s laser engravers
8:34 AM PST Artificial Intelligence8:34 AM PST Former Textio CEO Kieran Snyder dives into new research on how AI is impacting the workplace
8:09 AM PST Startups8:09 AM PST SpaceX and Microsoft vets raise $5.4M for Gradial, a Seattle startup using generative AI for marketing
6:39 AM PST Podcast Seattle after Techstars: Former managing director reflects on accelerator’s impact, looks ahead
9:24 PM PST Startups9:24 PM PST Tech Moves: Instacart COO lands at Microsoft in AI product role; ZoomInfo accounting chief departs
1:12 PM PST Real Estate1:12 PM PST Redfin trims losses in Q4 as it navigates ‘dreadful’ housing market
10:25 AM PST Tech10:25 AM PST Rover CEO on company’s next chapter as pet-sitting giant completes $2.3B deal with Blackstone
8:00 AM PST Startups8:00 AM PST Former Snowflake and Microsoft execs back new data governance startup Codified
7:00 AM PST Civic7:00 AM PST Rivian, Lucid and other EVs stuck in park by failed effort to change car sales laws in Washington
5:59 PM PST Amazon5:59 PM PST Author and former Navy SEAL David Goggins sues Amazon over bootleg books
12:45 PM PST Tech12:45 PM PST Expedia Group cutbacks will impact 1,500 roles this year, more than 8% of workforce
11:53 AM PST Bot or Not11:53 AM PST Can AI boost clean energy efforts? Tech and policy leaders discuss solutions in Seattle
