Articles about Bill Gates

Transcript: Here’s what Bill Gates told lawmakers in his recent Epstein testimony

The U.S. House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released the transcript of a closed-door interview in which Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates answered lawmakers’ questions, under oath, about his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read More

Bill Gates goes to Capitol Hill in Epstein case as his ventures feel the effects

Bill Gates appeared voluntarily behind closed doors before House Oversight Committee investigators on Wednesday to answer questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, part of a larger turn in his image that has been rippling through the Seattle-area institutions he built and funds. Read More

On Apple’s 50th, recalling the time a Microsoft engineer drove Steve Jobs so crazy he invented the iPad

David Pogue’s new book “Apple: The First 50 Years” is packed with stories about the rivalry between Apple and Microsoft. One stands out: the time a Microsoft engineer drove Steve Jobs so crazy at a birthday party that he went home and invented the iPad. Read More

Report: TerraPower leadership faces tough questions about Gates, Myhrvold and Epstein ties

TerraPower employees questioned CEO Chris Levesque about connections between sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and company board leaders Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold, according to The Seattle Times. Read More

Contractors sue Modern Hydrogen, alleging the Bill Gates-backed startup left their final invoices unpaid

Five contractors are suing the Seattle-area clean energy startup for more than $363,458, alleging unpaid invoices when the company suddenly slowed operations late last year. Read More

Bill Gates won’t be following Paul Allen’s lead, says he’s not interested in buying Seattle Seahawks

Bill Gates logically landed on a short list of potential Seahawks buyers because of his Seattle connection and his net worth of $107 billion. Read More

Bill Gates addresses Epstein fallout at foundation as new Microsoft revelations emerge

Bill Gates apologized to Gates Foundation staff over his interactions with Jeffrey Epstein, as a new report revealed the depth of the late sex offender’s connections to Microsoft. Read More

Report: Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy is not pursuing additional funds for a key initiative

Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy, headquartered in Seattle, is not currently pursuing additional capital for Catalyst, its initiative that funds ready-to-scale… Read More

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Microsoft’s private OpenAI emails, Satya’s new AI catchphrase, and the rise of physical AI startups

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Newly unsealed court documents reveal the behind-the-scenes history of Microsoft and OpenAI, including a surprise: Amazon Web Services was the Silicon Valley AI lab’s original partner. We tell the story behind the story, explaining how it came to light. Read More

Satya Nadella’s new metaphor for the AI Age: We are becoming ‘managers of infinite minds’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella riffed on some famous lines from tech leaders past this week in an appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and offered up his own trippy candidate to join the canon of computing metaphors. Read More

The Microsoft-OpenAI Files: Internal documents reveal the realities of AI’s defining alliance

Internal emails, texts, slide decks, and deposition testimony show how Microsoft went from being sidelined at OpenAI’s founding to wielding decisive influence over the AI lab that launched the generative AI era — and how that power is now being tested as OpenAI emerges as a platform company with leverage of its own. Read More

Bill Gates says there’s ‘no upper limit’ on AI, citing opportunity and risk

Bill Gates says there’s “no upper limit” on how intelligent AI systems will become, and warns the world needs to prepare now for the disruptions ahead. Read More

Bill Gates makes nearly $8B payout to Melinda French Gates as part of divorce settlement

The money shows up in tax filings as a 2024 donation to French Gates’ Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation. Read More

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The stories that defined 2025: AI dreams, brutal realities, and Seattle tech at a turning point

The past year may go down as one of the most consequential in technology history — in Seattle and beyond. On this special year-end episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we look back at the stories that defined 2025, from AI’s rapid rise and massive infrastructure bets to layoffs, shifting tech jobs, and what it all means for Seattle’s future. Read More

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

A core group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, sharing previously untold stories and reflecting on a landmark project that set the stage for a global computing revolution. Read More

30 years after Microsoft went ‘all-in’ on the internet, the tech giant’s AI strategy echoes the past

Thirty years after Bill Gates declared Microsoft was going “all-in” on the internet, echoes of that moment are resurfacing in the company’s sweeping AI push. The parallels — and the differences — reveal how Microsoft is navigating another era-defining shift. Read More

Global health backslide: Gates Foundation report links funding cuts to rising child deaths

Bill Gates and his foundation are raising the alarm over the impacts of international funding cuts for global health, including an increase in children’s deaths. Read More

Bill Gates urges world to ‘refocus’ climate goals, pushes back on emissions targets

Less than two weeks ahead of the UN climate conference, Bill Gates posted a memo on his personal blog encouraging folks to just calm down about climate change. Read More

Here’s what Bill Gates and Satya Nadella told President Trump at the White House tech summit

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Bill Gates were at the White House on Thursday night, part of a high-profile gathering of tech leaders who combined praise for President Donald Trump with promises to invest in U.S. infrastructure, manufacturing, and artificial intelligence. Read More

Bill Gates

Transcript: Here’s what Bill Gates told lawmakers in his recent Epstein testimony

Bill Gates goes to Capitol Hill in Epstein case as his ventures feel the effects

On Apple’s 50th, recalling the time a Microsoft engineer drove Steve Jobs so crazy he invented the iPad

Report: TerraPower leadership faces tough questions about Gates, Myhrvold and Epstein ties

Contractors sue Modern Hydrogen, alleging the Bill Gates-backed startup left their final invoices unpaid

Bill Gates won’t be following Paul Allen’s lead, says he’s not interested in buying Seattle Seahawks

Bill Gates addresses Epstein fallout at foundation as new Microsoft revelations emerge

Report: Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy is not pursuing additional funds for a key initiative

Microsoft’s private OpenAI emails, Satya’s new AI catchphrase, and the rise of physical AI startups

Satya Nadella’s new metaphor for the AI Age: We are becoming ‘managers of infinite minds’

The Microsoft-OpenAI Files: Internal documents reveal the realities of AI’s defining alliance

Bill Gates says there’s ‘no upper limit’ on AI, citing opportunity and risk

Bill Gates makes nearly $8B payout to Melinda French Gates as part of divorce settlement

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Global health backslide: Gates Foundation report links funding cuts to rising child deaths

Bill Gates urges world to ‘refocus’ climate goals, pushes back on emissions targets

Here’s what Bill Gates and Satya Nadella told President Trump at the White House tech summit

Robotics startup FieldAI, backed by Gates and Bezos, hits $2B valuation after latest funding

Bill Gates-backed AI competition offers $1M to accelerate Alzheimer’s research

Building an AI-first company: What these two business leaders learned from top experts

Bill Gates business card up for auction, with significant date from Microsoft’s early days

Gates Foundation unveils record-setting $2.5 billion initiative focused on women’s health

Bill Neukom, 1941-2025: Microsoft’s top lawyer led company through key milestones and battles

Managing in the age of AI, with former Microsoft leader, executive coach, and author Sabina Nawaz

TerraPower lands $650M from NVIDIA’s investment fund, Bill Gates and others

Steve Ballmer nearly dumped his Microsoft stock after leaving — here’s why he decided to hold on

Bill Gates’ pledge to give 99% of wealth to global health foundation could leave climate in the cold

Bill Gates says Elon Musk ‘involved in deaths of world’s poorest children’ thanks to USAID cuts