Tech – Page 103 of 319

Feb 2, 2018, 7:51 AM

After raising $93M, Pittsburgh’s Petuum aims to hire 120 people this year in quest to be the ‘VMware of AI’

PITTSBURGH — Petuum moved into its new office 10 months ago. Now, the early-stage startup is already planning to expand into… Read More

Feb 1, 2018, 2:05 PM

Tableau stock jumps 10% as new subscription strategy helps it beat 2017 earnings expectations

Tableau, the Seattle-based maker of data visualization software, narrowly beat its 2017 earnings expectations Thursday, giving its stock a 10… Read More

Feb 1, 2018, 1:50 PM

Pittsburgh Profile: Matt Kowalczyk’s love of football and computers attracted recruiters from Carnegie Mellon and Microsoft

Matt Kowalczyk grew up about an hour outside of Pittsburgh in Youngstown, where residents “basically did one of four things:… Read More

Feb 1, 2018, 6:10 AM

Bones of the past, capacity for the future: Pittsburgh has room to grow, but is it ready?

PITTSBURGH — This is a city of steel bridges, mighty rivers, steep hills and classic architecture. It’s a place where… Read More

Jan 31, 2018, 2:35 PM

Two Seattle UX design companies join forces as Blink acquires Tectonic

The Seattle-based user-experience research and design company Blink has acquired a little help in the design department by purchasing Tectonic,… Read More

Jan 31, 2018, 8:47 AM

Wag raises $300M round from SoftBank as dog walking service takes on Rover

SoftBank is betting big on Wag. The Japanese tech giant this week announced a $300 million investment in the Los Angeles-based dog… Read More

Jan 30, 2018, 7:37 AM

What makes Pittsburgh different as an edtech hub? Collaboration — and Mister Rogers

Ask those in Pittsburgh’s thriving education technology community what makes the city different from other edtech hubs such as Silicon… Read More

Jan 29, 2018, 8:08 PM

Video: First impressions of Pittsburgh, and takeaways on its future as a technology hub

PITTSBURGH — It’s snowing here tonight, but our first day at GeekWire’s temporary outpost in Pittsburgh was sunny and crisp,… Read More

Jan 29, 2018, 1:29 PM

Pittsburgh Profile: Veteran Seattle investor Geoff Entress has Steel City roots going back 100 years

As Managing Director of Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs, Geoff Entress is always looking to the future. It’s necessary… Read More

Jan 29, 2018, 9:23 AM

T-Mobile pledges 100% renewable energy use by 2021, predicts cutting power costs by $100M

You might say T-Mobile‘s head-to-toe magenta brand is going green. On Monday, the Bellevue, Wash., mobile network announced a pledge… Read More

Jan 29, 2018, 8:00 AM

Seattle’s Igneous Systems raises $15M Series B funding round, but at a lower valuation

Igneous Systems, a Seattle-based maker of storage appliances for data centers, has raised a new $15 million financing round, bringing… Read More

Jan 28, 2018, 7:54 AM

Can GeekWire talk the talk in a new tech town? Here’s what yinz need to know about Pittsburghese

Depending on who you talk to, or listen to, the popular belief is that there’s not really a distinct accent… Read More

Jan 26, 2018, 10:48 AM

Bug off! Scientists study how mosquitoes learn to associate your scent with a swat

Does it do any good to swat at a mosquito if you miss? Yes, according to a newly published study. A… Read More

Jan 26, 2018, 8:00 AM

Pittsburgh Profiles: From ballet to nutrition bars, Julia Erickson embraces city’s rich cultural scene

Julia Erickson has found her calling in Pittsburgh, both as an artist and entrepreneur. The Seattle native moved to the… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 1:27 PM

Starbucks posts $6.1B in Q1 revenue; mobile order-ahead usage grows slightly to 11% of U.S. transactions

Shares of Starbucks dipped in after-hours trading after the Seattle coffee giant beat earnings estimates and just missed on revenue… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 1:20 PM

Moz co-founder Gillian Muessig unveils new venture fund to back women-led startups

In 1715, Sybilla Masters traveled from colonial America to London to register a patent. She had invented a new way… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 10:40 AM

Pittsburgh Profile: The pleasant surprise that greeted ex-Amazon exec Mark Stabingas upon his homecoming

After more than 15 years away — most spent working for Amazon in Seattle — Mark Stabingas returned to Pittsburgh… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 7:33 AM

Pittsburgh forges a new future, remaking iconic steel town into a modern innovation factory

Decades before the NBA and Shark Tank, years before making his fortune in tech, Mark Cuban was a kid growing… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 3:00 AM

Marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings raises $60M, total funding eclipses $200M

Investors are seeing green when it comes to the future of the marijuana industry. Seattle-based marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 2:23 PM

$2.36B acquisition of Wave Broadband closes, forming nation’s 6th largest cable company

A $2.36 billion deal to form the sixth largest cable company in the U.S. by combining Kirkland, Wash. broadband provider… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 10:42 AM

Pittsburgh Profile: Robotics expert Sidd Srinivasa on his love for the Steel City, and his leap to Seattle

Very few people are in a better position to explain Pittsburgh to a bunch of Seattle-based technology journalists than Siddhartha… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 5:00 AM

Shiftboard raises $11.5M for employee schedule management platform, 17 years after launching

More than 17 years after launching, Shiftboard today announced a $11.5 million Series A investment round. Founded in 2002, Shiftboard… Read More

Jan 23, 2018, 8:59 PM

It doesn’t take a data scientist to know which title tops Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs in America, again

Data scientists — or people who hope to become one — are collecting a lot of data about how great… Read More

Jan 23, 2018, 1:49 PM

Melinda Gates invests in $181M fund for women-led VC firm Aspect Ventures

Aspect Ventures today announced a new $181 million institutional fund that includes money from Melinda Gates, a vocal critic about… Read More

Jan 23, 2018, 12:51 PM

Facebook shakes up its AI organization, hires IBM Watson creator to lead research and product

Facebook is changing the way it works on artificial intelligence technology, consolidating its research lab and the team responsible for… Read More

Jan 21, 2018, 7:05 AM

Hands-on with Amazon Go: We tested the tech giant’s experiment in checkout-free retail

Smartphone in hand, I stood inside the Amazon Go store and turned the screen over to scan a unique QR… Read More

Jan 20, 2018, 10:36 PM

Seattle march marking Trump’s inauguration takes aim at the president and GOP

This year’s march on the anniversary of the swearing in of President Trump was pitched as encompassing the anti-sexual harassment… Read More

Jan 20, 2018, 12:00 PM

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman pens riveting diary on the IPO process: from a ‘death-march to a celebration’

Redfin had one of the better IPOs in 2017. In a process that has become more hit-or-miss in recent years,… Read More

Jan 20, 2018, 8:28 AM

Women in Cloud Summit unveils new initiatives to seize ‘the biggest opportunities of our lives’

Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are launching a new six-month Cloud Accelerator Lab to help women start businesses in the… Read More

Jan 19, 2018, 9:49 AM

Most women in Seattle tech industry experience harassment but few report it, new study finds

Some were pushed toward non-technical careers despite their technical skills. Others reported unwanted touching or kissing. Many saw less qualified… Read More