Todd Bishop 2023-02-07 13:59:09 www.geekwire.com Microsoft executive Yusuf Mehdi unveils the new AI-powered Bing and Edge experiences. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) REDMOND, WASH. — Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web …
Google unveils ChatGPT rival and AI search tools, one day before previously secret Microsoft event – GeekWire
Todd Bishop 2023-02-06 15:17:39 www.geekwire.com Google CEO Sundar Pichai. (Flickr Photo / Maurizio Pesce) Artificial intelligence and internet search just got a lot more competitive. Google today announced the upcoming rollout of an “experimental” conversational AI …
Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 29, 2023 – GeekWire
GeekWire 2023-02-05 11:01:06 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 Jan. 29, 2023. Sign up to …
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains the company’s current mindset in surprise debut on earnings call – GeekWire
Todd Bishop 2023-02-02 20:32:49 www.geekwire.com Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company will “continue to invest for the long-term” even as it deals with economic uncertainty. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy …
Here’s how VCs are advising founders and assessing startups amid the tech downturn – GeekWire
Nate Bek 2023-02-02 17:42:33 www.geekwire.com From left, clockwise: Elisa La Cava, Aviel Ginzburg, Sara Lindquist, and James Newell. Whether or not the economy is in recession is still up for debate. But the startup world is …
Sales software company Highspot cuts 10% of its workforce – GeekWire
Nate Bek 2023-02-02 13:18:08 www.geekwire.com (Highspot Photo / David Kennedy) Highspot is laying off about 100 employees, or 10% of its workforce, becoming the latest well-funded Seattle company to cut employees in response to economic uncertainity. …
Research finds women are 65% more likely than men to lose jobs in ongoing wave of tech layoffs – GeekWire
Todd Bishop 2023-02-02 12:27:00 www.geekwire.com BigStock Photo Tech layoffs are impacting women at a disproportionately higher rate than men, representing a possible setback for the industry’s efforts to improve its gender diversity, according to research by …
Tiphaine Louradour takes over as Spaceflight Inc.’s CEO
Alan Boyle 2023-02-02 09:00:00 www.geekwire.com Spaceflight CEO Tiphaine Louradour has more than 15 years of space industry experience. (Spaceflight Photo) Space industry veteran Tiphaine Louradour is taking the helm as CEO of Spaceflight Inc., a launch …
Crypto exchange Bittrex lays off more than 80 employees – GeekWire
Taylor Soper 2023-02-01 19:30:48 www.geekwire.com (Bigstock Image) Prominent cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex laid off employees Wednesday. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company slashed 83 positions, according to a Washington state filing. “Unfortunately, due to market conditions, Bittrex was forced …
Picnic, a food automation startup that sells a pizza-making robot, lays off employees – GeekWire
Nate Bek 2023-02-01 17:36:21 www.geekwire.com A pizza being built by a Picnic Pizza System. (GeekWire File Photo) Food automation startup Picnic is laying off employees, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff amid the tech …
Real estate startup vets land $7M for new construction project management startup – GeekWire
Nate Bek 2023-02-01 13:00:00 www.geekwire.com Digs co-founders Ty Frackiewicz (left) and Ryan Fink. (Digs Photo) A pair of real estate startup vets are revealing a new company that aims to limit the amount of back-and-forth slog …
Watch Boeing bid farewell to the last 747 – GeekWire
Alan Boyle 2023-01-31 13:43:06 www.geekwire.com Boeing built jumbo 747 jets for more than 50 years, but that era is ending. (Boeing Illustration) Boeing is giving its iconic 747 jumbo jet a grand sendoff today, marking the …
Nonprofit supported by Paul Allen’s foundation studies link between lynx and burned habitats – GeekWire
Sonali Vaid 2023-01-30 11:00:00 www.geekwire.com (Bigstock Photo) A wildlife research nonprofit backed by the Paul G. Allen Foundation is embarking on a new study to learn more about how the Pacific Northwest lynx population is affected by …
Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 22, 2023 – GeekWire
GeekWire 2023-01-29 11:00:38 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 Jan. 22, 2023. Sign up to …
Amazon adding new fees for grocery delivery – GeekWire
Kurt Schlosser 2023-01-27 17:04:08 www.geekwire.com (Amazon File Photo) Amazon is tacking on new service fees for Prime members who get less than $150 worth of groceries via the company’s Amazon Fresh delivery service. In an email …
Tech vet Paul Maritz backs privacy-focused social app True
Todd Bishop 2023-01-27 15:07:14 www.geekwire.com Former VMware CEO and longtime Microsoft executive Paul Maritz is a major investor in True, a social app that vows not to sell or monetize user data. (Photo courtesy True) Veteran …
After big slowdown in IPO and M&A activity, analysts optimistic for a rebound – GeekWire
Nate Bek 2023-01-27 11:52:36 www.geekwire.com SVB Private’s Chief Investment Officer Shannon Saccocia at the Aerlume Seattle restaurant. (GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) After startup exit activity took a nose dive in 2022 amid inflation, rising interest …
Publicly traded cannabis fintech POSaBIT acquires three compliance software firms – GeekWire
