Tag: GeekWire

January 23, 2025

Taylor Soper 2025-01-23 08:30:00 www.geekwire.com Banzai CEO Joe Davy. (Banzai Photo) Seattle-based marketing technology company Banzai International plans to acquire Act-On ...

Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader – GeekWire

January 22, 2025

Todd Bishop 2025-01-22 18:05:00 www.geekwire.com Chris Young, Microsoft executive vice president of business development, strategy, and ventures, at the GeekWire ...

Ro Health, provider of health services for special needs students, backed by L.A. private equity firm – GeekWire

January 22, 2025

Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-22 12:44:00 www.geekwire.com Ro Health CEO Jeff Widmyer. (LinkedIn Photo) Seattle-based clinical staffing provider Ro Health landed investment ...

Fortive invests in Glue, a startup led by former Tektronix exec that automates hardware testing – GeekWire

January 22, 2025

Taylor Soper 2025-01-22 11:59:00 www.geekwire.com David Sulpy. (Photo via bitform.at) Glue announced a $2 million seed round led by industrial ...

UW study of how AI models portray teens finds strong negative associations – GeekWire

January 21, 2025

Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-21 18:16:00 www.geekwire.com To compare AI outputs to the lives of actual teens, researchers asked workshop participants to ...

Highspot, new GeekWire 200 leader, taps AI to boost sales teams – GeekWire

January 21, 2025

Taylor Soper 2025-01-21 11:44:00 www.geekwire.com Highspot co-founder and CEO Robert Wahbe speaks at the company’s annual Spark conference in October. ...

Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’ – GeekWire

January 18, 2025

Todd Bishop 2025-01-18 12:56:00 www.geekwire.com Amazon’s MK30 delivery drones debuted in November. (Amazon Photo) Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused ...

Fuse will put million-dollar bets on promising space startups

January 17, 2025

Alan Boyle 2025-01-17 09:00:00 www.geekwire.com Fuse has come up with a mission patch for its program to back early-stage space ...

Amazon cuts about 200 jobs in stores division – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-16 17:28:00 www.geekwire.com An Amazon Prime package delivery. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is laying off ...

Augmented writing startup Textio lays off more employees, will invest in ‘different mix of roles’ – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-16 18:18:00 www.geekwire.com (Textio Image) Textio laid off 15 employees on Wednesday, the company confirmed, citing a restructuring ...

Microsoft increases price of Microsoft 365 bundle for consumers — the first bump in 12 years – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-01-16 17:34:00 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft is increasing the price of its consumer Microsoft ...

AI2 Incubator moving offices to Seattle waterfront at the former home of MTV’s ‘Real World’ show – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-01-16 13:24:00 www.geekwire.com Pier 70 at the Seattle waterfront. (Flickr Photo / David Seibold) The AI2 Incubator is ...

Technical talent evaluation startup Karat makes third acquisition, swooping up Byteboard – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-01-16 09:00:00 www.geekwire.com Byteboard co-founder and CEO Sargun Kaur. (LinkedIn Photo) Seattle startup Karat is boosting its technical talent platform ...

Biden’s executive order on AI data centers could benefit Amazon and Microsoft – GeekWire

January 15, 2025

Lisa Stiffler 2025-01-15 21:01:00 www.geekwire.com Hanford Nuclear Reservation with Northwest Energy’s nuclear reactor letting off steam in the background. (Photo ...

Beanless coffee maker Atomo raises $7.8M to fuel collaborations with new partners – GeekWire

January 15, 2025

Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-15 17:32:00 www.geekwire.com Atomo makes an espresso blend coffee as well as a 50:50 blend that is half ...

UW initiative ‘Society + Technology’ aims to foster broad collaboration at critical intersection – GeekWire

January 15, 2025

Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-15 18:00:00 www.geekwire.com University of Washington Professor Ryan Calo, chair of the Technology and Society Task Force, during ...

Microsoft’s free 365 Copilot Chat will let business users access AI agents in bid to expand adoption – GeekWire

January 24, 2025

Todd Bishop 2025-01-15 12:05:00 www.geekwire.com Microsoft is looking to boost usage of its Copilot AI tools for businesses. (GeekWire File ...

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub lands $48M in federal funding for Eastern Wash. testbed – GeekWire

January 14, 2025

Lisa Stiffler 2025-01-14 11:59:00 www.geekwire.com The leaders of Spokane’s American Aerospace Materials Manufacturing Center Tech Hub have selected a 386,000-square-foot ...

Proposed law would restrict phone usage in Washington public schools – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-01-13 20:43:00 www.geekwire.com Two of the fabric pouches from Yondr used to lock up cellphones at Robert Eagle ...

Instacart and Uber file appeal in driver deactivation lawsuit against City of Seattle – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2025-01-13 21:20:00 www.geekwire.com (Instacart Photo) Instacart and Uber aren’t letting up in their fight against a new law ...

Microsoft creates new AI platform and tools division, led by former Facebook engineering chief – GeekWire

Todd Bishop 2025-01-13 11:26:00 www.geekwire.com Jay Parikh will lead the new CoreAI — Platform and Tools division at Microsoft. (Microsoft ...

T-Mobile to acquire digital advertising leader Vistar Media for $600M – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-13 12:52:00 www.geekwire.com Digital billboard advertising in Toronto. (Photo via Vistar Media) T-Mobile reached a $600 million deal ...

Seattle cybersecurity company WatchGuard snaps up threat analysis startup ActZero – GeekWire

January 10, 2025

Lisa Stiffler 2025-01-10 17:03:00 www.geekwire.com Prakash Panjwani, CEO of WatchGuard Technologies. (WatchGuard Photo) Seattle cybersecurity company WatchGuard Technologies has acquired ...

Zillow makes job cuts after reorganizing agent software and advertising teams – GeekWire

January 10, 2025