Articles about Coffee

Latest AI (coffee) buzz: Starbucks launches ChatGPT app to help customers discover their next drink

Customers can access the app by enabling it inside ChatGPT’s app directory. Start a conversation prompt with “@starbucks” to customize orders and choose a location to order from. Read More

Two tech workers took it Offline, and opened a Seattle coffee shop that AI can’t replicate

The new cafe in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood draws on Chinese cafe culture for its menu and aesthetic while leaning into the “third place” and serving as a deliberate departure from the corporate world both founders left behind. Read More

Starbucks plans corporate office in Nashville, impacting some Seattle-based supply chain workers

The move is part of Starbucks’ bid to grow across North America and establish “a more strategic presence” in the Southeast region of the U.S., according to Mike Grams, Starbucks chief operating officer. Read More

Starbucks closes tech-infused flagship roastery in Seattle as part of broader shake-up at coffee giant

Starbucks closed its flagship Reserve Roastery in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, nearly 11 years after the location opened as an… Read More

Starbucks AI assistant, powered by Microsoft, aims to help baristas focus on coffee and customers

AI is coming to your Starbucks. The tech isn’t going to make your coffee, but it might make the barista’s… Read More

Beanless coffee maker Atomo raises $7.8M to fuel collaborations with new partners

Seattle-based beanless coffee maker Atomo raised $7.8 million in new funding to expand sales efforts and fuel expansion of the… Read More

No regular Joe: The new Starbucks CEO posed with a big cup of coffee, and it got us buzzing

Coffee is serious business in Seattle. Whether or not you drink it, where you buy it, how you take it,… Read More

Atomo opens new roastery in Seattle to produce its beanless coffee for cafes around the U.S.

Atomo, the Seattle-based beanless coffee maker, is marking Earth Day with the grand opening of a new roastery in its… Read More

New Starbucks CEO calls Seattle the ‘crucible’ of artificial intelligence for the world

Some of Seattle’s tech leaders have been doing their best to get the word out about the region’s artificial intelligence… Read More

Starbucks wants corporate workers back in office 3 days a week to ‘rebuild and revive the energy’

Starbucks is directing corporate employees to return to the office a minimum of three days a week, saying that it’s… Read More

Seattle beanless coffee startup Atomo initiates ‘strategic realignment’ 6 months after raising $40M

Seattle-based sustainable coffee maker Atomo says it is restructuring, just six months after raising $40 million in fresh funding. In… Read More

Starbucks goes Web3: How the coffee giant plans to use NFTs and blockchain in its rewards program

Starbucks Rewards members will be able to earn and purchase collectable digital stamps, then buy and sell them in a… Read More

GeekWire taste test: We put a Seattle startup’s beanless coffee up against Starbucks and others

In a blind and not-that-scientific taste test, a trio of GeekWire staffers took on the tough task of slugging back… Read More

Starbucks and Amazon open second ‘Pickup and Go’ joint retail location in New York

Starbucks and Amazon have teamed on their second “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go” location in New York City. The physical… Read More

Seattle beanless coffee brewer Atomo raises $40M and begins selling its sustainable brews online

Atomo, the Seattle coffee company making its sustainable brews without beans, has raised $40 million in new funding, the startup… Read More

Amazon and Starbucks plan to open two additional ‘Pickup and Go’ stores this year

Amazon and Starbucks plan to expand upon their physical retail partnership and open two more “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go”… Read More

GeekWire Gift Guide: 10 gadgets and tools you can actually get this holiday season

This year’s unusual holiday season is all about managing expectations. Most brand-new electronics are in limited supply due to the… Read More

Starbucks and Amazon are opening a store together in New York City, with more in the works

Two of Seattle’s retail icons are collaborating on a store for the first time. The first “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon… Read More

‘Future of coffee’ arrives with release of Seattle’s Atomo, a first-of-its-kind molecular cold brew

The “future of coffee” has arrived — at least for the 1,000 or so people who will get a chance… Read More

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When Microsoft announced its acquisition of LinkedIn for more than $26 billion five years ago, there was lots of skepticism,… Read More

Seattle startup Bean Box raises $2.4M as pandemic fuels demand for specialty coffee at home

New funding: Bean Box, the Seattle startup that delivers premium coffee from independent roasters, has raised $2.4 million in new… Read More

Bottomless raises $4.5M as Seattle startup grows team and business around smart coffee platform

New funding: Bottomless, the small Seattle startup with big e-commerce dreams, has raised $4.5 million in a new Series A… Read More

How Bill Gates Sr., late father of the Microsoft co-founder, helped Howard Schultz buy Starbucks

For all the remembrances tied to the passing of Bill Gates Sr., who died Monday at age 94, perhaps no… Read More

Madrona leads $9M investment in coffee startup Trade, which connects home brewers to roasters

If you’re home-brewed coffee is one of the less appealing aspects of working from home, perhaps you need a fresh… Read More

Atomo Coffee raises $9M and will build a Seattle roastery for its molecular brew near Starbucks HQ

That’s a lot of beans. Or, lack of beans. Seattle-based Atomo Coffee has raised $9 million in new funding to… Read More

AT&T closes high-tech ‘Lounge’ and coffee bar in Seattle that was its most unique retail concept

Less than two years after opening a unique retail concept billed as a “second living room” for customers, AT&T is… Read More

Starbucks to require customers wear face masks inside its cafes

Customers who enter a company-owned Starbucks location in the U.S. will be required to wear a face covering starting next… Read More

Joe Coffee raises $1.3M as mobile order and pay business booms for indie shops during pandemic

Coronavirus isn’t slowing the coffee business, at least when it comes to mobile ordering and payments, and Seattle startup Joe… Read More

Seattle’s coffee tech startups try to keep cup half full as they help partners weather coronavirus

For a lot of workers of varying stripes, coffee is an essential part of what it means to go to… Read More

Gravity Payments invests $500K in Joe Coffee to help startup enhance service and take on Square

Dan Price, the high-profile co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based credit card processing and financial services company Gravity Payments, has been… Read More