The focus is on questions that are top of mind for many right now: What does the rise of AI agents mean for productivity, the future of work, and the way companies and industries operate? Read More
The University of Washington and Microsoft are deepening their partnership with a new effort aimed at preparing Washington state residents for an AI-driven economy. Read More
Paul Brainerd, who coined the term “desktop publishing” and built Aldus Corporation’s PageMaker into one of the defining programs of the personal computer era, died Sunday at his home on Bainbridge Island. He was 78. Read More
GeekWire announces the first wave of speakers for its Agents of Transformation summit on March 24 in Seattle, including leaders from AWS, Microsoft, Outreach, and AI startup Vercept. Read More
Pacific Science Center confirmed it’s selling a wedge of its campus to help keep operations afloat and fund the development of a new star attraction. Read More
Nominations are being accepted across 12 categories, from Startup of the Year to Next Tech Titan, from Young Entrepreneur of the Year to AI Innovation of the Year. Read More
Computer scientist and entrepreneur Oren Etzioni shares his unvarnished take on AI agents, the platform race, OpenAI, deepfakes, and what good AI leadership looks like, during a conversation at an Accenture-hosted event in Bellevue. Read More
Despite all of the headlines Zillow faced last year involving various court cases, the company continued to outperform investor expectations in the fourth quarter. Read More
Civic complacency, strained relations between government and tech, and a lack of focus on future industries could put Seattle’s long-term prosperity at risk. Read More
The company is taking an additional ten floors at City Center Plaza in downtown Bellevue, boosting its footprint to nearly 300,000 square feet. Read More
Technology reporter Caroline O’Donovan, covered Amazon at the Post for almost four years and previously wrote an award-winning investigation at BuzzFeed into Amazon’s delivery network. Read More
T-Mobile is laying off 393 employees spanning more than 200 different job titles, from analysts, engineers and technicians to directors and managers. Read More
Samir Bodas, co-founder of contract management software company Icertis, passed this week following a battle with cancer. He was 61. Friends and colleagues remember a leader who put culture and values at the center of one of the region’s most successful startups. Read More
A cloud of economic uncertainty is hanging over the region following big job cuts at Amazon and elsewhere. Some are calling it the scariest time since 2009’s Great Recession. Read More
Describe your mood, get a drink. Starbucks is building an AI “ordering companion” that translates cravings into customized recipes. We’re calling it vibe coffee. Read More
Amazon will lay off approximately 400 workers in Washington state as part of its decision to close all Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores across the country, according to a notice filed with the state Employment Security Department on Wednesday. Read More
A variety of roles will be impacted, including product managers, software development engineers, user experience designers, data engineers, content designers, and others. Read More
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s blend of bigger staffing rosters and AI-powered tools appears to be easing the mobile order bottleneck that former CEO Howard Schultz called the company’s “biggest Achilles heel.” Read More
Seattle-based Rover Group has acquired Meowtel, a cat-focused pet-sitting marketplace, as the company expands deeper into specialized care for pet owners. Read More
Microsoft and Amazon are rivals in the cloud, but on the same page when it comes to Washington’s housing crisis — literally, in the case of a joint op-ed and full-page ad in The Seattle Times. Read More
