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Cider & Circuits: Hard-Tech Community Meetup

Join the annual Seattle Tech Week Hard-Tech Community Meetup at Locust Cider in Post Alley. Connect with fellow hardware founders,… Read More

Augmodo raises $21M to push its spatial AI beyond just retail toward the broader physical workforce

Customer demand is pulling the Seattle startup’s technology into warehouses, facility maintenance, delivery, and other parts of the physical workforce. Read More

Brinc unveils Guardian, a Starlink-connected drone that could ‘replace the police helicopter’

Guardian is the world’s first Starlink-connected drone. It pairs with a robotic charging nest that automatically swaps batteries and helps the drone quickly redeploy. Read More

Littlebird takes flight: Startup ships its wearable kid tracker, now with Amazon and Walmart ties

Founder and CEO Monica Plath has spent the last two years overhauling Littlebird’s technical DNA and its premise around screen-free technology suitable for schools. Read More

Startup’s radar tech in a handheld scanner could change how police conduct weapons searches

A Bellevue, Wash.-based startup is moving closer to commercialization of a handheld scanning device that it says could change one of the most dangerous and controversial procedures in policing: the physical pat-down for weapons. Read More

Seahawks test tactile device from Seattle startup that helps vision-impaired fans follow game action

The Seattle Seahawks gave blind and low-vision fans a new way to follow game action this season as one of… Read More

Tin Can dials up another $12M to meet soaring demand for landline-style phone for kids

Since launching its flagship product earlier this year, the Seattle startup quickly went “viral,” sold out its first two production runs and built a near-six-figure waitlist. Read More

The rise and fall of Rad Power Bikes: From breakout success to the brink of shutdown

Rad started as a scrappy hardware startup and grew into the largest e-bike seller in North America. But a series of missteps and macroeconomic challenges led to more than seven rounds of layoffs and a remarkable downfall. Read More

Seattle’s long history of hardware heartbreak: Big raises, high hopes, hard landings

Seattle’s consumer-hardware ambitions are once again colliding with economic reality. The struggles of Glowforge and Rad Power Bikes echo a long regional history of big raises, high hopes, and hard landings — shaped by the pandemic, venture capital, and the unforgiving nature of building real products. Read More

What is an AI ‘superfactory’? Microsoft unveils new approach to building and linking data centers

Microsoft unveiled its first AI “superfactory,” linking data centers in Wisconsin and Atlanta through a high-speed fiber network. It will use hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to train and run advanced AI models for key Microsoft partners such as OpenAI, and for Microsoft’s own internal models. Read More

New ‘Wyze Palm Lock’ uses biometric scan for contactless entry in latest smart home device

Wyze has unlocked another smart home innovation, turning to biometrics to help power a new door lock. The Wyze Palm… Read More

Grin and gadget: Can a startup’s $120 electric flosser finally change my dental habits?

I’ve been told by dentists and dental hygienists for the better part of my life that I could do a… Read More

Taste test: Robot chef cooks lunch at GeekWire — and leaves us hungry for more work to do

The joy of cooking may mean different things to different people in the kitchen, whether it stems from the process… Read More

Wyze ‘Bulb Cam’ combines lightbulb and camera for new smart-home security option

A new lightbulb has gone off for Wyze. The Kirkland, Wash.-based makers of smart-home devices combined a lightbulb with a… Read More

Amid tariff turmoil, Glowforge turns to Seattle for new production factory — with help from AI

Long before the stock market ups and downs and the global economic uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff… Read More

Hardware-focused startup studio Conduit Venture Labs expands reach to support outside companies

Conduit Venture Labs, a Seattle startup lab founded in 2022 to help incubate and launch hardware-focused companies, has expanded its… Read More

Portland Trail Blazers offering device from Seattle startup to help vision-impaired fans track action

The Portland Trail Blazers will offer technology from a Seattle startup to help blind and low-vision fans better follow the… Read More

Apple puts Wyze and Ring in its sights with reported plans for new smart home security camera

Seattle-area smart-home device maker Wyze Labs and Amazon-owned Ring, among others, could be set to face new competition in the… Read More

Covid-era whiz kid is back, and he brought a Friend — a wearable, always listening, $99 AI companion

A friend might have your back, or always be by your side. Avi Schiffmann’s Friend is around his neck. Schiffmann,… Read More

Glowforge releases new $1,200 laser printer to make home crafting a more accessible hobby

Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser printers/engravers, wants to bring crafting to a wider audience of consumers with a… Read More

Microsoft vet and ex-Beats by Dre CEO lead new hardware-focused Seattle startup studio

A new startup lab founded by a pair of tech veterans aims to help incubate and launch hardware-focused companies. Amish… Read More

2022 GeekWire Awards revealed: Community celebrates big winners in Pacific NW tech

Community. It felt good to say it and hear it, and it felt even better to see it in action… Read More

Tech with a touch: Vote for Hardware/Gadget of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

Software gets a lot of attention in the Seattle area, but how about a hand for hardware and gadgets that… Read More

Mina Yoo and Qliplet

Seattle inventor’s Heroclip gear-holding gadget acquired after raising $2M and selling 1M units

Heroclip, a unique gear-holding gadget invented by Seattle entrepreneur Mina Yoo, has been acquired by Gear Aid of Bellingham, Wash.… Read More

Couple finally catches a surf break in dream to bring man-made wave facility to Seattle area

Surfing is not the easiest sport to learn. But getting financial backing, securing land and actually building a man-made, deep-water… Read More

2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

It’s been a tough year for people everywhere. But Thursday proved to be an inspiring day, as the 2021 GeekWire… Read More

Seattle startup Modica turns shipping containers into software-driven microfactories

Watching stacks of shipping containers come and go from Seattle’s waterfront, you might wonder what’s in them, where they came… Read More

Seattle smart home startup Wyze releases new floor lamp and shines light on busy year

New product: The spotlight is once again shining on Seattle-based smart home products maker Wyze Labs, which announced Tuesday that… 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

ChefSteps founder returns to the kitchen with new startup and another high-tech cooking device

Chris Young took the temperature on current kitchen innovation and decided the time was right to get back to the… Read More

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