Kurt Schlosser 2021-04-22 16:32:09 www.geekwire.com SoRSE VP of science Michael Flemmens, left, watches as scientist Emily Skrobecki works with a powder version of the company’s product in a container of water at the company’s offices in 2019. (GeekWire File…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-22 14:51:40 www.geekwire.com (Amazon Photo) Amazon is reportedly bringing its cashier-less technology to the company’s full-size grocery store format. Bloomberg uncovered planning documents for an Amazon Fresh store under construction in Connecticut that show entry and exit…
Kurt Schlosser 2021-04-22 11:54:04 www.geekwire.com (Overtime Image via Twitter) Jeff Bezos is among the investors taking part in an $80 million funding round in Overtime, a sports media brand with plans to launch a new basketball league for elite…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-21 20:44:10 www.geekwire.com (Panopto Image) Seattle-based enterprise video platform Panopto has acquired Syracuse, N.Y.-based Ensemble Video, which also operates a platform to help customers manage and publish video content. Ensemble launched in 2005 after a group of…
Cara Kuhlman 2021-04-21 19:44:45 www.geekwire.com (Nanodropper Photo) Nanodropper, a medical device startup founded by University of Washington and Seattle University grads, announced a $1.4 million seed round this week. The company makes an FDA-approved adapter for eye drop bottles…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-21 15:20:36 www.geekwire.com UiPath CEO Daniel Dines. (UiPath Photo) The news: UiPath had one of the biggest IPOs ever for a U.S. software company, raising $1.3 billion as it debuted on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.…
Alan Boyle 2021-04-20 19:26:33 www.geekwire.com RBC Signals acquires communication service capacity from the operators of ground stations around the world, including C-CORE’s facility in Inuvik in the Canadian Arctic. (Photo via RBC Signals) Redmond, Wash.-based RBC Signals says it’s…
Alan Boyle 2021-04-20 17:36:14 www.geekwire.com A converted all-electric de Havilland Beaver seaplane goes through testing. (Harbour Air via H55) One of the pioneers of battery-powered aviation is joining a Pacific Northwest team that’s aiming to get an all-electric seaplane…
Mike Lewis 2021-04-20 16:26:26 www.geekwire.com Amazon already has a streaming deal with the Premier League in the UK. (Amazon Prime Video Sport Image) Stepping into the international dustup about a proposed “European Super League” of elite soccer teams, Amazon…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-20 12:00:10 www.geekwire.com Teal Communications co-founders Robert Hamblet (left) and Michael Johnston. (Teal Photo) New funding: Teal Communications raised $9.1 million for its networking service used by Internet of Things device operators and others. The tech: The Seattle-area…
Kurt Schlosser 2021-04-20 12:09:03 www.geekwire.com (Microsoft Image) As you point and click your way around various aspects of your digital life today, whether you’re hosting a virtual work meeting or playing a video game, save some time for a…
Kurt Schlosser 2021-04-20 11:17:39 www.geekwire.com Amazon Salon in London will initially cater to the company’s employees before opening to the general public. (Amazon Photo) Hold onto your hats, Amazon is opening its first-ever hair salon in London. It’s yet…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-20 09:00:42 www.geekwire.com Era Software CEO Todd Persen. (Era Software Photo) New funding: Seattle-area database architecture startup Era Software, formerly known as EraDB, raised $15.2 million in a Series A round led by Playground Global. The tech: Era…
Thomas Wilde 2021-04-19 18:16:13 www.geekwire.com Photo via Flickr / workinpana. Amazon has sent its free-to-play Lord of the Rings game off to the Undying Lands. The news broke over the weekend, via a report in Bloomberg, that Amazon had…
Kurt Schlosser 2021-04-19 16:19:26 www.geekwire.com Tarik Abdullah, chef and owner of community kitchen Feed The People, is followed in Seattle by his Gita robot. (Piaggio Fast Forward Photo) Watch your back, Seattle. The robots are hoping to follow you.…
Lisa Stiffler 2021-04-19 14:55:09 www.geekwire.com Amazon Spheres in May 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon on Monday announced nine new wind and solar energy projects, bringing its total number of renewable projects to 206. The cloud company and…
