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Paul Allen

Paul Allen

Paul Allen offers up $8M for artificial intelligence researchers to uncover ‘world-changing breakthroughs’

For the fourth year in a row, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is taking proposals from researchers interested in… Read More

Tech Moves: Paul Allen names space chief; Bsquare’s new CEO

—Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has named a new space commander to lead the charge on his ambitious Stratolaunch project. He’s… Read More

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Here’s how to watch Paul Allen play big guitar licks for free and in person

If you’ve ever wanted to see the musical talents of Paul Allen, Seattle’s oldest bar is providing the perfect opportunity.… Read More

Team owner Paul Allen plays ‘big licks’ at Seahawks Super Bowl celebration party

As couches burned and fans flooded the streets back home in Seattle to celebrate a Seahawks Super Bowl win Sunday… Read More

Paul Allen’s Fayve app updated with new tricks for finding the best movies and TV shows

Fayve, the movie and television catalog and discovery app from Paul Allen’s Vulcan Technologies, has been updated with new features… Read More

Seahawks Super Bowl berth puts Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in the limelight

As a sports franchise owner, and simply as a fan, Paul Allen is likely one incredibly happy man right now.… Read More

Space mogul identified as secret buyer of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s private island

This week news emerged that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen had sold his private island north of Seattle for $8 million to… Read More

Paul Allen sells 292-acre private island for $8 million

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has sold a 292-acre private island near Anacortes, selling the property for $8 million. That may… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Backed by Paul Allen, life-logging startup Saga writes your digital autobiography

If you like being tracked — voluntarily, that is  — then a Seattle startup backed by Paul Allen might be… Read More

Raising the CDC 6500 from the dead: Paul Allen’s engineers attempt toughest computer restoration yet

The newest arrival at Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Living Computer Museum in Seattle is a big one — both literally… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital invests $30M in car-buying advisor TrueCar.com

Paul Allen’s investment arm Vulcan Capital today announced it is investing $30 million in TrueCar.com, an eight-year-old company that has… Read More

Paul Allen snags key Amazon architect as top tech advisor

Paul Allen has created a new position of executive technology advisor, to work with him across all of his personal… Read More

Paul Allen pitches in $3M to Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has always had a love for Shakespeare, and now he’s giving away some money again to… Read More

Paul Allen on the race between brain research and artificial intelligence — and why he’s betting on both

Over the past decade, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has committed $500 million toward understanding the brain through his Allen Institute… Read More

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Paul Allen backs research project to restore hand, arm movement after spinal cord injuries

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is providing a $1.5 million grant to researchers at the University of Washington to… Read More

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Paul Allen is the richest sports owner in America

Owners of professional sports teams are generally pretty well off, but Paul Allen takes the cake for the most wealthy… Read More

Going beyond Siri and Watson: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen taps Oren Etzioni to lead new Artificial Intelligence Institute

Perhaps no one has been more synonymous with the startup ethos at the University of Washington than computer science professor Oren… Read More

Paul Allen’s Cinerama theater to install world’s first commercial 4K laser projector

Seattle might now be the best place in the world to watch a movie if you’re into high-def screens. The… Read More

Paul Allen’s raucous, soulful new album shows not all tech execs are tone-deaf

It’s apparently the summer of the tech exec album. Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason released his dud of a motivational… Read More

Bill Gates pops Google’s internet balloons, says he won’t be investing in space

Bill Gates does not have high hopes for Google’s plan to provide Internet access to the developing world through a… Read More

Paul Allen’s latest bet: Sonic-powered toothbrushes and water flossers

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. has joined an investment group that has acquired Water Pik, the Fort Collins, Colorado maker of… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen previews his new album, shows former Groupon CEO how it’s done

It seems like this is the week for music from founders of tech companies. Paul Allen, Microsoft’s co-founder, just released… Read More

Video: Here’s how Paul Allen’s massive Stratolaunch aircraft will launch rockets into orbit

Stratolaunch Systems, the commercial space venture backed by Paul Allen, has published a new video showing how it plans to… Read More

Paul Allen bankrolls documentary film that touts promise of nuclear power

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen has been showing some of his diversity in recent weeks, selling abstract art; procuring a rare… Read More

Amazon’s amazing biodome; Paul Allen’s abstract art; and other top stories of the week

It’s Memorial Day Weekend. So, before the BBQs fire up and the engines purr at Indy, we’d like to take a… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen collaborates with Heart, Joe Walsh and other rock stars on new album

Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder, Jimi Hendrix aficionado and avid guitar player, is coming out with a new album in… Read More

Photos: Check out Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s V-2 rocket arriving at Paine Field

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s latest extravagance — a German-built World War II-era V2 rocket — has arrived at his Flying Heritage… Read More

Paul Allen procures V-2 rocket for aircraft museum

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is selling some of his abstract art, and buying a historic rocket. The eclectic Seattle billionaire… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen just sold this abstract painting for $43.8 million

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen — one of the richest men in the world — must have a pretty good eye… Read More

Virgin Galactic breaks sound barrier, set to reach full space flight by end of 2013

Virgin Galactic took a big step in its quest for space travel today with a successful test flight of the… Read More

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