10:06 AM PDT Microsoft10:06 AM PDT Bill and Melinda French Gates to take two years after divorce to assess partnership at foundation
9:00 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence9:00 AM PDT WellSaid Labs raises $10M to boost its synthetic voice business, fueled by AI
8:33 AM PDT Startups8:33 AM PDT Madrona Venture Labs spinout Zeitworks raises $2M, taps Seattle tech vet Jay Bartot as new CEO
4:29 PM PDT Games4:29 PM PDT Analysis: Nintendo is running its new Switch console business by an old set of rules
2:41 PM PDT Impact Series2:41 PM PDT The push for corporate board diversity is growing. How do Pacific NW tech companies stack up?
9:46 AM PDT Amazon9:46 AM PDT Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract after long feud between Amazon and Microsoft
10:00 AM PDT Space10:00 AM PDT Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture approaches period of maximum dynamic pressure
8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 27, 2021
9:00 AM PDT Geek of the Week9:00 AM PDT Astronomy professor Emily Levesque looks out at massive stars and back at history of her profession
7:24 AM PDT Podcast LEGO secrets from a ‘LEGO Masters’ star: How Boone Langston built a new career, brick by brick
1:57 PM PDT Amazon1:57 PM PDT Andy Jassy will join Amazon’s board of directors as he replaces Jeff Bezos as CEO of tech giant
12:59 PM PDT Startups12:59 PM PDT Seattle startup Intentionalist partners with Apple to point customers to LGBTQ businesses on Maps app
10:58 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:58 AM PDT Seattle’s HDT Bio to start U.S. clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
9:00 AM PDT Startups9:00 AM PDT Close connections and remote work: Investor in Seattle helped Ohio dad land at portfolio company
7:00 AM PDT GeekWire 200 Highlights7:00 AM PDT GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up
4:34 PM PDT Space4:34 PM PDT Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans July spaceflight to upstage Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin trip
2:22 PM PDT Microsoft2:22 PM PDT Tech Moves: Microsoft presidents to depart; Boeing names new CFO; and more
10:58 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:58 AM PDT Seattle-based Vera Whole Health sells majority stake to private equity firm
10:26 AM PDT Space10:26 AM PDT Astra Space launches its first day of public trading with backing from Craig McCaw and Bill Gates
9:04 AM PDT Space9:04 AM PDT ‘Mercury 13’ woman aviator Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin suborbital space trip
9:00 AM PDT Startups9:00 AM PDT Portland Trail Blazers ink NBA jersey sponsorship deal with Seattle crypto startup StormX
8:10 AM PDT Transportation8:10 AM PDT Cheap, tech friendly BoltBus is rolled into Greyhound during ‘service renovations’
6:25 AM PDT Amazon6:25 AM PDT Amazon adds two new leadership principles just days before Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO
6:00 AM PDT Tech6:00 AM PDT ‘This is real’: Electric aircraft maker Eviation set to fly battery-powered plane this year
6:00 AM PDT Amazon6:00 AM PDT Amazon offering new $170 monthly benefit to employees who commute to work by bike
5:00 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence5:00 AM PDT Marchex co-founder’s latest startup uses artificial intelligence to rethink and improve meetings
9:40 PM PDT Civic9:40 PM PDT Initiative to curb homelessness crisis in Seattle likely to qualify for November ballot
6:22 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences6:22 PM PDT Vancouver, Wash. biotech company Absci files to go public
