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June 26, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-26 15:57:01 www.geekwire.com Kathleen Hall. (Microsoft Photo) Kathleen Hall, who spent 16 years at Microsoft and was most...

Under fire in the U.S. and Europe, Microsoft tests its new approach to government scrutiny – GeekWire

June 26, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-06-26 11:11:57 www.geekwire.com Microsoft’s logo beneath an acoustic ceiling on the show floor during Microsoft Build on May...

Former Amazon and Microsoft exec Marc Whitten named CEO at self-driving company Cruise – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-25 17:02:20 www.geekwire.com Marc Whitten. (Cruise Photo) Marc Whitten, a longtime Seattle-area tech executive, was named CEO at...

Legislation would honor Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture as a national museum ‘of great importance’ – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2024-06-25 14:50:34 www.geekwire.com The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle welcomed 577,721 visitors in 2023. (GeekWire File Photo...

Topicflow raises $1.8M to rethink performance reviews, with help from AI – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-25 10:30:00 www.geekwire.com Topicflow founders, from left: Maxime Parmentier, Amin Palizban, and Tony Angerilli. (Topicflow Photo) Vancouver, B.C.-based...

Investors hope to bring expansion team to Seattle for new tech-fueled TGL golf league – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-25 10:31:09 www.geekwire.com (TGL Image) Ackerley Sports Group, a sports-focused arm of Seattle-based investment firm Ackerley Partners, is...

Amazon developing AI chatbot that would compete with ChatGPT and others – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-24 16:20:08 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire File Photo) Amazon is developing its own consumer-focused AI chatbot that would compete with...

Seattle-area transit riders can now add ORCA payment cards to Google Wallet – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2024-06-24 16:27:36 www.geekwire.com An ORCA card as seen on an Android phone and Wear OS device. (Image via...

Meet the climate startup helping other climate startups fund their ventures with lower cost loans – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-06-24 15:25:33 www.geekwire.com Enduring Planet’s co-founders, from left: Chief Technology Officer Joshua Krafchin, CEO Dimitry Gershenson, and Chief...

Former Amazon colleagues raise $2.8M to help equipment rental companies run online stores – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2024-06-24 12:20:36 www.geekwire.com Members of the BoxedUp team, including co-founder and CEO Donald Boone, rear center in hat....

AI, venture capital, and the next big opportunity in tech

June 22, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-06-22 10:56:50 www.geekwire.com Nataraj Sindam at the GeekWire offices in Seattle this week. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)...

Here are the 18 members of Washington state’s new Artificial Intelligence Task Force – GeekWire

June 21, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-06-21 12:50:45 www.geekwire.com Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. (GeekWire File Photo) Eighteen should be a lot more...

Real estate vets launch accelerator and advisory firm to fuel underrepresented founders – GeekWire

June 21, 2024

Lisa Stiffler 2024-06-21 10:00:00 www.geekwire.com Equity Angels co-founders Kenya Burrell-VanWormer (left) and Katherine Winston. (Equity Angels Photo) After working decades...

Superhuman hires CTO; Getty Images founder departs board; Xbox vet joins Unity – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-20 15:46:25 www.geekwire.com Chris Bee. (LinkedIn Photo) Chris Bee, a tech exec who previously worked at Lessen, Zillow,...

Amazon scraps 95% of the plastic air pillows used in delivery packaging in North America – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-06-20 12:22:18 www.geekwire.com A box of deflated plastic air pillows. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Amazon on Thursday...

Climate tech funding dip poses threat for capital-intensive startups — but it’s not time to panic – GeekWire

Gillian Dohrn 2024-06-20 10:42:04 www.geekwire.com Julian Sachs, co-founder and chief technology officer for Banyu Carbon, gives a demo of a...

E-commerce vets raise $50M seed round for new startup that aims to reimagine online shopping – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-20 08:00:00 www.geekwire.com Daydream co-founders, from left: Matt Fisher, Dan Cary, Julie Bornstein, Richard Kim, Lisa Green. (Lonnie...

Climate projects land $75M to boost environmental justice, job training in Washington state – GeekWire

June 19, 2024

Gillian Dohrn 2024-06-19 16:17:59 www.geekwire.com Gov. Jay Inslee, left, joined King County Executive Dow Constantine, Washington State Department of Commerce...

KPMG and T-Mobile roll out new player-tracking app for Women’s PGA Championship – GeekWire

June 18, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-18 16:30:00 www.geekwire.com The new KPMG Champcast app lets fans track player shots throughout the KPGA Women’s PGA...

This startup just joined Techstars to make generative AI easier to use – GeekWire

June 18, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-18 12:18:32 www.geekwire.com DeltaGen co-founders, from left: COO Casey McCullar; CEO Rene Bystron; and CMO Abdullah Raja. Not...

Google vet leads new startup studio in Seattle spinning out B2B software companies – GeekWire

June 18, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-18 10:36:38 www.geekwire.com Stephen Konig leads Mudita Studios, the Seattle-based startup studio of Mudita Venture Partners. (Mudita Photo)...

Why some investors say startups should avoid the trendy term – GeekWire

June 17, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-17 11:00:00 www.geekwire.com From left: Vivek Ladsariya, managing director at Pioneer Square Labs; Heather Redman, co-founder and managing...

Seattle thrift-store swag deadpool, 2024 edition – GeekWire

June 15, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-06-15 21:20:53 www.geekwire.com My idea of weekend fun is browsing the racks at Seattle-area thrift stores in search...

Cybersecurity in the age of AI, with Amazon’s chief security officer

June 15, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-06-15 11:12:21 www.geekwire.com Steve Schmidt, Amazon chief security officer, speaks at AWS re:Inforce this week. (Amazon Photo) This...

UW disinformation researchers will continue work amid reports of Stanford group crisis – GeekWire

June 14, 2024