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Allen Institute for AI launches big computing cluster for $152M project backed by Nvidia and NSF

Ai2 says it has started using a new Nvidia-powered computing system funded through a $152 million NSF and Nvidia project to build open AI models for scientific research. The milestone comes as the Seattle nonprofit works to regain its footing after losing key researchers to Microsoft. Read More

Allen Institute for AI CEO Ali Farhadi steps down as nonprofit navigates shifting AI landscape

Ali Farhadi is stepping down as the CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), after a two-and-a-half-year tenure that brought growing recognition to the Seattle-based nonprofit research institute as a key player in the world of open source artificial intelligence. Read More

Photos: Inside the Allen Institute for AI’s new HQ in Seattle’s first mass-timber office building

It was a big news week for Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), including the announcement of a new… Read More

Allen Institute for AI lands $152M from Nvidia and NSF to lead national AI project

Is this the Allen Institute for AI’s breakout moment? The U.S. National Science Foundation and chip powerhouse Nvidia will provide… Read More

Simonyi Survey Telescope under construction
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Tech leader Charles Simonyi provides a wide-angle view of the telescope that bears his family name

Hubble. Webb. Chandra. Spitzer. Rubin. Roman. And now, Simonyi. With the ramping up of the Simonyi Survey Telescope at the… Read More

Seattle biotech startup secures $11.2M to make drugs for ‘undruggable’ disease targets

Talus Bioscience on Tuesday announced $11.2 million in venture capital funding to advance its drug discovery program for hard-to-treat diseases.  … Read More

UW lands $50M from National Science Foundation to lead new center for research security

Backed by $50 million from the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington will lead a national consortium of research… Read More

Pallavi Dhagat in OSU lab

Pacific Northwest teams win federal funding for semiconductors, energy tech and more

Four Pacific Northwest public-private partnerships have won support from the National Science Foundation through a $43 million nationwide program to… Read More

Seattle University receives $1.5M in federal support to aid low-income STEM students

Seattle University landed $1.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation to support low-income students in STEM (Science, Technology,… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

— DefinedCrowd founder and CEO Daniela Braga and Allen Institute for AI CEO Oren Etzioni are part of the newly… Read More

UW receives $23.5M grant to build and deploy fleet of robotic ocean-monitoring floats

The University of Washington is receiving a large chunk of a massive new grant from the National Science Foundation to… Read More

A-Alpha Bio scientist Emily Engelhart

A-Alpha Bio wins $620,000 grant to work on ‘molecular glue’ for treating disease

A-Alpha Bio, a Seattle venture that began at the University of Washington, has won a $620,472 grant from the National… Read More

3-D printed models of virus

Federal agencies are setting aside billions for coronavirus research: Here’s a list

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is playing a leading role in focusing the power of artificial… Read More

White House science adviser heads National Science Foundation while next director waits

Update for 4:25 p.m. PT June 23: As expected, Sethuraman Panchanathan, executive vice president and chief research and innovation officer… Read More

Boeing and National Science Foundation team up for STEM diversity and training

The National Science Foundation and Boeing say they’ve forged a $21 million partnership to accelerate skill development and increase diversity… Read More

Arecibo Observatory

University of Central Florida is taking charge of gigantic Arecibo radio telescope

The 1,000-foot Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, made famous by such movies as “Contact” and the James Bond thriller… Read More

Snake CT scan

UW joins project to create ‘digital encyclopedia’ with 3D scans of thousands of vertebrate specimens

This isn’t your parents’ version of an encyclopedia full of pictures of animals. Researchers at institutions across the country, including… Read More

Total solar eclipse

NASA enlists citizen scientists to widen its view of totality during solar eclipse

Scientists are gearing up to gather data from the solar eclipse on Aug. 21, but the most crucial observations can… Read More

How sensors, games and data are giving new hope to stroke patients

A big key to recovering from a stroke, spinal cord injury, burn or other upper-extremity trauma is the ability to continue the prescribed physical… Read More

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