Bellevue, Wash.-based Xevo has laid off 97 workers, according to a new filing with the state of Washington. The company, acquired by global automotive giant Lear in 2019, develops connected-car… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Everyone wanted a piece of the Seattle tech scene in 2019, from stock market investors to… Read More
Global automotive giant Lear today announced that it will acquire Seattle-area connected car startup Xevo for $320 million. Xevo, originally founded in 2000 as UIEvolution, develops connected-car software with more… Read More
First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most valuable U.S. tech companies were founded by immigrants or the… Read More
Seattle-area entrepreneur Mina Yoo has been in the United States since 1991, receiving a dual Ph.D. in sociology and business administration from the University of Michigan, working as a University… Read More
The goal of further transforming how drivers interact with their cars is steering an acquisition and name change involving two Seattle-area companies. Kirkland, Wash.-based UIEvolution Inc. announced Thursday that it is acquiring… Read More