GeekWire Logo
Menu
  • Home
  • News
    • Amazon
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Civic
    • Geek Life
    • Health/Life Sciences
    • Microsoft
    • GeekWire Podcast
    • Space
    • Startups sponsored by Google for Startups
    • Positive Charge Podcast sponsored by Amazon Sustainability
    • Sustainability sponsored by Amazon Sustainability
    • Tech Moves presented by GeekWork Recruiting
    • Agents of Transformation presented by Accenture
  • GeekWork
    • GeekWork Recruiting
    • Job Board
  • Events
    • Community Calendar
    • GeekWire Events
  • Lists
    • GeekWire 200
    • GeekWire Startup List presented by ALLtech
    • GeekWire Startup Resources
    • GeekWire Startup Spaces
    • Layoff Tracker
    • M&As and IPOs
    • Northwest Women VC & Angel Investor List
    • Recent Fundings
    • Seattle Engineering Outposts
    • Venture Capital Directory
  • Members
    • Health Benefits
    • Memberships
  • Studios
    • GeekWire Studios: Let Us Tell Your Story
    • AI Agents and Tools Podcast Series presented by AWS Marketplace
    • F5 30th Anniversary
    • AI Breakthrough Awards presented by UiPath
    • AI Innovators Spotlight Studio 2026 presented by AWS Marketplace
    • Nebius at NVIDIA GTC 2026
    • Acumatica Summit 2026
    • BMC Control Freaks Unite presented by BMC
    • AI Predictions Series 2026 presented by Unify Consulting
    • Guide to re:Invent 2025 sponsored by AWS
    • Remitly Reimagine 2025 sponsored by Remitly
    • Does Compute presented by Carnegie Mellon University
    • AWS Marketplace Seller Conference 2025 sponsored by AWS
    • ShopTalk 2025 powered by Amazon Ads
  • About
    • About GeekWire
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Email Newsletters
    • Reprints & Permissions
  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips

What happens here matters everywhere.

  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips
  • Amazon
  • Microsoft
  • Startups
  • AI
  • Science
  • Tech Moves
  • Sustainability
  • Civic
  • Geek Life

Seattle

GeekWire Calendar Picks: State’s proposed drone laws fuel ‘Surveillance Society’ conversation

The Washington State House of Representatives passed several bills Wednesday that would impose new regulations on surveillance technology and drones. The legislation makes… Read More

Big data gets huge in Washington: Study ranks state 2nd in big data-related jobs

How big is the field of big data in Washington state? Pretty huge. An estimated 38,170 people work in big… Read More

Study: For every tech geek hired in Washington state, 7 jobs are added

There’s certainly no question that the technology industry is transforming Seattle. (Just take a look at the skyline in South… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Responding to Revenge Porn, The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and more

Hunter Moore, the infamous revenge porn kingpin, pleaded guilty to hacking and theft charges this week. Moore, who rose to internet… Read More

CenturyLink exceeds initial estimates, expands Seattle gigabit Internet to five more neighborhoods

CenturyLink is declaring its initial Seattle rollout of gigabit broadband Internet service a success, and is beginning work to expand… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Legend of Zelda Symphony, Startup Weekend Ecommerce Edition, and more

The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo’s popular fantasy game franchise, is experiencing something of a revival in 2015. The gaming giant… Read More

Kristen Hamilton at Startupday 2015

Koru CEO Kristen Hamilton on failure and the importance of company culture

In the past few months Kristen Hamilton’s startup Koru expanded its services to Boston, made GeekWire’s Seattle 10 list of innovative new… Read More

Oculus is booming, too: Facebook-owned VR company reaches 100 employees in Seattle area

Facebook is growing quickly in Seattle, announcing this morning that it has topped 500 employees at its existing office next… Read More

Facebook confirms big Seattle office lease, space to be designed by Frank Gehry, with room for 2,000 people

Facebook Seattle confirmed this morning that it will be moving into a big new office building on Dexter Avenue in Seattle… Read More

Best Buy to open new tech development center in Seattle with room for more than 100 staffers

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy is opening a new technology development center in Seattle, joining a legion of technology companies… Read More

Seattle’s KING-TV building sells for $42.5M, clearing way for more office towers near Amazon

The longtime home of KING-TV in Seattle, just up the street from Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood,… Read More

Cloud security company Alert Logic sets up Seattle office led by former Microsoft and Amazon vet

Another day, another tech company opens an office in Seattle. Alert Logic, a Houston-based security-as-a-service company with more than 3,000… Read More

