Articles about Paul Allen – Page 6 of 17

Paul Allen shaped Seattle as we know it, and his successors promise to carry on his legacy

The tech workers who line up to rent kayaks and paddleboards on Seattle’s Lake Union in the summertime are rewarded… Read More

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Hear Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen reflect on his life and legacy in rare public interview

It’s hard to overstate the impact Paul Allen has had on technology, philanthropy and, really, the world. The Microsoft co-founder… Read More

TLDR: Paul Allen at the University of Washington

GeekWire is sad to report that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died from cancer at the age of 65. Instead… Read More

Bill Gates pays tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: ‘Personal computing would not have existed without him’

UPDATE: Bill Gates penned extended thoughts about the passing of his friend and and fellow Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen on… Read More

‘His legacy will live on forever’: Death of Paul Allen brings reaction from the many worlds he touched

The death of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen brought with it an outpouring of reaction across social media on Monday, from… Read More

Paul G. Allen, 1953-2018: Microsoft co-founder leaves legacy of innovation, philanthropy, bold bets

Paul G. Allen, who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates before making his mark in technology investing, sports ownership, commercial space,… Read More

Paul Allen’s giant Stratolaunch plane gets closer to first flight with 80 mph taxi test

The world’s biggest airplane, built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems, is one step closer to making its first… Read More

Well wishes for Paul Allen, video game high scores and more as party opens GeekWire Summit 2018

GeekWire Summit attendees will spend the next two days in Seattle hearing from some of today’s leading innovators in the… Read More

Paul Allen says non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma has returned but voices optimism about fighting it

Nine years after he underwent treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a potentially fatal but treatable form of cancer, Microsoft co-founder Paul… Read More

Paul G. Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is lifting the veil on its PGA rocket engine

The name of Stratolaunch Systems’ home-grown rocket engine leaves no doubt about who’s footing the bill: It’s called the PGA,… Read More

Paul Allen enlists machine-learning tools for monitoring wildlife and ecosystems

Paul Allen has made a name for himself as a co-founder of Microsoft, a supporter of artificial intelligence research and… Read More

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems lays out a roadmap for hypersonic rocket planes

Stratolaunch Systems, the aerospace company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it’s exploring the development of a series of… Read More

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems puts its brand on the world’s biggest airplane

The mammoth plane that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems is testing at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port now… Read More

Seattle skyline turns blue this week to celebrate Allen Institute’s 15th birthday

If you see a lot of blue lights around Seattle landmarks this week, it’s not in honor of the Seahawks —… Read More

TLDR: Paul Allen’s $100K donation to help GOP, Amazon briefly becomes $1T company, latest philanthropic efforts by Amazon

Today’s featured stories Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one Amazon… Read More

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Behind the scenes at Cinerama: Landmark movie house becomes an international pop culture draw

You may think of Seattle’s Cinerama theater as just a cool place to watch movies. Yet for some, it represents… Read More

Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has made his largest-ever contribution to congressional candidates in the form of a $100,000 donation to… Read More

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch unveils plans for new family of rockets (and a space plane)

Stratolaunch, the space venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2011, today provided the first details about a new… Read More

TLDR: A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa, Spin’s uncertain future in Seattle, fighting robots at Seattle Art Fair

Today’s featured stories A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI… Read More

A nerd’s tour of the Seattle Art Fair: Fighting robots, animated neurons, and flying art debris

You might be forgiven if you thought the fourth annual Seattle Art Fair would have a lot of expensive, big-name… Read More

Paul Allen’s Museum of Pop Culture expanding beyond Seattle with location in New York City

The Museum of Pop Culture, the Seattle-based institution founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as a celebration of… Read More

Vulcan Capital among investors in CTRL-Labs, a startup with a unique brain-computer interface

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital is among those raising an interested hand over a 3-year-old startup called CTRL-Labs, makers of a… Read More

Paul Allen marks Memorial Day with a look back at deep-sea gravesites he helped find

It’s traditional to revisit the gravesites of America’s fallen warriors on Memorial Day, but billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen is adding… Read More

At odds with Seattle on head tax, Paul Allen’s Vulcan builds tiny-house village to shelter homeless people

More than 500 employees and volunteers organized by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. will spend Friday hammering, sawing, painting, and assembling 30… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen donates $1M to gun reform initiative in Washington state

Microsoft co-founder and Seattle real estate mogul Paul Allen donated $1 million to a new initiative that would enact tougher… Read More

TLDR: Instagram in-app payments, testing out Prime Wardrobe, Paul Allen’s immersive reality project

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Welcome to Holodome, Paul Allen’s beautiful first step into the future of shared immersive reality

When it comes to the side projects of Seattle’s richest tech titans, billions of pixels are apparently as fun to… Read More

Paul Allen’s shipwreck sleuths help Aussies document World War I submarine’s remains

Score another undersea revelation for the crew of the Petrel, a research vessel backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. This… Read More

TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch aims to put the world’s biggest plane in the air this summer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space company says it’s on track to conduct the first test flight… Read More