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Charlotte Schubert 2023-03-22 19:16:14 www.geekwire.com Clay Siegall. (Seagen Photo) Seagen founder Clay Siegall is jumping back into the biotech world as CEO and president of Morphimmune. Founded in 2020, the Purdue University spinout will relocate its …

Todd Bishop 2023-03-22 13:04:15 www.geekwire.com Kenneth Ma, left, a member of the University of Washington team behind the PrezVR virtual reality presentation app, gives a demo to Lawrence Tan, right, a fellow computer science student attending …

Taylor Soper 2023-03-22 11:00:00 www.geekwire.com The GeekWire Awards is returning on May 18. (GeekWire File Photo) It’s time to vote for the best of Pacific Northwest tech. Today we are excited to announce more than 50 …

Kurt Schlosser 2023-03-22 07:00:00 www.geekwire.com Amazon One palm-scanning technology will allow Panera associates to greet MyPanera loyalty program members by name and provide a more personalized experience to those cafe customers. (Amazon Photo) Amazon is bringing …

Kurt Schlosser 2023-03-21 15:17:12 www.geekwire.com A screen shot of the DPReview.com home page on Tuesday. (DPReview.com) Amazon is shutting down Seattle-based DPReview, a leading online source for news and reviews about digital cameras and photography, the …

Kurt Schlosser 2023-03-21 08:15:00 www.geekwire.com A ski featuring the Peak Lôc8 tracking technology developed in partnership with Pebblebee. (Peak Photo) Seattle smart-tracking technology company Pebblebee is teaming with Montana-based Peak Ski Co. to help the company …

Charlotte Schubert 2023-03-20 18:15:09 www.geekwire.com Saty Bahadur. (Appen Photo) — Saty Bahadur is now chief technology officer at Appen, a publicly traded IT services and consulting company that provides training data for artificial intelligence systems. Bahadur was …

Charlotte Schubert 2023-03-20 13:24:25 www.geekwire.com Nuance Conversational AI in use by a radiology doctor. (Nuance Communications Photo) Microsoft-owned AI company Nuance is leveraging GPT-4 to power new software designed to ease the burden of clinical documentation …

GeekWire 2023-03-19 11:00:41 www.geekwire.com Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 12, 2023. Sign up to …

Nate Bek 2023-03-18 12:08:45 www.geekwire.com Analysts say the SVB collapse will further pressure the declining VC market, but other investors say it’s business as usual. (GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Some venture capitalists say it’s business …

Lisa Stiffler 2023-03-16 17:41:11 www.geekwire.com Wind turbines in the Pacific Northwest. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Slashing carbon emissions requires the rapid deployment of solar, wind and other renewable energy supplies. But the projects often require …

Todd Bishop 2023-03-16 13:32:20 www.geekwire.com Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduces Microsoft 365 Copilot in a prerecorded event Thursday morning. Microsoft was encroaching onto Google’s turf when it announced an AI-powered Bing search engine last month. This …

Nate Bek 2023-03-16 13:57:45 www.geekwire.com (Leafly Image) Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly is laying off more employees, according to posts on LinkedIn from impacted workers. Several employees — including a creative lead and vice president of …

Nate Bek 2023-03-16 11:24:55 www.geekwire.com LiquidPlanner CEO Ted Hawksford. (LinkedIn Photo) Boston-based Tempo Software is acquiring LiquidPlanner, the 17-year-old Seattle-based startup that sells a suite of productivity software tools to businesses. Terms of the acquisition were …

Charlotte Schubert 2023-03-15 14:40:37 www.geekwire.com Rebecca Lovell. (Greater Seattle Partners Photo) — Rebecca Lovell was named chief operating officer of Greater Seattle Partners, a public-private sector initiative that seeks to attract investment, companies and quality jobs …

Nate Bek 2023-03-15 17:14:53 www.geekwire.com Hilos CEO and co-founder Elias Stahl. (Hilos Photo) Portland-based 3D-printed footwear startup Hilos has landed $3 million to boost its efforts in reducing the carbon footprint linked to shoe production. The …

Lisa Stiffler 2023-03-15 14:47:46 www.geekwire.com Silicon Valley Bank’s website promoted its commitment to climate tech. (SVB.com screenshot) Before its collapse last week, Silicon Valley Bank was a champion of the growing climate tech sector. “As the …

Nate Bek 2023-03-15 13:58:28 www.geekwire.com Silicon Valley Bank Market Manager Minh Le. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Silicon Valley Bank wants you back. The 40-year-old institution now supported by the U.S. government is making a plea …

Nate Bek 2023-03-14 21:39:19 www.geekwire.com From left: Svenja Gudell, chief economist at Indeed, Skylar Olsen, chief economist at Zillow Group, and moderator Noah Buhayar, data editor at Bloomberg News, during a panel discussion about the economy …