Alan Boyle 2021-04-19 12:00:21 www.geekwire.com An illustration shows an Atlas V rocket launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites. (ULA / Amazon) United Launch Alliance says it’s struck a deal for a series of nine launches of its Atlas V rocket…
Todd Bishop 2021-04-17 11:35:42 www.geekwire.com Rep. Suzan DelBene. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) It’s one of the hottest topics in tech, but despite broad agreement about the importance of online privacy, the United States has yet to pass comprehensive,…
Alan Boyle 2021-04-16 19:36:29 www.geekwire.com An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Starship rocket ship on the moon. (SpaceX Illustration) In a surprise move that was dictated by budget constraints, NASA is awarding $2.89 billion to SpaceX alone for the development…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-16 14:06:25 www.geekwire.com TextNow CFO Evan Fein. (TextNow Photo) Evan Fein, a finance exec who previously was CFO at Impinj and Chef Software, is now CFO at TextNow. Fein was an early employee at Impinj who eventually…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-15 10:43:35 www.geekwire.com An Amazon Prime truck heads north on Interstate 5 in Washington. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The news: In his annual shareholders letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that the company has surpassed 200…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-15 09:00:15 www.geekwire.com (Viome Photos) The news: Viome, the Seattle-area wellness startup that analyzes microbiomes, told GeekWire that it has more than 200,000 customers and expects to hit $100 million in revenue next year. The company also announced…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-14 15:36:34 www.geekwire.com Inside Amazon HQ. (Amazon Photo / Jordan Stead) The news: Amazon released new data on the racial and gender makeup of its workforce and outlined plans to increase the number of Black and women…
Mike Lewis 2021-04-14 12:04:27 www.geekwire.com (King County Elections Photo) Four Seattle-area corporate giants on Wednesday joined hundreds of companies pushing back against voting restriction legislation currently being proposed in several states. In a letter published in the New York…
John Cook 2021-04-14 10:00:53 www.geekwire.com SPACs. IPOs. M&A. The past 12 months ushered in a frenzy of deal activity, with mammoth public offerings and blockbuster acquisitions. Today in GeekWire Awards voting, we’re recognizing some of the biggest and most…
Lisa Stiffler 2021-04-13 21:33:30 www.geekwire.com Charlotte Pera. (Photo via LinkedIn) The Bezos Earth Fund has hired Charlotte Pera as vice president for Strategy and Programs for the $10 billion effort to fight climate change. Since 2012, Pera has been…
Taylor Soper 2021-04-13 14:59:15 www.geekwire.com Seeq CEO Steve Sliwa. (Seeq Photo) New funding: Seattle startup Seeq raised $50 million in a Series C round. Seeq’s software: Founded in 2012, Seeq’s analytics software is used by industrial manufacturers to collect…
Kurt Schlosser 2021-04-13 12:00:35 www.geekwire.com The Wyze Floor Lamp. (Wyze Photo) New product: The spotlight is once again shining on Seattle-based smart home products maker Wyze Labs, which announced Tuesday that it’s taking preorders for a new Wyze Floor…
Kurt Schlosser 2021-04-13 08:00:26 www.geekwire.com Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who are interested in acquiring training for roles in software engineering. The program: Since 2017,…
Mike Lewis 2021-04-13 10:00:57 www.geekwire.com Four of Microsoft’s five largest acquisitions to date — including the pending $19.7 billion Nuance deal — happened in the past four years. Microsoft’s pending $19.7 billion deal to buy Nuance Communications is the…
Bryan Corliss 2021-04-13 08:00:47 www.geekwire.com Carbon Robotics’ Autonomous Weeder uses artificial intelligence to identify and zap weeds growing in fields of vegetables. (Carbon Robotics Photo) Carbon Robotics, a Seattle company led by Isilon Systems co-founder Paul Mikesell, is unveiling…
Kurt Schlosser 2021-04-12 19:32:11 www.geekwire.com Mudhoney members standing beside their namesake tunnel boring machine in Seattle. (Seattle Public Utilities Photo) Move aside, earth beneath Seattle. Here comes some hard rock. Seattle Public Utilities has announced that a tunnel boring…
John Cook 2021-04-12 11:07:19 www.geekwire.com The GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business, return in a virtual format on May 20. The GeekWire Awards return on May 20, but before we get there we could use a little help. Today,…