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June 14, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-14 11:34:53 www.geekwire.com Brex is opening an office in downtown Seattle. The Salt Lake City-based fintech giant operates...

Blue Origin added to Pentagon’s list for $5.6B in launch contracts

Alan Boyle 2024-06-13 20:41:43 www.geekwire.com An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket on the rise. (Blue Origin Illustration)...

Collaborative Robotics hires a former Amazon AI leader, opens Seattle office

Todd Bishop 2024-06-13 09:00:00 www.geekwire.com Michael Vogelsong, the new head of Collaborative Robotics’ Foundation Models AI team, inside the company’s...

Amazon strikes deal for Kuiper satellite service in South America

Alan Boyle 2024-06-13 13:25:35 www.geekwire.com Executives meet up at Amazon’s HQ in Seattle. From left: Rajeev Badyal, vice president of...

Congressional hearing will scrutinize Microsoft security failures

Todd Bishop 2024-06-13 10:56:26 www.geekwire.com Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify Thursday before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security...

Former Facebook, FanDuel execs lead Seattle startup aiming to build Gartner for cybersecurity – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-13 10:30:00 www.geekwire.com Cypher co-founders Sachin Goyal (left) and Vinay Narayan. (Cypher Photos) Companies of all shapes and...

Microsoft CVP joins Google; Remitly hires compliance chief; and more – GeekWire

June 11, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-11 12:00:00 www.geekwire.com Spyro Karetsos, Remitly’s new chief compliance officer. (Remitly Photo) — Digital remittance company Remitly hired Spyro...

Flyhomes buys tech from real estate startup backed by Sam Altman to fuel AI home search tool – GeekWire

June 11, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-11 08:30:00 www.geekwire.com (Flyhomes screenshot) Seattle startup Flyhomes is beefing up its real estate search capabilities with the...

Cyrus Biotech spins out company to expand reach of versatile drug development software – GeekWire

June 11, 2024

Lisa Stiffler 2024-06-11 05:30:00 www.geekwire.com Levitate Bio’s CEO Sam DeLuca, left, and Karen Khar, executive vice president of sales and...

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June 9, 2024

GeekWire 2024-06-09 11:01:05 www.geekwire.com Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are...

How this professor teaches AI and thinks about the future of human creativity – GeekWire

June 8, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-06-08 11:24:54 www.geekwire.com Léonard Boussioux, photographed here after recording this week’s GeekWire Podcast, teaches a class called “Generative...

Microsoft updates Recall feature after security and privacy backlash – GeekWire

June 7, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-07 13:49:52 www.geekwire.com The Microsoft Copilot logo outside the event where the company launched its new Copilot+ PCs...

Lexion leaders start new roles at Docusign; Spectrum Effect hires president – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-06 16:58:07 www.geekwire.com Gaurav Oberoi. (LinkedIn Photo) Docusign officially completed its acquisition of Seattle startup Lexion last week,...

Acumatica opens new Seattle-area HQ as part of larger growth plan

Todd Bishop 2024-06-06 13:20:04 www.geekwire.com A workspace inside Acumatica’s new headquarters at Bellevue’s Corporate Campus East. (Acumatica Photo) At a...

AI startup lands $10M seed round from Madrona, Point72 Ventures to automate complex workflows – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-06 11:00:00 www.geekwire.com From left: Ted Kummert, venture partner at Madrona; Steve Singh, managing director at Madrona; Nic...

Microsoft under new antitrust scrutiny over Inflection deal and AI dominance – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-06-06 01:25:38 www.geekwire.com A Microsoft sign on the company’s redeveloped headquarters campus in Redmond, with renovation work ongoing...

DoorDash vows to remove controversial consumer fee in Seattle if new minimum wage passes – GeekWire

June 5, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-05 18:08:54 www.geekwire.com DoorDash orders in Seattle include a $4.99 “SEA Regulatory Response Fee” to “help cover DoorDash’s...

AI-enhanced photo of Sam Altman sparks a journalistic debate

June 5, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-06-05 15:00:00 www.geekwire.com A close-up of a photo of Sam Altman, with the original image on the left...

Food tech experts on the risks and opportunities for AI in the kitchen – GeekWire

June 5, 2024

Lisa Stiffler 2024-06-05 11:07:34 www.geekwire.com Brava Home’s ovens were one of the cutting-edge kitchen appliances featured at the Smart Kitchen...

80 years after D-Day, Microsoft uses AI to enhance archival materials and keep memories alive – GeekWire

June 4, 2024

Kurt Schlosser 2024-06-04 12:02:43 www.geekwire.com An image from “The Thread of Memory” project shows a tank landing at Utah Beach...

NVIDIA and top VC firms invest in Vilya, a biotech spinout from Seattle’s Institute for Protein Design – GeekWire

June 4, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-06-04 13:05:12 www.geekwire.com Vilya CEO Cyrus Harmon (Vilya Photo) Vilya, a biotech startup built off technology developed at...

Microsoft cuts jobs in Azure, HoloLens, and other units in latest move to control costs – GeekWire

Todd Bishop 2024-06-03 19:03:12 www.geekwire.com Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft is cutting a total...

AI-backed robots roll through Seattle construction site, speeding build process and improving safety – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2024-06-03 17:34:14 www.geekwire.com Two Didge robots from Nextera Robotics, outside the Kaye apartments development in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood....

OpenAI reportedly in talks with Helion Energy to ‘buy vast quantities’ of fusion power – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-06-03 12:54:30 www.geekwire.com OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, shown here at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in Seattle on May...

Enterprise AI company Xembly abruptly ends service for users, says it’s working on ‘new chapter’ – GeekWire