Oren Etzioni 2023-03-14 17:38:09 www.geekwire.com (BigStock Image) Editor’s note: Four months after the release of its ChatGPT chatbot, OpenAI unveiled its latest artificial intelligence technology, GPT-4, on Tuesday. Oren Etzioni, former CEO of the Allen Institute …

Kurt Schlosser 2023-03-14 11:50:30 www.geekwire.com Meta offices in Seattle’s South Lake Union. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Meta announced another round of significant layoffs on Tuesday, as the parent company of Facebook and Instagram said …

Kurt Schlosser 2023-03-14 11:50:30 www.geekwire.com Meta offices in Seattle’s South Lake Union. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Meta announced another round of significant layoffs on Tuesday, as the parent company of Facebook and Instagram said …

Alan Boyle 2023-03-14 10:50:29 www.geekwire.com Amazon’s Dave Limp compares the size of the smallest Kuiper antenna, at right, to a Kindle ebook, at left. (Satellite 2023 via YouTube) After years of development, Amazon is showing off …

Alan Boyle 2023-03-13 23:02:28 www.geekwire.com Kymeta’s team shows off flat-panel antennas made for OneWeb. (Kymeta Photo via Business Wire) Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp. says it has completed its first shipment of electronically steered flat-panel antennas to …

Taylor Soper 2023-03-13 20:07:14 www.geekwire.com Hope Cochran. (LinkedIn Photo) Hope Cochran began her career as a senior auditor at Deloitte before serving as CFO of Clearwire and King Digital. She’s a finance expert. But the tech …

Taylor Soper 2023-03-13 03:40:37 www.geekwire.com (Qualtrics Photo) Experience management company Qualtrics will become a private company again. Silver Lake plans to buy the company in a $12.5 billion deal that includes Canada’s largest pension fund. The …

GeekWire 2023-03-12 15:30:29 www.geekwire.com William Canestaro, managing direction of Washington Research Foundation and WRF Capital. (WRF Photo / Mel Curtis) Editor’s note: GeekWire reached out to Will Canestaro, managing director of Washington Research Foundation and WRF …

GeekWire 2023-03-12 11:00:42 www.geekwire.com Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 5, 2023. Sign up to …

Taylor Soper 2023-03-10 17:48:16 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Meeting payroll obligations was likely not on the top of most founder to-do lists earlier this week. But now many startups are scrambling to figure out …

Nate Bek 2023-03-10 10:59:37 www.geekwire.com Latchel co-founders from left to right: Will Gordon, Ethan Lieber and Jullian Chavez, (Latchel Photo) The news: Latchel raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Allegion Ventures, the corporate venture arm …

Kurt Schlosser 2023-03-10 12:19:18 www.geekwire.com Steve and Connie Ballmer. (Ballmer Group Photo) The Ballmer Group, co-founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie, is investing $3 million in CodePath, an education platform that …

Todd Bishop 2023-03-06 20:26:41 www.geekwire.com Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft gave layoff notices to another 689 people at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters and nearby cities, according to a filing made public …

GeekWire 2023-03-05 11:01:05 www.geekwire.com Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 26, 2023. Sign up to …

Alan Boyle 2023-03-03 15:25:15 www.geekwire.com Microsoft’s Airband Initiative is supporting fiber connectivity in Africa. (Liquid Intelligent Technologies Photo) Microsoft says it’s partnering with a fiber-cable connectivity venture called Liquid Intelligent Technologies to bring high-speed internet access …

Taylor Soper 2023-03-03 10:00:00 www.geekwire.com Amit Mathradas. (Nintex Photo) Amit Mathradas, a longtime tech leader and former Avalara president, is joining Bellevue, Wash.-based workflow automation company Nintex as its new CEO. A company spokesperson confirmed the …

Taylor Soper 2023-03-03 11:41:24 www.geekwire.com A rendering of Amazon’s proposed design for its second headquarters campus in Arlington, Va., includes a unique, spiraling centerpiece building called The Helix. (Amazon Image) Amazon is delaying construction on its …

Nate Bek 2023-03-03 10:55:41 www.geekwire.com Seattle’s South Lake Union with Mount Rainier in the background. (GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) The latest venture capital data highlights an ongoing slowdown as interest rates remain high and expenses …

Lisa Stiffler 2023-03-02 14:45:00 www.geekwire.com Wildfires in 2018 created hazy sunsets over Washington’s Puget Sound. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Geoengineering is the in-case-of-emergency-break-glass response to climate change. It means taking action to alter the …

Kurt Schlosser 2023-03-02 11:00:00 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire File Photo) There’s still time to submit a nomination for Startup of the Year, Next Tech Titan, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Workplace of the Year and more. But act …