Nate Bek 2023-01-27 07:03:00 www.geekwire.com POSaBIT’s new mobile payment device. (POSaBIT Photo) POSaBIT has reached a deal with Akerna to acquire three cannabis compliance companies in an all-cash deal, broadening the suite of software products it …
Ex-Amazon VP Babak Parviz joins Madrona; Microsoft CVP Vahé Torossian departs – GeekWire
Taylor Soper 2023-01-26 15:50:10 www.geekwire.com Babak Parviz. (Madrona Venture Group Photo) — Babak Parviz, a former director at Google and vice president at Amazon, joined Seattle-based firm Madrona Venture Group as a venture partner. Parviz departed Amazon …
Go inside Group14, the $3B startup with a secret tech for better batteries – GeekWire
Lisa Stiffler 2023-01-26 09:41:17 www.geekwire.com Group14’s headquarters in Woodinville, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Across the highway from battery startup Group14 Technologies is the Maltby Cafe, a decades-old institution dishing up cinnamon rolls the size …
Microsoft puts game developers front and center in latest Xbox reveal presentation – GeekWire
Thomas Wilde 2023-01-25 17:22:30 www.geekwire.com Tango Gameworks’ Hi-Fi Rush made a surprise debut during Xbox’s Developer_Direct on Jan. 25. (Xbox Image) Microsoft aired a 44-minute pre-recorded presentation Wednesday to announce several release dates for upcoming games …
Amazon scores one Oscar nomination; Netflix war drama is streaming leader with nine nods – GeekWire
Kurt Schlosser 2023-01-24 11:34:20 www.geekwire.com “All Quiet on the Western Front.” (Netflix Image) Amazon Studios earned a single Academy Award nomination Tuesday morning, with “Argentina, 1985” getting a nod for best international feature film. Netflix stole …
Report lays out a roadmap for Washington state’s quantum industry
Alan Boyle 2023-01-24 23:28:44 www.geekwire.com This cryostat creates ultra-cold temperatures for quantum experiments. (Microsoft Photo / John Brecher) A newly issued report says Washington state provides one of America’s best settings for expanding the frontiers of …
First Mode and Anglo American close deal for zero-emission mining
Alan Boyle 2023-01-24 20:38:43 www.geekwire.com A two-megawatt hydrogen-fueled powerplant, designed and built by First Mode in Seattle, is installed in this Anglo American haul truck at their platinum mine in Mogalakwena, South Africa, creating the world’s …
Alaska Airlines and Intelsat to roll out next-gen satellite WiFi on regional jets starting in 2024 – GeekWire
Todd Bishop 2023-01-24 13:45:47 www.geekwire.com An electronically steered antenna, the flat structure atop the fuselage of the jet in this photo, will connect with both geostationary and low-Earth orbit satellites to enable high-speed internet service on …
NASA joins forces with DARPA on nuclear rocket program
Alan Boyle 2023-01-24 18:12:25 www.geekwire.com An artist’s conception shows a nuclear-powered demonstration rocket in space. (DARPA Illustration) The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has taken on NASA as a partner for a project aimed at demonstrating …
Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, devices business plunges 39% in first report since job cuts – GeekWire
Todd Bishop 2023-01-24 16:31:40 www.geekwire.com GeekWire File Photo Microsoft’s revenue rose 2% to $52.7 billion in its second fiscal quarter, just missing Wall Street’s expectations, as profits dropped 7% to $17.4 billion, not counting a special …
Microsoft Teams exec lands at Google; LeoStella names CEO; and more – GeekWire
Charlotte Schubert 2023-01-24 13:53:01 www.geekwire.com Kristina Behr. (LinkedIn Photo) — Kristina Behr, a former exec at Microsoft, joined Google as vice president of product management for collaboration and apps at Google Workspace. Behr spent 17 years …
Former Uber engineers raise $26M for DevOps startup DevZero – GeekWire
Taylor Soper 2023-01-24 13:00:51 www.geekwire.com DevZero founders Debo Ray (left) and Rob Fletcher. (DevZero Photo) DevZero, a year-old Seattle software development startup led by former Uber engineers, announced $26 million in funding and general availability of …
Microsoft’s ‘multibillion dollar’ OpenAI investment comes with new level of secrecy – GeekWire
Todd Bishop 2023-01-23 11:42:02 www.geekwire.com Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI will continue to be a growth area for the company, driving “the next major wave of computing.” (GeekWire File Photo) Microsoft is making a big …
Moonstone Bank, the Washington state bank with ties to FTX, will wind down crypto operations – GeekWire
Nate Bek 2023-01-21 13:58:11 www.geekwire.com (Bigstock Image) Moonstone Bank, the digital lender with ties to FTX, announced this week it will wind down plans to offer banking services for industries such as crypto and cannabis. The …
How layoffs are changing the realities of the past decade – GeekWire
Todd Bishop 2023-01-21 12:20:56 www.geekwire.com One of the defining tech industry trends of the past decade, along with the meteoric expansion of big companies and their insatiable appetite for talent, was the growing influence of engineers …
Seattle technical interviewing startup Karat cuts 47 employees, citing need to invest in growth – GeekWire
Kurt Schlosser 2023-01-20 18:11:37 www.geekwire.com Karat co-founders Mo Bhende, left, and Jeff Spector. (Karat Photo) Karat, the Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, has laid off 47 employees, citing the need to sharpen its …