8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 20, 2026
8:13 AM PDT Podcast Live show: Amazon, Meta and the fight over the future of AI; Plus, is Seattle still the place to build?
10:38 AM PDT Tech10:38 AM PDT ‘Seattle’s answer to YC Demo Day’: 25 startups pitch investors from across the country at AI House
8:02 AM PDT Geek Life8:02 AM PDT Tech vet takes a fresh swing at the country club with a golf and social hub in old Seattle industrial space
7:14 AM PDT Tech Moves7:14 AM PDT Tech Moves: Microsoft AI exec joins Niantic Spatial; Allen fund names first investment chief; Zillow AI leader heads to Stripe
5:00 AM PDT Microsoft5:00 AM PDT Microsoft unveils all-in-one Copilot app, taking on Anthropic and OpenAI in new push to boost adoption
8:05 PM PDT Microsoft8:05 PM PDT Artists, game designers and producers hit hard as Microsoft cuts 277 jobs in Washington state
3:03 PM PDT Startup Spotlight3:03 PM PDT Startup Spotlight: Marketing vets launch Kompeld to measure if a company’s story is actually working
1:08 PM PDT Microsoft1:08 PM PDT Internal memos: Microsoft shakes up communications as Nadella makes a push to build in public
10:03 AM PDT Amazon10:03 AM PDT Amazon delivery drone noise sparks resident revolt in Texas: ‘It’s like a beehive up there’
8:09 AM PDT Startups8:09 AM PDT Seattle startup Row Zero acquired by Databricks to bring enterprise spreadsheets to AI platform
7:00 AM PDT Amazon7:00 AM PDT Amazon will let sellers manage Walmart, eBay, Shopify and TikTok sales from their Amazon dashboards
6:00 AM PDT Space6:00 AM PDT With NASA’s backing, Starfish Space is getting ready for the orbital debut of its flagship Otter spacecraft
10:55 AM PDT Sustainability10:55 AM PDT Alaska Air sustainability director lays out strategy for low-carbon flying at Climate Week NYC
9:01 AM PDT Space9:01 AM PDT Hubble Network raises $200M to reach $1.6B valuation as startup expands satellite Bluetooth network
7:10 AM PDT Amazon7:10 AM PDT Amazon opens its seller tools to outside AI agents, starting with Anthropic’s Claude
6:00 AM PDT Startups6:00 AM PDT Former Amazon and Opendoor leaders raise $3M to give every key business metric its own AI agent
4:00 PM PDT Tech4:00 PM PDT Expedia Group laying off 58 employees in Washington state in latest cuts at travel giant
3:17 PM PDT Civic3:17 PM PDT Facing ‘seismic shifts’ in tech sector, Seattle mayor freezes JumpStart tax rates in new budget
10:39 AM PDT Amazon10:39 AM PDT Amazon’s fight with Meta: Who owns the customer relationship when an agent does the buying?
8:07 AM PDT Startups8:07 AM PDT Solo founder uses AI as backing band to build a music licensing platform for small businesses
7:13 AM PDT Tech7:13 AM PDT Microsoft cuts hundreds more jobs, shifts next ‘Halo’ game to Activision in Xbox overhaul
2:32 PM PDT Games2:32 PM PDT Bungie apologizes to fans, unseals ‘Destiny’ content vault, tries to convince the world it’s still Bungie
10:11 AM PDT Tech10:11 AM PDT Former Seattle City Council president launches AI-powered site to track and report on City Hall
10:08 AM PDT Startups10:08 AM PDT Ex-Zillow VP’s startup Truelist acquired by Mainstay in $18M expansion of real estate AI
9:43 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences9:43 AM PDT Seattle startups DexCare and Mila Health combine to expand AI patient scheduling
7:42 AM PDT Startups7:42 AM PDT Plug and Play Seattle picks 11 startups for 4th cohort, from space robotics to biotech
11:05 PM PDT Tech11:05 PM PDT Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI assistant in new standoff over agentic shopping
8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 13, 2026
9:41 AM PDT Podcast AI meets real estate: Zillow engineering SVP Toby Roberts on the future of buying and selling homes
