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Amazon’s new frontiers: Robotaxis, ultrafast deliveries, AI teammates

Amazon is experimenting again. This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we break down our scoop on Amazon’s new ultrafast delivery service, ride along in a Zoox robotaxi on the Las Vegas Strip, and talk with AWS SVP Colleen Aubrey about Amazon’s push into applied AI and the rise of AI “teammates.” Read More

Microsoft shareholders invoke Orwell and Copilot as Nadella cites ‘generational moment’

Microsoft’s shareholder meeting Friday morning highlighted a sharp divide: executives promoting a “planet-scale” AI future while investors voiced concerns about censorship, bias, privacy, and geopolitical entanglements. All six outside shareholder proposals — focused largely on AI risks — were voted down based on early results, Read More

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‘Me, Myself and AI’ host Sam Ransbotham on finding the real value in AI — even when it’s wrong

What’s the real value in AI tools — and what separates those who use them well from those who don’t? Sam Ransbotham, host of MIT Sloan Management Review’s “Me, Myself and AI” podcast, joins Todd Bishop for a two-part collaboration between the shows. Read More

Amazon to invest $50B to expand AI infrastructure for U.S. government agencies

Amazon plans to invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and advanced computing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies, the… Read More

New UW President Robert Jones aims to dispel ‘job apocalypse’ fears and prep every grad for an AI future

UW President Robert Jones wants to expand computer science access for undergraduates and build new public-private partnerships to tackle society’s grand challenges. Read More

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Real revenue, actual value, and a little froth: Read AI CEO David Shim on the emerging AI economy

Read AI CEO David Shim talks with GeekWire’s John Cook about the realities of the AI boom — solid fundamentals with some froth at the edges, rising demand for AI assistants, the growing value of cross-team intelligence and multi-platform tools, and the potentially controversial emergence of digital work twins. Read More

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Seattle’s tech paradox: Amazon’s layoffs collide with the AI boom — or is it a bubble?

Amazon’s latest layoffs collide with an AI boom that’s reshaping Seattle’s tech scene. On this week’s GeekWire Podcast, we unpack Andy Jassy’s “startup” logic, debate whether AI is a true revolution or a bubble, and question the promise of Cascadia high-speed rail. Read More

Amazon’s Anthropic investment boosts its quarterly profits by $9.5B

Amazon’s third-quarter profit jumped 38% to $21.2 billion, boosted in part by a $9.5 billion paper gain on its investment in AI startup Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot. Read More

What it’s like to wear Amazon’s new smart glasses for delivery drivers

Amazon is testing smart glasses for its delivery drivers, aiming to make routes safer and more efficient. GeekWire’s Todd Bishop tried them out, getting a firsthand look at the technology and the larger questions it raises. Read More

Amazon and the media: Inside the disconnect on AI, robots and jobs

Amazon’s big robotics showcase highlighted the company’s vision for “AI at work,” but the event also revealed a widening gap between its public messaging and media coverage about automation’s impact on jobs. Read More

Cory Doctorow, Whitney Beltran and Ed Zitron at Seattle Public Library event

What will happen when the AI bubble bursts? Tech prognosticators weigh in with ensnarkification

How will the companies that have invested tens of billions of dollars in the infrastructure for artificial intelligence fare when… Read More

The new AI executive assistants: Smarter, faster, still not as good as the real thing

A new generation of AI executive assistants is taking on tasks like scheduling, travel, and email — but they’re still far from matching human judgment. GeekWire’s new Agents of Transformation series explores where the technology truly stands. Read More

Satya Nadella’s pay tops $96M as Microsoft stock soars; Walmart CFO set to join board

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s total compensation rose nearly 22% to $96.5 million, driven largely by the company’s surging stock price, a new filing reveals. Read More

With latest AI voice features, WellSaid Labs bets on a careful approach in a buzzy industry

Bellevue-based WellSaid Labs is sharpening its focus on enterprise and regulated industries with new AI voice tools, including its next-generation Caruso model and redesigned Studio platform — taking a more measured approach than rivals chasing attention and controversy. Read More

Amazon takes on Microsoft and Google in the workplace with new ‘Quick Suite’ business AI platform

Amazon Web Services is debuting Amazon Quick Suite, a new agentic AI platform that automates business tasks and connects data across company systems — a direct challenge to Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini in the digital workplace. Read More

New platform, familiar risks: Zillow and Expedia bet on OpenAI’s ChatGPT apps rollout

Zillow and Expedia are among the first companies to launch apps inside ChatGPT, joining OpenAI’s new platform for conversational software — and raising familiar questions about control, privacy, and platform power in the AI era. Read More

AI-generated, color-coded illustration showing two mouse brain cross-sections

Scientists enlist AI to map regions of the brain in unprecedented detail — and that’s just the start

An artificial intelligence program identifies previously uncharted subregions of the mouse brain. Read More

