Articles about Spokane

BuyWander moves HQ from Spokane to Seattle area as retail-returns startup grows team to 325 people

BuyWander, the Spokane-born retail returns marketplace, has moved its headquarters to the Seattle area and grown to 325 employees as it expands nationally, adding four executives including two former Amazon leaders. Read More

SeaPort Airlines to offer daily flights between Seattle’s Boeing Field and Spokane

The air travel option, starting March 9, could potentially link commuters out of the Seattle region’s major tech hub with companies and clients building out the tech scene in Eastern Washington. Read More

Spokane startup Blaze Barrier heats up with new funding for quick-deploy wildfire defense system

Blaze Barrier was born out of founder and CEO Jacob Schuler’s desire to give firefighters and homeowners a quick-acting tool to fight wildfires beyond digging suppression lines by hand. Read More

Spokane fintech startup Treasury4 acquires TreasuryGo

Treasury4, a Spokane, Wash.-based startup that sells software for treasury management, acquired TreasuryGo, a Seattle-area company offering similar financial technology… Read More

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub loses $48M federal grant, sparking regional outcry

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has blocked $48 million in federal funding for an advanced aerospace materials test bed in Spokane,… Read More

Amazon unveils its first warehouse robot with a sense of touch

Amazon’s robots are really feeling it now. The tech giant this morning unveiled what it describes as its first warehouse… Read More

Spokane startup Gestalt Diagnostics raises $7.5M to advance AI-enabled cancer detection

Gestalt Diagnotistics, a Spokane, Wash.-based healthcare startup, has raised $7.5 million to enhance its artificial intelligence tools for digital pathology… Read More

CarbonQuest, which captures carbon emitted from industrial sites, closes $20M round

CarbonQuest has closed a $20 million investment round led by Riverbend Energy Group. GeekWire previously reported on the funding in… Read More

Spokane startup that gives labs a green seal of approval raises $5M

Impact Laboratories, a startup verifying the environmental bona fides of some 3,800 labs worldwide, announced nearly $5 million in funding… Read More

F5 opening new office space in 2026 to bring 250 Spokane, Wash.-area employees together

F5 is consolidating its office footprint in the Spokane, Wash., area, with plans to bring employees together in a new… Read More

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub lands $48M in federal funding for Eastern Wash. testbed

After missing out on federal funding awarded in July, Spokane’s Tech Hub for developing advanced aerospace has landed $48 million… Read More

CarbonQuest partners with Icelandic venture to boost deployment of carbon capture and storage

Spokane, Wash.-based startup CarbonQuest announced a partnership with Iceland-based Carbfix, a global leader in carbon storage, to team up in… Read More

CarbonQuest, a carbon capture startup that serves industrial sites, raises cash for expansion

Spokane, Wash.-based startup CarbonQuest raised new capital to expand the reach of its carbon capturing devices. The cash is coming… Read More

Notes from the tech frontier: What’s next for innovation in Spokane and the Inland Northwest

SPOKANE, Wash. — Treasury4 is tapped into the power and history of this place. The headquarters of the financial and treasury… Read More

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub misses out on federal funding but vows to keep going

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration today awarded $504 million in grants to 12 regional Tech Hubs across… Read More

The hidden link between Seattle and Spokane: Tech companies find success on both sides of the state

Back in 1999, when F5 recruited Jeff Stockdale to build its hardware business, expanding beyond its core expertise in software,… Read More

This Spokane startup catches carbon dioxide at the source, before it escapes to the environment

CarbonQuest wants to take a bite out of carbon emissions at its source — before the greenhouse gases escape into… Read More

A meeting of the mayors: Spokane’s Lisa Brown and Seattle’s Bruce Harrell on the impact of innovation

Seattle and Spokane, Wash., may be on opposite ends of the state, with tech industries at very different stages of… Read More

Podcast

Who will be the Next Tech Titan? A preview of the upcoming GeekWire Awards

This week on the show, we offer a sneak preview of the GeekWire Awards, at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle… Read More

Destination Spokane: How remote work and new arrivals are changing one tech community

SPOKANE, Wash. — The “great migration” got a head start here. Long before the rise of remote work spurred many… Read More

How ‘Myst’ maker Cyan Worlds ended up building its own world in Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash. — “The House that Myst Built” could have been built anywhere. The home of Cyan Worlds, on the… Read More

From timber to tech: Spokane’s startup scene is ready for its big breakthrough

SPOKANE, Wash. — Jack Githens didn’t plan to stay here after college. A senior at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Githens… Read More

Interview: Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on the future of the region’s innovation economy

SPOKANE, Wash. — Lisa Brown brings a unique background to her role as Spokane’s mayor, taking office in January after… Read More

Job openings surge in Spokane as remote work attracts more techies to Eastern Washington

Smaller cities such as Boise and Spokane are seeing a surge in job postings and an influx of remote workers… Read More

Health tech startup Medcurity adds $200K in funding with plans to hire and expand training

Medcurity, the Spokane, Wash.-based startup that makes it easier for healthcare organizations to comply with federal privacy and security laws,… Read More

Remitly opens 2nd U.S. office in Spokane, 300 miles east of Seattle HQ

International money transfer heavyweight Remitly is opening its second U.S. office, and it didn’t have to stray far from home… Read More

How this startup vet plans to create a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs in Eastern Washington

Startup accelerator Ignite Northwest is getting a facelift under the direction of Tom Simpson, a well-known angel investor and co-founder… Read More

Medcurity raises cash to be the TurboTax for federal healthcare law compliance

A startup out of Spokane, Wash. wants to use software to make complying with federal healthcare laws as easy as… Read More

On the other side of the state, Spokane’s tech scene capitalizes on Seattle squeeze

You’ve probably heard this story before: A booming technopolis drives up the cost of housing and office space so employees… Read More

Amazon opening 1st distribution center in Eastern Washington, 4th overall in home state

Amazon said it will open a fulfillment center in Spokane, Wash., the state’s second largest city. The 600,000-square-foot facility, which… Read More