Tag: GeekWire

June 8, 2025

GeekWire 2025-06-08 11:00:00 www.geekwire.com Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are ...

Biodegradable plastic idea takes top prize in student startup pitch competition – GeekWire

June 6, 2025

Kurt Schlosser 2025-06-06 11:19:00 www.geekwire.com Accepting the winning check at the TiE Young Entrepreneur (TYE) Seattle chapter finals competition, team ...

Seattle companies apply AI to space imagery, security cameras, marketing automation – GeekWire

June 6, 2025

Taylor Soper 2025-06-06 10:03:00 www.geekwire.com From top left, clockwise: Vinay Ahuja; Chris Jones; Vikash Kodati; and Ian McAllister. We’re back ...

Sister-led social commerce startup Nectar lands $10.6M, reveals more about marketing tech

June 5, 2025

Lisa Stiffler 2025-06-05 13:17:00 www.geekwire.com Nectar Social co-founders and sisters Misbah Uraizee (left) and Farah Uraizee. (Nectar Social Photo) Seattle-based ...

Seattle doesn’t have many unicorns. Does it matter? – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-06-04 19:38:00 www.geekwire.com From left: Moderator Joaquin Gallardo, Flying Fish’s Geoff Harris, Tola Capital’s Sophia Lu, Amazon’s Phoebe ...

Amazon to invest $10B in North Carolina to fuel AI and cloud data center infrastructure – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2025-06-04 12:28:00 www.geekwire.com (Amazon Photo) Amazon announced plans Wednesday to invest $10 billion in North Carolina to expand ...

Wyze ‘Bulb Cam’ combines lightbulb and camera for new smart-home security option – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2025-06-04 13:08:00 www.geekwire.com The new Wyze Bulb Cam. (Wyze Images) A new lightbulb has gone off for Wyze. ...

UW PhD computer science grads recognized with prestigious dissertation honors – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2025-06-04 15:02:00 www.geekwire.com University of Washington computer science PhD graduates Ashish Sharma, left and Sewon Min. (Photos via ...

Seattle startup backed by former Google CEO lands $16M to automate repetitive tasks on a computer – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-06-04 13:20:00 www.geekwire.com Vercept team members, from left: Matt Deitke, co-founder; Kiana Ehsani, CEO; Ross Girshick, co-founder; Cam Sloan, member ...

Microsoft Azure CTO pushes back on AI vibe coding hype, sees ‘upper limit’ – GeekWire

June 3, 2025

Todd Bishop 2025-06-03 18:30:00 www.geekwire.com Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich speaks at a Technology Alliance event Tuesday in Redmond. (GeekWire ...

Data protection company Veeam extends sponsorship of Seattle Orcas pro cricket team – GeekWire

June 3, 2025

Kurt Schlosser 2025-06-03 13:30:00 www.geekwire.com Veeam CEO Anand Eswaran, left, and Seattle Orcas CEO Hemant Dua. (Veeam Photo) Veeam is ...

HR giant UKG acquires Seattle-based employee scheduling software company Shiftboard – GeekWire

June 2, 2025

Taylor Soper 2025-06-02 15:50:00 www.geekwire.com Shiftboard CEO Sterling Wilson. (Shiftboard Photo) HR and payroll corporation UKG has acquired Shiftboard, a ...

Microsoft cuts another 305 jobs in Washington state – GeekWire

June 2, 2025

Todd Bishop 2025-06-02 17:10:00 www.geekwire.com A sign at the Seattle Convention Center for Microsoft Build. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) ...

With a great view of Mount Rainier and Sea-Tac Airport, a YouTuber’s new livestream takes off – GeekWire

May 31, 2025

Kurt Schlosser 2025-05-31 10:00:00 www.geekwire.com An airplane takes off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday morning, with Mount Rainier as ...

Blue Origin sends world travelers on a brief space odyssey – GeekWire

May 31, 2025

Alan Boyle 2025-05-31 10:10:00 www.geekwire.com Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship rises spaceward from its Texas launch pad, as seen ...

Watch world travelers go on a Blue Origin space odyssey – GeekWire

Alan Boyle 2025-05-30 17:32:00 www.geekwire.com The lineup for Blue Origin’s 12th crewed New Shepard suborbital space mission includes, from left, ...

UW’s Allen School to offer new graduate certificate in modern AI methods – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2025-05-29 10:27:00 www.geekwire.com The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. ...

PowerLattice Technologies, a secretive startup with connections to Intel, is raising cash – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-05-29 10:46:00 www.geekwire.com Former VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks at VMworld 2018. (VMware Photo) A stealthy new company ...

Vista Equity Partners to acquire Acumatica in latest Seattle-area enterprise software deal – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-05-29 11:34:00 www.geekwire.com Acumatica’s lobby at its Bellevue-area headquarters. (Acumatica Photo) Follow-up: Acumatica CEO on the secret sauce ...

Microsoft’s carbon footprint rises 23.4% at halfway point to 2030 goals

Lisa Stiffler 2025-05-29 12:00:00 www.geekwire.com Microsoft is supporting the development of low-carbon building materials, such as this more climate friendly ...

Amazon has a secretive new hardware group led by former Xbox leader J Allard – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-05-29 15:08:00 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) New job postings shed more light on what J Allard ...

Acumatica CEO on the secret sauce behind company’s growth — and its next chapter with Vista – GeekWire

May 29, 2025

Taylor Soper 2025-05-29 18:31:00 www.geekwire.com Acumatica CEO John Case. (Acumatica Photo) Make the software easy to use. Find key partners ...

Pilot program will steer future autonomous vehicles in Seattle away from emergency scenes – GeekWire

May 28, 2025

Kurt Schlosser 2025-05-28 17:46:00 www.geekwire.com A Seattle Fire Department truck. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle is implementing a ...

Invoca acquires Symbl, a Seattle startup that uses AI for conversational intelligence – GeekWire

May 28, 2025