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Seattle and San Francisco: Big tech, political backlash and the AI boom

In a live joint recording of the GeekWire and Blue City Blues podcasts, GeekWire’s John Cook, historian Margaret O’Mara and journalist Jonathan Weber join Blue City Blues hosts David Hyde and Sandeep Kaushik to discuss the tech industry’s tensions with Seattle and San Francisco, and what the AI boom means for the future of both cities. Read More

Seattle’s KEXP eyes a second physical home — in San Francisco’s historic Haight-Ashbury

The early-stage plan for the landmark property envisions radio broadcast facilities, a roof venue for live performances and community events, space for group and individual music lessons, and a public “third space” intended for year-round daily gathering. Read More

AI wealth fuels San Francisco’s housing boom while tech layoffs weigh down Seattle

A new Redfin report reveals a sharp divide between the West Coast’s top tech hubs: as OpenAI and Anthropic fuel a housing resurgence in San Francisco, Seattle real estate stalls amid widespread job cuts across the regional tech ecosystem. Read More

An agent in the empty chair: Amazon vets launch Primitive Labs, using AI to model customer behavior

Founded by former Amazon AGI and AWS colleagues and backed by a16z Speedrun, Primitive Labs is building AI agents that stand in for a company’s customers, letting product teams see how people will react to a new feature or design before it ships.
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Seattle, we’ve got an image problem

GeekWire co-founder John Cook argues that Seattle’s increasingly anti-business national image threatens the city’s standing as an innovation hub, exactly 30 years after Newsweek celebrated it as one of America’s great boomtowns. Read More

Butter or sand in the gears? The question every founder must ask before choosing SF or Seattle

Choosing where to build a startup is as important as choosing what to build, and there are big differences between Seattle and the Bay Area, said Yifan Zhang, AI2 Incubator co-managing director addressing founders at the Seattle AI Startup Summit. Read More

San Francisco AI startup Nooks makes engineering push in Seattle

Nooks is nestling into Seattle. The San Francisco-based startup, which builds AI software for sales teams, is expanding its engineering… Read More

‘Best of both worlds’: Seattle startup founder community Foundations is expanding to San Francisco

Foundations, the Seattle-based founder community that operates a startup accelerator and co-working space, is opening a new location in San… Read More

Why these startup founders are leaving Seattle for San Francisco

Seattle’s startup ecosystem has its strengths, and the city is a global AI hub. But for some tech entrepreneurs, the gravity of San Francisco is hard to resist — especially in the middle of an AI boom. Read More

At Amazon event, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie defends city and touts AI-driven rebound

Amid tensions with President Trump over potential federal intervention, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie used an Amazon event to declare the city “on the rise,” pointing to AI innovation and falling crime as proof of recovery. Read More

Seattle is a global AI hub — but where are the superstar startups?

In one of the biggest technological waves ever, the Seattle startup and venture capital community is missing out on the… Read More

Seattle vs. San Francisco: Founders compare startup cultures after AI conference trip

What happens when you send Seattle founders down to San Francisco for a few days? Some hot takes on the… Read More

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Podcast: Amazon’s quest to become a startup again; Plus, 6 years of progress in driverless cars

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s decision to bring its employees back to the office five days a week… Read More

How remote work is changing tech pay: Seattle startup comp equals Silicon Valley, study says

Remote work is equalizing tech startup pay across the country, with Silicon Valley and San Francisco as the benchmark, and… Read More

VC family: Madison McIlwain follows her father’s footsteps, and carves out her own tech interests

An elevator pitch, quick coffee, lunch or Zoom chat might be how some investors get a feel for a particular… Read More

Pandemic threatens dominance of ‘superstar’ tech cities, creating new uncertainty for innovation hubs

The seemingly unstoppable trend of tech companies and talent concentrating in a few cities hit a brick wall in March.… Read More

How Apple’s new $2.5B housing initiative stacks up vs. Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants

For years, fast-growing tech companies have drawn criticism for housing crises that have swelled in Seattle, and the San Francisco… Read More

Facebook launches $1B affordable housing initiative, joining tech peers trying to close the gap

Big tech companies are spending big money to address the affordable housing shortage plaguing their communities. The latest is Facebook,… Read More

Opportunity Zones in West Coast tech hubs rank highest for gentrification risk in new study

When Congress enacted a powerful new tax incentive that encourages investors to funnel capital gains into economically distressed areas, community… Read More

Robotics manufacturing firm Bright Machines expands to Seattle, hires senior Amazon engineering leader

San Francisco-based Bright Machines is coming to Seattle. The maker of software and robotics systems for manufacturing plans to open… Read More

Why San Francisco’s big business tax for homeless relief succeeded after Seattle’s crumbled

Two tech hubs, two crises of homelessness, two taxes on big business, two very different outcomes. San Francisco voters on… Read More

Will San Francisco’s business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattle’s failed? This tech billionaire is fighting for it

Imagine if rather than threatening to slow down operations in Seattle when faced with a tax on big business, Amazon… Read More

TLDR: Real estate market slows, HQ2 cities that Seattleites are most interested in, Google’s massive Seattle campus

Today’s featured stories Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out Seattleites are… Read More

Redfin CEO challenges Seattle to avoid SF’s pitfalls: ‘If we think we’re smarter than everyone else we should figure it out’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman paints a dystopian picture of San Francisco, where he lived for years before fleeing to Seattle.… Read More

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