Blue Origin’s record on safety and sexual harassment comes under fire from within A former employee of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has given up her anonymity to lead a campaign accusing… Read More
Elon Musk chats about Starship and space telescopes … and Jeff Bezos’ rocket envy In the latest chapter of a long-running space spat, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took aim at his billionaire rival Jeff… Read More
Bezos Earth Fund pledges $1B to conserve land and sea in critical areas of the world The Bezos Earth Fund pledged $1 billion to conserve and protect vulnerable areas of the world, focusing initially on the… Read More
Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ mom did not email me: How I got a troll to apologize, and why we might be friends now In my five-plus years at GeekWire, I’ve often wondered what it would take to get Jeff Bezos’ attention and how… Read More
Ice cream news with a twist: Jeff Bezos has his own home soft-serve machine from popular L.A. brand This week-old news doesn’t exactly qualify as a scoop, but it is ice cream related, so dig in anyway. Straight… Read More
Blue Origin leaving humans behind as next mission will carry scientific and research payloads Jeff Bezos and his crewmates won’t be hopping aboard for a suborbital redo on the next New Shepard mission. The… Read More
Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA for giving Musk’s SpaceX sole contract to return astronauts to moon After focusing for much of his career on delivering packages to doorsteps, Jeff Bezos is turning his attention to delivering… Read More
Nautilus Biotechnology shares surge 50% on news of Amazon investment Shares of Nautilus Biotechnology rose by as much as 50% on Thursday morning after a report revealed that Amazon has… Read More
Amazon Prime Day, AWS and jobs in the spotlight for Andy Jassy’s first earnings report as CEO Amazon’s earnings report Thursday will be its first with CEO Andy Jassy at the helm. While it may be tempting… Read More
Jeff Bezos offers to cover $2B more in costs as part of NASA lunar lander deal In an open letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture will waive up… Read More
Blue Origin’s suborbital space ticket sales are nearing $100M, Jeff Bezos says VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin hasn’t yet revealed how much it’s charging for suborbital space trips, but founder Jeff… Read More
Jeff Bezos gives away $200M and thanks Amazon customers after Blue Origin’s big launch On the heels of what some critics have called the world’s most expensive midlife crisis, Amazon founder and Blue Origin… Read More
‘Best day ever!’ Blue Origin sends Jeff Bezos on suborbital trip with oldest and youngest spacefliers VAN HORN, Texas — As of today, Jeff Bezos is not only the richest person on Earth. He’s the richest… Read More
How to watch the countdown to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin suborbital space trip (and why) UPDATE: ‘Best day ever!’ Blue Origin sends Jeff Bezos on suborbital trip with oldest and youngest spacefliers Original story: VAN… Read More
After Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin sees a ‘robust pipeline’ of future paying spacefliers Jeff Bezos and his crewmates are still finishing up their training for the first-ever crewed spaceflight conducted by Blue Origin,… Read More
Jeff Bezos donating $200M to National Air and Space Museum in historic Smithsonian gift Less than a week before he’s set to blast off on the first crewed mission of his Blue Origin spaceship,… Read More
Podcast Bezos, Branson and the billionaire space race: What to watch when Amazon’s founder blasts off Sir Richard Branson added new fuel to the billionaire space race July 11 when he and his Virgin Galactic crewmates floated… Read More
A tale of two spaceships: How Seattle tech titans helped launch suborbital space tours The suborbital spaceships built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceline may look totally… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin fuels feud with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic over suborbital space trips Jeff Bezos has a longstanding rivalry with SpaceX’s Elon Musk, but now his Blue Origin space venture is upping the… Read More
Amazon elevates two more execs to its senior leadership team under new CEO Andy Jassy Amazon bolstered its senior leadership team in the final days of Jeff Bezos’ tenure as CEO last week, making a… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture approaches period of maximum dynamic pressure Jeff Bezos may be easing back from his CEO role at Amazon, but now he’s due to feel the heat… Read More
Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans July spaceflight to upstage Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin trip The billionaire space race is on: Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is on the crew for the next test flight… Read More
‘Mercury 13’ woman aviator Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin suborbital space trip Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has rounded out the foursome for its first crewed suborbital spaceflight with… Read More
Amazon adds two new leadership principles just days before Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO Amazon is adding two new leadership principles that reflect how the company is evolving as the tech behemoth faces increasing… Read More
Elizabeth Warren says Amazon-MGM deal requires ‘meticulous antitrust scrutiny’ in letter to FTC In a letter sent to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, Sen. Elizabeth Warren asserted that Amazon’s billion-dollar bid for… Read More
Leave Jeff Bezos in space? Way-out petitions attract more than 100,000 signatures Between an upsurge in antitrust talk and questions about worker turnover, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has plenty to worry about… Read More
Podcast A 15th Amazon leadership principle? Former exec floats new idea for tech giant’s next era Amazon is at a pivotal moment in its history, facing growing regulatory and legal scrutiny just as a new CEO,… Read More
Virgin Galactic downplays rumblings about a suborbital Branson vs. Bezos space race Would Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson try to steal a march on Blue Origin (and Amazon) founder Jeff Bezos when… Read More
Jeff Bezos says he’ll ride with Blue Origin’s first space passengers in July Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he and his brother Mark will fly to space next month on the first crewed… Read More
