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Aug 2, 2025, 8:52 AM

Have we hit ‘Peak AI’? Microsoft, Amazon, and a pivotal week for Seattle tech

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft soars past Wall Street expectations, briefly hitting a $4 trillion valuation, while Amazon… Read More

Jul 31, 2025, 1:16 PM

Amazon tops Q2 estimates with $167.7B in revenue, $18.2B in profits; AWS up 17% to $30.9B

Follow-up: Amazon Web Services profits squeezed as AI arms race drives spending surge Amazon beat estimates for its second-quarter earnings… Read More

Jul 31, 2025, 9:26 AM

Amazon Alexa Fund backs Fable — the ‘Netflix of AI’ — where users create TV shows with prompts

Amazon Alexa Fund is backing a San Francisco startup behind a platform that allows users to create AI-generated scenes and… Read More

Jul 30, 2025, 10:16 AM

Amazon Q2 earnings preview: AI bets, cloud growth, and tariff changes in the spotlight

Amazon’s infrastructure investments and cloud business will go under the microscope Thursday when the company reports second-quarter financial results —… Read More

Jul 30, 2025, 9:48 AM

Report: Amazon to pay at least $20M a year in AI content deal with New York Times

Amazon’s deal to license some content from The New York Times for use on the tech giant’s artificial intelligence platforms… Read More

Jul 22, 2025, 11:51 AM

Amazon is acquiring Bee, maker of a wearable AI assistant that listens to conversations

Amazon is buying Bee, a small San Francisco startup behind a $49.99 wearable wrist device designed to record and transcribe… Read More

Jul 22, 2025, 8:21 AM

Semiconductor startup Lumotive boosts Series B round with help from Amazon

Lumotive, a Redmond, Wash.-based startup that manufactures semiconductor chips tailored for 3D sensors, added $14 million to its Series B… Read More

Jul 21, 2025, 3:08 PM

Madrona’s Matt McIlwain called it: A year later, Microsoft and Amazon are outpacing Apple

Speaking on CNBC this afternoon, Madrona’s Matt McIlwain noted that he had been on the business news network a year… Read More

Jul 19, 2025, 8:29 AM

Inside Amazon’s AI deployment team: Lessons from the front lines of enterprise adoption

On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we dive into enterprise AI adoption with Francessca Vasquez, a vice president at… Read More

Jul 17, 2025, 10:30 AM

Amazon cuts hundreds of AWS cloud jobs after strategic review, says AI wasn’t the main factor

Amazon confirmed Thursday morning that it’s cutting jobs within its Amazon Web Services cloud division after a review of its… Read More

Jul 15, 2025, 7:39 AM

Amazon gives $100M boost to AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, betting on agentic AI

Amazon is investing another $100 million in its AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, aiming to help companies go from experimenting… Read More

Jul 14, 2025, 7:50 AM

Amazon targets vibe-coding chaos with new ‘Kiro’ AI software development tool

A new AI coding tool from Amazon uses agents to automatically create and update project plans and technical blueprints, aiming… Read More

Jul 1, 2025, 7:35 AM

Amazon tops 1 million robots: Here’s what they do

Amazon has deployed its 1 millionth robot, a milestone that brings its robot workforce closer than ever to matching its… Read More

Jun 24, 2025, 8:10 AM

Amazon aims to reach ‘tens of millions’ more small town and rural customers with same-day delivery

Amazon plans to bring the speed of its same-day and next-day delivery to more customers in smaller U.S. cities, towns… Read More

Jun 23, 2025, 5:18 PM

Amazon closes Fresh grocery store south of Seattle; state filing says 125 workers impacted

Amazon closed a Fresh grocery store in Federal Way, Wash., the company confirmed on Monday. The store’s last day of… Read More

Jun 18, 2025, 9:06 AM

Andy Jassy’s long game: Amazon’s reinvention enters its 5th phase as AI upends the workforce

Andy Jassy’s latest memo makes it official: AI will reshape and reduce Amazon’s corporate workforce. But this is more than… Read More

Jun 17, 2025, 12:59 PM

Amazon CEO: AI will shrink corporate workforce in coming years

Amazon’s corporate workforce will shrink in the coming years as generative AI takes hold, CEO Andy Jassy told employees Tuesday.… Read More

Jun 16, 2025, 10:00 PM

Amazon stretches Prime Day to four days in July — and taps LeBron James to hype annual event

Amazon’s biggest shopping day is turning into more and more days as the e-commerce giant announced that its annual Prime… Read More

Jun 16, 2025, 8:57 AM

Whole Foods grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood closes after 7 years

A Whole Foods Market in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has closed, seven years after opening at the base of a… Read More

Jun 14, 2025, 7:04 AM

Fresh produce with your package: Amazon testing tighter grocery bundling for same-day deliveries

Amazon is making a more concerted effort to get customers buying groceries online as they shop on the tech giant’s… Read More

Jun 7, 2025, 6:18 AM

15 years, 5 big shifts: What we’ve seen in Seattle tech since starting the GeekWire Podcast

Fifteen years ago, Steve Jobs and Apple had just introduced the first iPad, Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft had been left for… Read More

Jun 4, 2025, 9:28 AM

Amazon to invest $10B in North Carolina to fuel AI and cloud data center infrastructure

Amazon announced plans Wednesday to invest $10 billion in North Carolina to expand its data center infrastructure to support AI… Read More

Jun 3, 2025, 6:00 AM

Amazon Pharmacy updates include new caregiver feature and Medicare access for PillPack service

Amazon Pharmacy is launching a new caregiver support feature and expanding access to customers on Medicare as part of enhancements… Read More

May 31, 2025, 7:45 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft, Remitly, and the new shape of work — plus, Amazon’s NYT AI deal

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s new licensing agreement with The New York Times to train its… Read More

May 29, 2025, 12:08 PM

Amazon has a secretive new hardware group led by former Xbox leader J Allard

New job postings shed more light on what J Allard is up to at Amazon. GeekWire reported in October that… Read More

May 29, 2025, 8:17 AM

Amazon inks deal with New York Times to license newspaper’s content for AI platforms

Amazon and The New York Times have agreed to a new deal in which the newspaper’s editorial content will be… Read More

May 22, 2025, 5:45 PM

Amazon shareholder revolt loses steam

Amazon’s latest shareholder results, released Thursday, show a continued drop in support for major environmental and social proposals. Measures on… Read More

May 21, 2025, 10:50 AM

Amazon shareholders reject oversight proposals as Andy Jassy disputes AI cutback claims

Amazon shareholders on Wednesday rejected all eight independent proposals at the company’s annual meeting, including measures seeking greater scrutiny of… Read More

May 21, 2025, 10:08 AM

Amazon’s AI-generated ‘shopping experts’ summarize product details in new audio feature

Amazon is adding another AI twist to its shopping app with an audio feature that provides highlights and insight about… Read More

May 14, 2025, 8:13 PM

Amazon lays off 100 in Devices & Services group amid ongoing tech industry cuts

Amazon is cutting about 100 jobs in its Devices & Services division, the part of the company that includes its… Read More