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
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 24, 2025, 7:57 AM Did Elon Musk really intern at Microsoft? Plus: AI agents, job cuts, and an economic warning This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Satya Nadella’s offhand remark at Microsoft Build, about Elon Musk once interning at Microsoft,… Read More
May 17, 2025, 8:10 AM GeekWire Podcast: Box CEO Aaron Levie on AI agents, enterprise data, and the future of work “I’m just finding more stuff to have the AI do — and then I end up doing more work as… Read More
May 10, 2025, 7:29 AM AI boom and D.C. hot mics: OpenAI and Microsoft go to Washington, Amazon surveys the field This week on the GeekWire Podcast: The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence takes center stage in business technology spending, in… Read More
May 3, 2025, 9:24 AM GeekWire Podcast: Innovating in turbulent times — voices from the 2025 GeekWire Awards Recorded live at the 2025 GeekWire Awards in Seattle, this episode of the GeekWire Podcast features industry leaders pursuing innovation… Read More
Apr 29, 2025, 12:02 PM GeekWire Podcast: Amazon and White House clash over tariff transparency On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we break down today’s public clash between Amazon and the White House over… Read More
Apr 26, 2025, 6:48 AM GeekWire Podcast: AI teammates, a fully remote unicorn, and the new world of work On this week’s GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft envisions a future where humans manage fleets of AI agents — fundamentally changing the… Read More
Apr 19, 2025, 6:15 AM Platforms, AI, and the future of software teams: Are we seeing a new era of human creativity? This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Marcus Fontoura, technical fellow at Microsoft and CTO for Azure Core.… Read More
Apr 14, 2025, 9:05 PM Melinda French Gates’ new book draws lessons from loss, and looks to what’s next Yes, Melinda French Gates has an estimated net worth of nearly $30 billion, runs an organization with ambitious goals to… Read More
Apr 12, 2025, 6:15 AM Former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold on Bill Gates, AI buzz, and his 2,500-page pastry book This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re featuring highlights from a live interview with Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Ventures… Read More
Apr 5, 2025, 8:56 AM GeekWire Podcast with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the company’s 50th anniversary On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we talk with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about the company’s 50th anniversary, and… Read More
Mar 29, 2025, 7:10 AM GeekWire Podcast: Inside Amazon’s attempt to reinvent Alexa for the new era of AI [Update, Monday, March 31: Amazon’s Alexa+ Early Access page is now live, and the company confirmed that the new Alexa… Read More
Mar 22, 2025, 10:10 AM Microsoft President Brad Smith on AI, global turmoil, and key issues facing the tech giant at 50 This week on the GeekWire Podcast: A conversation with Microsoft President Brad Smith, on stage at GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 event this… Read More
Mar 15, 2025, 8:06 AM Podcast: The meaning of Rocket’s Redfin deal, and how Microsoft is bringing AI to Xbox gamers This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss the big real estate technology news of the week: Rocket Companies, the… Read More
Mar 8, 2025, 8:24 AM What Alexa’s AI upgrade means for Amazon’s business and Alexa users For many years, Amazon has been trying to put its Alexa voice assistant at the center of the smart home.… Read More
Mar 1, 2025, 8:33 AM Hanging up on Skype; Google’s future in Seattle; Microsoft’s quest for a quantum leap This week on the Geekwire Podcast: Google prepares to say goodbye to Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, we get ready to say… Read More
Feb 22, 2025, 8:18 AM Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough; WA state targets Uber, Lyft; GeekWire 200; Bezos and Bond This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough; a Washington state bill that targets Uber and Lyft… Read More
Feb 15, 2025, 8:16 AM ‘Open source will win’: Allen Institute for AI CEO Ali Farhadi on the new era of artificial intelligence It has been a wild few weeks and an eventful few months in AI: DeepSeek, OpenAI, Stargate, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Salesforce,… Read More
Feb 8, 2025, 7:20 AM Podcast: Amazon, AI, and the cloud — a reality check, with Corey Quinn of ‘Last Week in AWS’ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sounded more bullish than ever about the potential for artificial intelligence on the company’s earnings call… Read More
Feb 4, 2025, 8:09 AM Interview: Bill Gates on his early years, key influences, and outlook on the world today In advance of the release of his new memoir, Source Code: My Beginnings, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for… Read More
Feb 1, 2025, 7:29 AM Podcast: DeepSeek reality check; Amazon, Bezos, and the Post; lost in the Microsoft garage This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive deep into DeepSeek, the AI project shaking up the tech world, to… Read More
Jan 25, 2025, 8:12 AM Podcast: Stargate, OpenAI and Microsoft; BlueSky in Seattle; and Madrona’s big new funds This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we delve into the Stargate Project announcement by OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank, in conjunction… Read More
Jan 18, 2025, 8:01 AM The documents that help Amazon think: Inside the tech giant’s process for strategic planning This week on the GeekWire Podcast: An inside look at Amazon’s classic process for strategic thinking and decision-making, with a… Read More
Jan 11, 2025, 7:36 AM AI in 2025: A solopreneur software developer’s take on where things stand, and what’s next This week on the GeekWire Podcast, Seattle-area software developer and AI entrepreneur Patrick Husting of Ghostwriter AI and the Equestrian… Read More
Jan 4, 2025, 8:53 AM ‘From impossible to merely difficult’: AI collaborates with a vintage 1980s musical gadget What happens when you mix modern AI with a piece of vintage technology and the musical stylings of a very… Read More
Dec 21, 2024, 7:22 AM AI, tech talent, and regional innovation: A swan song from retiring WTIA CEO Michael Schutzler Michael Schutzler, the newly retired CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), joins us on this episode of the… Read More
Dec 14, 2024, 6:54 AM Insights from Uncommon Thinkers: How these innovators found novel approaches in their fields This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we sit down with some of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers” — inventors, scientists,… Read More
Dec 7, 2024, 7:58 AM GeekWire Podcast: Amazon Nova, the future of AI, and more from the AWS re:Invent show floor LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s artificial intelligence strategy came into focus this week with the unveiling of Amazon Nova, its new… Read More
Nov 30, 2024, 7:41 AM AI, Google Docs, and the messiness of innovation, with Microsoft Deputy CTO Sam Schillace This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Sam Schillace, a deputy CTO at Microsoft and author of the… Read More