Now in its third year, GeekWire’s “Uncommon Thinkers” — in partnership with Greater Seattle Partners — recognizes the inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world.
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is building more than a social network. Her vision centers on a decentralized protocol designed to outlast any single company — and reshape how online communities form, grow, and govern themselves.
The co-founder and CEO of Seattle’s Vercept was a standout student in Iran before moving to the U.S., getting her PhD at the University of Washington and launching into a career solving for real-world use of AI.
Before he became the CEO of Portal Space Systems, Jeff Thornburg worked for two of the world’s most innovative space-minded billionaires. Now he’s working on an idea those billionaires never pursued: building a spacecraft powered by the heat of focused sunlight.
The co-founder and CEO of the Seattle startup has a “viral” hit on his hands as he throws an analog landline to parents looking for a way to help their kids avoid screens and social media.
Before he launched a venture-backed biotech startup, prior even to landing a research role in one of the world’s premier academic labs, Anindya Roy arrived in the U.S. with two suitcases and $2,000 in the bank.
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