Amazon reports Q1 earnings Wednesday with a $244 billion cloud backlog and blockbuster deals with Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, but investors are watching whether the company’s $200 billion spending plan is starting to pay off. Read More
Tech company billboards are a big part of the landscape in Silicon Valley. Summation CEO Ian Wong said the Seattle/Bellevue area “has world-class technical talent, but the scene here has always been understated.” Read More
From the Allen family legacy to the “AI Bowl,” here are GeekWire’s takeaways from Seattle’s Super Bowl triumph in the heart of Silicon Valley. Read More
rtificial intelligence is taking over the Super Bowl LX commercials much like the technology is taking over our lives. And that’s a good thing if your dog has gone missing. Or a bad thing if you’re paranoid about Alexa bringing the garage door down on your neck. Read More
LinkedIn crossed $5 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, putting Microsoft’s 2016 acquisition on a $20 billion annual pace. Video ads on the professional network grew 30% as LinkedIn leans into short-form content. Read More
The 20-year-old real estate company, under new parent Rocket Companies, released a teaser video for a Super Bowl ad that will feature Lady Gaga performing the Mister Rogers classic “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Read More
Scowtt, a Seattle-based startup that wants to reshape how advertisers optimize paid campaigns, raised $12 million in Series A funding round led by New York venture firm Inspired Capital. Read More
AI is transforming how ads are made, but it’s also raising bigger questions about creativity itself. Amazon VP Jay Richman joins the GeekWire Podcast to discuss the shift. Read More
Microsoft reached a deal to acquire AT&T’s advertising technology division, Xandr, seeking to strengthen its own advertising business as the… Read More
