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12:17 PM PST Tech12:17 PM PST F5 opening new office space in 2026 to bring 250 Spokane, Wash.-area employees together
8:00 AM PST Startups8:00 AM PST Tire recycling tech startup with link to Costco lands $40M from former CEO Jim Sinegal and others
7:00 AM PST Startups7:00 AM PST New group brings unique approach to help startups take flight out of the University of Oregon
6:00 AM PST Health/Life Sciences6:00 AM PST Trump’s push to freeze funding leaves researchers anxious about delayed scientific breakthroughs
1:41 PM PST Startups1:41 PM PST Return to the ‘mother ship’: Seattle startup studio Madrona Venture Labs absorbed by Madrona
8:00 AM PST Startups8:00 AM PST Tech Moves: F5’s first chief digital officer; Seattle-area EV charging startup acquired; and more
7:00 AM PST Microsoft7:00 AM PST Microsoft’s new Surface Copilot+ PCs use Intel’s Lunar Lake chips in push for business adoption
6:00 AM PST Tech6:00 AM PST Allen Institute for AI challenges DeepSeek on key benchmarks with big new open-source AI model
5:00 AM PST Startups5:00 AM PST Flexport, Amazon vets raise $5M to automate data and document processing for freight forwarders
2:28 PM PST Amazon2:28 PM PST Amazon’s latest job cuts impact corporate communications and sustainability employees
1:35 PM PST Artificial Intelligence1:35 PM PST Oregon legal tech startup raises $22M to fuel AI platform that speeds research, drafting and more
1:15 PM PST Microsoft1:15 PM PST Microsoft’s AI revenue run rate reaches $13B annually as tech giant tops earnings expectations
12:02 PM PST Sustainability12:02 PM PST Modern Hydrogen and major Seattle-area utility aim for less controversial clean energy fix
12:00 PM PST Artificial Intelligence12:00 PM PST ‘We live in amazing times’: Smartsheet leader calls AI a ‘gift’ that is transforming how we live and work
10:38 AM PST Amazon10:38 AM PST Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues WA state over Washington Post request for Kuiper records
8:30 AM PST Startups8:30 AM PST Hardware-focused startup studio Conduit Venture Labs expands reach to support outside companies
8:00 AM PST Tech8:00 AM PST Ex-Google, Apple engineers raise $10M to give AI its ‘Linux moment’ with new open source platform
7:00 AM PST Startups7:00 AM PST 3D-modeling startup Canvas, led by former Moz CEO Sarah Bird, lands $10M
5:00 AM PST Real Estate5:00 AM PST Redfin sees uptick in downtown Seattle apartment rents, and watches for further Amazon effect
2:09 PM PST Artificial Intelligence2:09 PM PST DeepSeek defense: Microsoft earnings will offer new chance to detail AI capital spending plans
8:29 AM PST Microsoft8:29 AM PST Microsoft + TikTok, 2025 edition: Trump comment stirs new speculation about possible deal
6:00 AM PST Startups6:00 AM PST Cybersecurity startup Eclypsium raises $45M to help companies secure their infrastructure
6:00 AM PST Games6:00 AM PST Inside Wizards of the Coast’s new gaming lair, where ‘D&D’ architects chart their course for 2025
4:00 AM PST Startups4:00 AM PST Sam Altman, SoftBank invest in $425M round for Helion, a Seattle-area startup chasing fusion power
1:41 PM PST Startups1:41 PM PST Who will win in AI? DeepSeek’s breakthrough stirs questions around value capture
12:45 PM PST Amazon12:45 PM PST Whole Foods CEO’s role expands to oversee Amazon’s entire worldwide grocery initiatives
11:05 AM PST Startups11:05 AM PST DeepSeek’s new model shows that AI expertise might matter more than compute in 2025
9:04 AM PST Microsoft9:04 AM PST Microsoft CEO says AI use will ‘skyrocket’ with more efficiency amid craze over DeepSeek
