With ping-pong and pool tables, an open floorplan, a fully stocked breakroom, and dedicated spaces for collaboration and quiet contemplation, JPMorgan Chase’s engineering center in Seattle feels like a time… Read More
Compass, the heavily funded real estate startup, has opened another office in the Seattle area, continuing an arc of rapid growth in the region that began nearly two years ago.… Read More
Microsoft today announced the launch of a new engineering center in India, doubling down on the country where it first established operations in 1990. The India Development Center in the… Read More
Splash has joined the ever-expanding ranks of tech companies from around the world setting up shop in Seattle to take advantage of the region’s rich pool of talent. All but… Read More
Google and Amazon are officially next-door neighbors in Cloud City. Google Cloud on Thursday officially opened up the first portion of its new five-building campus in South Lake Union, adding… Read More
Amazon will double the headcount of its tech hub in Chicago following the lease of additional office space. The tech giant said it added 70,000 square feet of office space… Read More
For the first time, unicorn e-commerce startup OfferUp is putting down roots outside of its hometown. OfferUp announced plans to open an office in Miami and hire engineers to work… Read More
Denso is the latest global power to plant its flag in Seattle. The Japanese automotive company, which makes components and technology for vehicles of all kinds, opened a research and… Read More
Postmates, the IPO-bound delivery company, is ramping up its engineering operations in the Seattle area after operating under the radar in the region for the past two years, GeekWire has… Read More
Dropbox is growing its Seattle footprint in a big way. The Bay Area-based file storage and sharing giant has taken four floors totaling 120,886 square feet at the 38-story 2… Read More
Ride-hailing company Lyft’s debut as a $24 billion public company on Friday kicked off an IPO frenzy that could echo across the technology landscape and alter housing markets well beyond… Read More
Square is putting down permanent roots in Seattle, scooping up a new downtown office space with room to grow as it looks to take advantage of the region’s deep pool… Read More
The Seattle neighborhood populated by thousands of Amazonians everyday will soon see a major influx of Googlers. Starting in the mid-to-late summer, Google will begin moving into its massive campus… Read More
Back in 2005, when tech veteran Peter Wilson joined Google to build its fledgling Seattle-area outpost, recruiting was straightforward. As the first in a new wave of Silicon Valley tech… Read More
Indeed, the online job search engine, has leased a huge new office space in a flashy new tower under construction in downtown Seattle, continuing its rapid growth in the city.… Read More
Compass, the high-tech brokerage based in New York, has chosen Seattle as the home for its West Coast engineering operations, further boosting the region’s real estate tech cred. Well-funded Compass… Read More
Two years ago, the secretive augmented reality company Magic Leap established a Seattle office nearly 3,300 miles away from its headquarters in Plantation, Fla. And since then, the company has… Read More
Seattle’s proposed “head tax” would cost Amazon about $20 million annually, earning it the nickname of the “Amazon tax.” But tech giants headquartered hundreds of miles away — including Facebook,… Read More
Athletic apparel retailer Lululemon has established a permanent presence in Seattle, as it looks to take advantage of the region’s tech talent to beef up its digital offerings. The retailer’s… Read More
Dataminr, a New York company that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to scrape social media and quickly spot breaking news events, has established an office in Seattle, GeekWire has… Read More
Square is just getting settled in Seattle, and it is already planning to grow. GeekWire reported on Square’s Seattle office last week, but at the time the company didn’t say… Read More
Seattle is the second home to yet another startup based in the San Francisco area. That company is Zymergen, a heavily-funded biological engineering startup, which has announced the opening of… Read More
Online payment powerhouse Stripe just opened an office in Seattle, its first engineering outpost outside of Silicon Valley, and it’s already growing fast. Plans for the Seattle office first surfaced… Read More
Less than three years ago, GeekWire started a database to track the staggering number of out-of-town tech companies setting up engineering centers in Seattle, and since that time, the list has… Read More
GoDaddy announced Tuesday that its CEO Blake Irving is retiring from his role at the domain name giant. Irving’s last day as CEO will be Dec. 31 and he will remain… Read More
Job search giant Indeed.com is again expanding in Seattle. The Austin-based company said its Seattle headcount has increased from about 80 a year ago to 172 today, and it is… Read More
Two years after “experience management” company Qualtrics set down roots in Seattle, the office has grown rapidly enough to become its co-headquarters. Close to 200 people work out of the… Read More
Airbnb is putting down permanent roots in Seattle with a major new office that makes the vacation rentals company the latest well-known tech brand to grow rapidly in the region… Read More
Zymergen, a biological engineering startup based in the San Francisco area, is building out an engineering center in Seattle, GeekWire has learned. A Zymergen spokesperson confirmed that the company’s Seattle… Read More
San Francisco-based Stripe, which provides the online payments backbone for Instacart, Lyft, Twitter, Apple Pay and more than 100,000 other companies, is setting up a new engineering office in Seattle,… Read More