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Seattle Tech Week notebook: AI, startups, and the best insights and takeaways we heard

GeekWire’s Todd Bishop reports from Seattle Tech Week 2026, where more than 250 events made artificial intelligence the dominant topic. Insights and quotes from executives at OpenAI, Mistral AI, PitchBook, Madrona, Ascend and others. Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe taps new CTO; Talus adds head of biology; Vouched names a sales VP

— Pirasenna Thiyagarajan joined Seattle warehousing logistics and shipping startup Flexe as its chief technology and product officer. Thiyagarajan in… Read More

Warehousing and logistics startup Flexe cuts 38% of workforce in latest layoffs

Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs. The Seattle-based startup cut 38% of its workforce, CEO… Read More

Seattle warehousing startup Flexe lays off 33% of workforce amid freight industry slowdown

Flexe, a Seattle logistics startup that hit a $1 billion valuation last year, has laid off 33% of its staff.… Read More

Tech Moves: Hootsuite adds CMO; Flexe appoints COO; Absci names CFO

— Hootsuite appointed Elina Vilk as chief marketing officer. Vilk previously worked as CMO at Woocommerce, an open-source e-commerce plugin… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2023 revealed: Community honors top innovation in Pacific Northwest tech

A Star Wars theme complemented the rising stars on hand as light sabers glowed and a galaxy of lights twinkled… Read More

Who will be the Next Tech Titan? Cast your vote in the GeekWire Awards

One of the five finalists for Next Tech Titan at the 2023 GeekWire Awards will join an elite class of… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe CTO departs; Impinj names chief innovation officer; and more

— David Glick left his position as chief technology officer of on-demand warehousing startup Flexe. Glick spent nearly four years… Read More

Flexe is Seattle’s newest unicorn: Warehousing startup lands $119M, reaches $1B valuation

The news: Flexe is the latest to join Seattle’s unicorn club. The 9-year-old company just raised a $119 million Series… Read More

Flexe is raising more cash as investors continue betting big on logistics startups

Seattle startup Flexe is raising more cash to bolster its marketplace used by retailers to purchase on-demand warehousing space. A… Read More

Vote for CEO of the Year: GeekWire Awards finalists find growth opportunities in uncertain times

Building and running a company is no easy task in the best of times, let alone amid the ongoing uncertainty… Read More

Startups to watch: 13 venture capitalists offer their picks for the next Pacific Northwest unicorns

Unicorn startups are everywhere these days. CB Insights’ unicorn tracker — keeping tabs on privately-held companies valued at $1 billion… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona adds strategic directors; ex-Amperity CMO joins Tenable; Discord hires Microsoft gaming exec

— Seattle startup vet Brian Goldfarb was named chief marketing officer at Tenable, a Columbia, Md.-based cybersecurity company. He was… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

— Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Rogers spent the past decade… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Cast your ballot for the top CEO

CEOs did not have an easy task running their companies over the past 12 months — navigating a series of… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

— Former Amazon Web Services and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and… Read More

Flexe extends Series C round, raises another $10M for warehousing tech platform

Seattle startup Flexe raised an additional $10 million as part of its Series C funding round announced in December. Flexe CEO… Read More

Seattle startup Flexe raises $70M as e-commerce rise fuels demand for flexible warehousing platform

Flexe is raising more capital ahead of schedule as the pandemic-driven e-commerce boom spurs faster-than-expected growth for its warehousing technology… Read More

E-commerce surge and economic uncertainty is a boon for on-demand warehousing startup Flexe

Online sales are skyrocketing as people stay home amid the pandemic. E-commerce as a share of total U.S. retail sales… Read More

Robots aren’t taking over, and other lessons learned from 2 decades in the logistics tech industry

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post written by David Glick, CTO at Flexe, a Seattle logistics startup. I’ve… Read More

Why this supply chain startup is drawing comparisons to Amazon Web Services and Airbnb

Amazon Web Services revolutionized the way that companies run their business online, allowing them to pay for as much compute… Read More

‘Airbnb for warehousing’ startup Flexe raises $43M to help online retailers take on Amazon

As more consumers shop online, retailers need capacity to ship products across the country — particularly as they battle e-commerce… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe adds former Amazon, Zulily execs to C-suite; Amazon Game Tech hires development lead; and more

— Flexe, a Seattle startup that provides flexible, on-demand warehouse space to companies, added two new members to its leadership… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2019: Which of these burgeoning giants will be the region’s Next Tech Titan?

The Pacific Northwest tech scene is known primarily for giants such as Amazon and Microsoft, but there is a huge… Read More

Tech Moves: Rhapsody adds CCO as ‘Powered by Napster’ formally launches; DreamBox hires CFO following cash infusion; and more

Napster parent company Rhapsody snagged Angel Gambino as its chief commercial officer. Gambino founded and was CEO of Sensai, which… Read More

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