8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 11, 2021
8:00 AM PDT Tech8:00 AM PDT Society of Women Engineers group at University of Washington aims to close the gender gap
11:02 AM PDT Civic11:02 AM PDT Washington state governor expected to sign new bill ending prohibition on municipal broadband
8:35 AM PDT Podcast Rep. Suzan DelBene on out-of-date privacy laws, and why she’s not giving up on federal legislation
4:36 PM PDT Space4:36 PM PDT NASA awards $2.9B to SpaceX for Starship lunar lander; Blue Origin team is left out
3:18 PM PDT Games3:18 PM PDT Analysis: Video game spending is setting records, but can the industry meet increasing demand?
11:06 AM PDT Tech Moves11:06 AM PDT Tech Moves: Former Chef Software and Impinj CFO Evan Fein lands at phone service startup TextNow
8:00 AM PDT Geek of the Week8:00 AM PDT Kaytlyn Gerbin is blazing trails in cell science and as an ultrarunner who has conquered Mount Rainier
7:55 AM PDT Startups7:55 AM PDT Meet the latest Techstars Seattle cohort: 10 startups on how they’ve adapted to the pandemic
7:00 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences7:00 AM PDT The voters will see you now: The finalists for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards
6:47 PM PDT Space6:47 PM PDT Going, going … goniometer! First Mode delivers measuring gizmo for Mars mission
12:55 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences12:55 PM PDT Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech co-founders join life sciences SPAC; new edtech execs; and more
10:05 AM PDT Amazon10:05 AM PDT Here’s why Jeff Bezos quoted a 1986 book about human evolution in his shareholders letter
9:03 AM PDT Startups9:03 AM PDT Crazy for crypto — or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO
8:33 AM PDT Startups8:33 AM PDT Uber vets raise $12.5M for real estate property management startup Doorstead
8:00 AM PDT Tech8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Awards 2021: Learn about the 5 finalists for Innovation of the Year
7:43 AM PDT Amazon7:43 AM PDT Amazon now has 200 million Prime members, Bezos reveals in annual shareholders letter
7:02 AM PDT Amazon7:02 AM PDT Read Jeff Bezos’ shareholders letter: Amazon founder focuses on employee welfare, comments on union vote
6:00 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences6:00 AM PDT Marc Benioff-backed microbiome startup Viome says it expects $100M in revenue next year
3:42 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences3:42 PM PDT Behavioral science startup 2Morrow raises $1.5M to grow digital therapeutic platform
12:36 PM PDT Amazon12:36 PM PDT Amazon sets 2021 diversity goals and releases new workforce data on gender and race
10:18 AM PDT Space10:18 AM PDT ‘It’s time’: Jeff Bezos hails Blue Origin’s fiery rehearsal for crewed suborbital spaceflight
9:04 AM PDT Amazon9:04 AM PDT Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, Nordstrom join corporate push for fair elections
9:00 AM PDT Geek Life9:00 AM PDT Seattle investor helps produce new film ‘East of the Mountains’ and learns how movies and tech differ
8:42 AM PDT Startups8:42 AM PDT Boise-based PlexTrac raises $10M for cybersecurity collaboration and workflow software
9:01 PM PDT Startups9:01 PM PDT Funding to Seattle-area startups hit new Q1 record with $1.6B invested — here were the top deals
6:33 PM PDT Amazon6:33 PM PDT Bezos Earth Fund again poaches the leader of a grant recipient to help run its organization
12:25 PM PDT Startups12:25 PM PDT Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon leader Jeff Wilke joins Scale AI as advisor to CEO; Skilljar and Auth0 hire execs; T-Mobile board shuffle