Raj Singh named Smartsheet CEO, returning to his enterprise tech roots in the Seattle area

The co-founder of Concur and former Accolade CEO takes over Smartsheet amid industry shifts, private-equity ownership, and new opportunities to reshape enterprise software with AI. Read More

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The Agentic Entrepreneur: How the next wave of AI is changing the startup playbook

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, T.A. McCann of Pioneer Square Labs explains how AI agents are changing company creation, why distribution and data now matter more than product, and what agent-to-agent interactions mean for the future of business. Read More

Smartsheet cuts jobs shortly after departure of longtime CEO

Smartsheet has cut more than 120 jobs amid a leadership transition and its $8.4B private equity takeover, as the Bellevue-based software company accelerates its push into artificial intelligence. Read More

Amazon’s ‘model factory’ is training the next generation of AI on the tech giant’s own business

Amazon’s top AI scientist Rohit Prasad outlined a “model factory” approach and shift toward AI agents at Madrona’s IA Summit in Seattle. The strategy uses Amazon’s own internal systems as reinforcement learning gyms to accelerate the development of its Nova models and enterprise AI tools. Read More

Cancer AI Alliance says new tech platform will speed breakthroughs with novel privacy approach

A consortium of top U.S. cancer centers has developed an AI platform that trains models on clinical data from multiple institutions while protecting patient privacy, with the goal of cutting the timeline for new discoveries in cancer research from years to months. Read More

Amazon’s new Alexa and AI features will play doorman, recap Kindle books, and find lost dogs

Amazon unveiled a new lineup of Echo, Kindle, Ring, Fire TV and Blink devices, with artificial intelligence as the common thread. Highlights include Kindle recaps, Ring’s lost-dog “Search Party,” and Alexa+ features that turn the voice assistant into a virtual doorman and entertainment guide. Read More

What is ‘vibe working’? Microsoft brings agent-powered AI to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Microsoft is rolling out new AI features in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as part of what it calls “vibe working.” The updates introduce Agent Mode and Office Agent, tools designed to handle multi-step tasks and generate documents, spreadsheets, and presentations through Copilot. Read More

Microsoft adds Anthropic’s Claude AI models to 365 Copilot as OpenAI relationship evolves

Microsoft is adding Anthropic’s Claude models to Microsoft 365 Copilot, giving business users a choice beyond OpenAI’s GPT technology. The rollout starts with the Researcher agent and Copilot Studio, reflecting Microsoft’s broader push to work with multiple AI providers. Read More

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Amazon’s new frontiers: Robotaxis, ultrafast deliveries, AI teammates

‘Me, Myself and AI’ host Sam Ransbotham on finding the real value in AI — even when it’s wrong

Amazon to invest $50B to expand AI infrastructure for U.S. government agencies

New UW President Robert Jones aims to dispel ‘job apocalypse’ fears and prep every grad for an AI future

Real revenue, actual value, and a little froth: Read AI CEO David Shim on the emerging AI economy

Seattle’s tech paradox: Amazon’s layoffs collide with the AI boom — or is it a bubble?

What it’s like to wear Amazon’s new smart glasses for delivery drivers

Amazon and the media: Inside the disconnect on AI, robots and jobs

What will happen when the AI bubble bursts? Tech prognosticators weigh in with ensnarkification

The new AI executive assistants: Smarter, faster, still not as good as the real thing

Satya Nadella’s pay tops $96M as Microsoft stock soars; Walmart CFO set to join board

With latest AI voice features, WellSaid Labs bets on a careful approach in a buzzy industry

Amazon takes on Microsoft and Google in the workplace with new ‘Quick Suite’ business AI platform

New platform, familiar risks: Zillow and Expedia bet on OpenAI’s ChatGPT apps rollout

Scientists enlist AI to map regions of the brain in unprecedented detail — and that’s just the start

Raj Singh named Smartsheet CEO, returning to his enterprise tech roots in the Seattle area

The Agentic Entrepreneur: How the next wave of AI is changing the startup playbook

Smartsheet cuts jobs shortly after departure of longtime CEO

Amazon’s ‘model factory’ is training the next generation of AI on the tech giant’s own business

Cancer AI Alliance says new tech platform will speed breakthroughs with novel privacy approach

Amazon’s new Alexa and AI features will play doorman, recap Kindle books, and find lost dogs

What is ‘vibe working’? Microsoft brings agent-powered AI to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Microsoft adds Anthropic’s Claude AI models to 365 Copilot as OpenAI relationship evolves

Will new U.S. visa fee boost Canada’s tech sector? B.C. sees an opening against Seattle and Silicon Valley

Amazon links Nova Act, its AI agent creator, to VS Code, Cursor and Kiro

When AI becomes the creative director: Amazon VP Jay Richman on the future of media and ads

The next chapter for AI in schools: Navigating a new era with caution and curiosity

How AI and other trends in technology are starting to supercharge the space industry