This tech CEO doubts Seattle will dominate cloud computing — and he’s completely wrong

Nearly everywhere you go in Seattle’s technology community, there’s talk about how the city is transforming into one of the… Read More

Sears plans new Seattle engineering office, hires ex-Amazon execs for big home-services tech push

Sears is recruiting engineers for a new software development office in downtown Seattle, and the venerable retailer has hired a group… Read More

Rahul Sood at Startupday 2015

Former Microsoft Ventures head Rahul Sood: Seattle is ‘the best place’ to build a startup right now

According to Unikrn CEO and former Microsoft Ventures General Manager Rahul Sood, entrepreneurs building their companies in Seattle have a… Read More

Boston vs. Seattle: Redfin’s ‘City Showdown’ on the best place to live

This is a clever one: Redfin released a “City Showdown” today, comparing Seattle to Boston on many quality of life… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Sci-Fi + Fantasy Short Film Festival, How to Start a Startup, and more

Sci-Fi and Fantasy are playing an unprecedented role in the mainstream pop culture arena. Once a fringe subculture refuge, it would’ve been… Read More

Amazon Web Services vet scores $2.8M from Andreessen Horowitz and others for hot Seattle startup Distelli

Rahul Singh spent eight years at Amazon working on key platform technologies that helped power Amazon Web Services through its… Read More

Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative

Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s… Read More

Seahawks’ miracle win registers ‘close to a real earthquake’ on seismic sensors

The reaction to the Seattle Seahawks’ comeback victory over the Green Bay Packers at CenturyLink Field this afternoon — sending… Read More

Impressions of Seattle from an MBA trekker

When considering where to go on an MBA Technology Trek, Seattle was a no-brainer. It wasn’t just that the city… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Startup Day Warm-Up, Smart Gun Symposium, and more

When Inrix CEO and founder Bryan Mistele left Microsoft in 2004, he thought his startup would be completely funded within… Read More

The Big Apple vs. Rain City: A look at VC investing in NYC and Seattle

  California remains the undisputed leader in venture capital financing, accounting for more than half of all VC dollars in… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Deehubs uses building walls for social media platform

Social media is often disparaged as the playground of narcissists or politically self-righteous relatives we try to avoid. But while we could… Read More

Seattle suffering from gentrification? Study says probably not

Gentrification is almost a dirty word in this modern world, basically implying that a neighborhood has lost its charm and diversity,… Read More

App of the Week: Attendible helps find the best events, restaurants and more

On any given day, there’s plenty of stuff going on in Seattle. So how do you find a stand-out event or… Read More

Inside the Seattle Police hackathon: A substantial first step

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) held its first-ever hackathon on Friday. The event was focused on a single problem: How… Read More

Seahawks, Super Bowl and composting: Seattle’s top Google trends for 2014

Yesterday, we told you about Google’s national trends on search. But today, they gave us the lowdown on Seattlelites’ favorite… Read More

Juno Therapeutics sets IPO range at $15 to $18 per share, looks to raise $166M

Fast-moving Juno Therapeutics is moving closer to becoming a publicly-traded company. The Seattle biotechnology company today updated is IPO filing… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Seattle salsa dancers start HurryOut to make it easy to find local events

Digital tools have streamlined services in almost every sector — from daily deals to travel planning to video sharing — but… Read More

  • Older
  • Newer

Latest Stories

    Read All Stories

    GeekWire Newsletters

    Subscribe to GeekWire's free newsletters to catch every headline

    Send Us a Tip

    Have a scoop that you'd like GeekWire to cover? Let us know.

    Send Us a Tip

    A Word From Our Sponsors

    About

    • About GeekWire
    • Contact Us
    • Partner With Us
    • Become a GeekWire Member
    • Send Us a Tip
    • Join Our Startup List
    • Reprints and Permissions

    Follow

    • Facebook
    • X
    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram
    • RSS Feed
    • Podcast
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky

    GeekWire Newsletters

    Catch every headline in your inbox

    Read GeekWire

    • Apple News
    • Google News

    Legal

    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Sponsored Content Policy
    Return to Top of Page
    © 2011-2026 GeekWire, LLC
    Do Not Sell or Share My Personal information
    Limit the Use Of My Sensitive Personal Information
    Consent Preferences

    Don't miss a headline!

    Sign up for GeekWire's newsletters today.

    Thanks for subscribing!
    Check your inbox to confirm your subscription.