8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 3, 2025
11:39 AM PDT Tech11:39 AM PDT FTC reaches $100M settlement with Assurance IQ over alleged deceptive health insurance marketing
6:05 AM PDT Podcast After 48 years at UW, Ed Lazowska reflects on computer science, education, AI, and what’s next
10:26 AM PDT Microsoft10:26 AM PDT Microsoft rolls out OpenAI’s GPT-5 — and Elon Musk rolls out the commentary
7:30 AM PDT Startups7:30 AM PDT Startup radar: Electric trailers, audio detection, onboarding agents, construction communication
7:15 AM PDT Startups7:15 AM PDT Seattle startup Loopr raises cash for AI software that aims to boost quality control in manufacturing
10:23 AM PDT Civic10:23 AM PDT Ballmer’s USAFacts warns against politicizing data after Trump fires BLS chief over jobs report
9:58 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence9:58 AM PDT Startup’s plan to ditch Seattle for Bay Area sparks reaction about tech culture, work pace, AI and more
9:28 AM PDT Startups9:28 AM PDT Tech Moves: Icertis names new CEO as Samir Bodas steps down; Smartsheet adds security leader
7:42 AM PDT Startups7:42 AM PDT New startup Wild Zebra brings AI tutor to thousands of students, raises $2M for wider rollout
1:23 PM PDT Tech1:23 PM PDT Zillow revenue up 15% to $655M as mortgage and rentals business drive growth
1:11 PM PDT Geek Life1:11 PM PDT Bill Gates business card up for auction, with significant date from Microsoft’s early days
12:00 PM PDT Startups12:00 PM PDT ‘The hustle factor is real’: Why this fast-growing Seattle startup is packing its bags for Palo Alto
10:37 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence10:37 AM PDT UW study: Politically persuasive AI chatbots offer potential benefits — and worrying influence
10:36 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence10:36 AM PDT OpenAI to provide ChatGPT to federal agencies for $1, and Seattle’s Slalom will assist worker training
7:00 AM PDT Startups7:00 AM PDT Secretive startup backed by Concur co-founders uses AI to rethink customer experience software
7:19 PM PDT Space7:19 PM PDT Blue Origin and five other companies study how orbital transfer vehicles can aid NASA
6:03 PM PDT Tech6:03 PM PDT Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader retiring; Apptio co-founder Sunny Gupta will take over enterprise giant
1:56 PM PDT Tech1:56 PM PDT ‘Open-weight’ debate: Allen Institute for AI says OpenAI needs to go further to be truly open
12:55 PM PDT Space12:55 PM PDT Interlune will team up with Astrolab to send a camera to the moon for helium-3 survey
12:53 PM PDT Amazon12:53 PM PDT Amazon will offer OpenAI’s open-weight models, sidestepping Microsoft via Apache 2.0 license
10:46 AM PDT Tech10:46 AM PDT Titan sub investigators blame OceanGate for safety lapses and say fatal disaster was ‘preventable’
9:35 AM PDT Microsoft9:35 AM PDT Microsoft’s new AI reverse-engineers malware autonomously, marking a shift in cybersecurity
4:36 PM PDT Civic4:36 PM PDT Seattle leaders pass tax hike for big companies, cuts for small biz – but voters get final word
4:35 PM PDT Microsoft4:35 PM PDT Microsoft cuts another 40 jobs in Washington state, continuing layoffs amid AI investment surge
12:48 PM PDT Startups12:48 PM PDT Seattle’s LevelTen Energy to lay off workers amid shrinking support for U.S. wind and solar power
10:15 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:15 AM PDT Gates Foundation unveils record-setting $2.5 billion initiative focused on women’s health
9:07 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence9:07 AM PDT Microsoft study shows jobs most — and least — impacted by generative AI
