Seattle’s Sniffies lands $100M investment from Match Group in major bet on sex-positive tech Sniffies, a Seattle-based meetup platform for gay, bisexual and sexually curious men, has landed a $100 million investment from Match… Read More
Spencer Rascoff doesn’t see humans dating AI, but the tech is a key wingman on popular apps Spencer Rascoff views AI as a suitable wingman when it comes to helping people find other people on dating apps.… Read More
‘We lit a fire’: Spencer Rascoff’s Match Group overhaul reflects broader tech reckoning A familiar name pops up at the end of a Wall Street Journal article today about the new balance of… Read More
Zillow vets launch HouseWhisper, giving real estate agents an AI assistant to help with workload Three veterans of Zillow Group who helped turn the Seattle real estate company into a tech powerhouse have joined forces… Read More
Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff is new CEO of Match Group family of dating apps Spencer Rascoff, the tech veteran who co-founded and led Seattle-based real estate company Zillow Group, has been named CEO of… Read More
Redfin CEO recounts encounter with OpenAI’s Sam Altman to warn about impact of AI on housing tech When Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman briefly spoke with Sam Altman, he warned him to tread lightly when it comes to… Read More
Quantum hardware startup Rigetti Computing to go public in $1.5B SPAC deal with ex-Zillow CEO Rigetti is going public. The Bay Area-based makers of quantum computers and processors announced Wednesday that it will merge with… Read More
Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff on the need for new social media, iBuying, remote work, and more On a day when the biggest social media company on the planet went offline for several hours, Spencer Rascoff talked… Read More
Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and teen daughter cook up a new food-focused social media startup Sophia Rascoff and her dad, Zillow co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff, like to take on new dishes in the… Read More
Vacation home startup Pacaso raises $75M, hits $1B valuation less than a year after launching New funding: Pacaso raised $75 million in a Series B funding round and $1 billion in debt financing. The real estate… Read More
Podcast Exclusive interview: Spencer Rascoff talks SPAC mania, home buying and why he’s created a stealthy social media startup with his daughter When we reached out to entrepreneur and angel investor Spencer Rascoff on Tuesday with notes about appearing on the GeekWire… Read More
Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff leads SPAC deal to acquire Offerpad, a rival to his former employer Former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff is jumping back into the real estate game in a big way. Rascoff, who… Read More
Russell Wilson and Spencer Rascoff back MOJO, an app to help parent coaches find fun in youth sports A search on YouTube for “youth sports drills” returns an endless scroll of every type of practice workout you could… Read More
Q&A with former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff on his new SPAC that just raised $350M Spencer Rascoff knows quite a bit about taking a company public. He helped launch Zillow in 2005 and led the… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Startup CEOs optimistic despite pandemic; Amazon moves into virtual travel Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: The results are in from the first-ever GeekWire 200… Read More
Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff jumps back into real estate, launches startup with former colleagues to help people buy second homes Former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff and dotloop founder Austin Allison are teaming up on a new startup called Pacaso that… Read More
Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more — Zillow Group co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff joined the board of Palantir Technologies, a big data company backed… Read More
Zillow and Trulia founders invest in Latin American real estate startup La Haus Zillow Group co-founder Spencer Rascoff and Trulia co-founder Pete Flint are among the investors in La Haus, a startup aiming… Read More
Spencer Rascoff departs Zillow Group board, 1 year after stepping down as CEO Former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff resigned from the Seattle-based real estate company’s board on Tuesday. The move comes just… Read More
Former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff launches dot.LA, a news site for Southern California tech Nearly a year after stepping down as CEO of Seattle-based Zillow Group, Spencer Rascoff has turned his focus to the… Read More
Spencer Rascoff reveals his post-Zillow life after longtime CEO departed real estate giant in February Spencer Rascoff misses working side-by-side with his former colleagues every day. But it seems he’s enjoying post-Zillow life otherwise. Rascoff… Read More
Zillow Group execs take lessons from Amazon and Netflix as online real estate giant shifts direction Zillow Group’s new CEO Rich Barton is back in the driver’s seat because of his self-professed affinity for “big swings,”… Read More
Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff steps down as co-founder Rich Barton takes over at online real estate giant Rich Barton is back in the CEO seat at Zillow Group, taking over at the online real estate giant he… Read More
‘Zillow 2.0:’ Real estate giant embarks on fundamental shift, projecting home sales operation will become a $20B business RELATED: Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff steps down as co-founder Rich Barton takes over at online real estate giant Zillow Group… Read More
After rough week on Wall Street, Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff shares leadership tactics for getting through tough times Taking part in an on-stage interview in front of 200 people from the Seattle startup community on Thursday afternoon was… Read More
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson reveals roots as a real estate nerd in Zillow appearance Long before he was an NFL quarterback, Russell Wilson was a real estate scout. Growing up in Richmond, Va., he… Read More
Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff on tech’s naiveté toward evil, and how scandals are a wake-up moment Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff offered his take on tech’s troubles of late during an appearance at the Code… Read More
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi talks about flying taxis and why his kids won’t own cars Riding in the back of an Uber is sometimes the best way to hear an opinion on just about anything,… Read More
Zillow CEO calls ‘head tax’ proposal ‘misguided’ and says company could look to grow outside Seattle A week after Amazon said it will pause construction on a new office tower in Seattle and reconsider whether it… Read More
Here’s how much Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff made in 2017 compared to the company’s median worker compensation Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff made close to $7.9 million between base salary, stock options and other compensation in 2017, a… Read More
