Highspot, new GeekWire 200 leader, taps AI to boost sales teams – GeekWire
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. ...
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Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’ – GeekWire
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-10 16:31:00 www.geekwire.com (BigStock Photo) Seattle-based real estate company Zillow Group laid off an unspecified number of employees, ...
Redfin lays off 46 employees in latest cuts at Seattle real estate company – GeekWire
Taylor Soper 2025-01-09 21:26:00 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy) Redfin laid off 46 employees on Thursday, in another ...
Tech veterans from Energy Savvy and Meetingflow launch AI app startup
Lisa Stiffler 2025-01-09 15:14:00 www.geekwire.com AZX co-founders and directors, from left: Rich Evans, vice president of technology; CEO Aaron Goldfeder; ...
Contentstack acquires Lytics, a customer data platform startup based in Portland – GeekWire
Taylor Soper 2025-01-08 09:00:00 www.geekwire.com Lytics CEO and co-founder James McDermott. (Lytics Photo) Contentstack, an Austin-based company that helps brands ...
21 startups selected for 12th WTIA Founder Cohort – GeekWire
Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-08 14:12:00 www.geekwire.com WTIA’s Founder Cohort is designed to help seed-stage startups in the Seattle area and across ...
Portland Trail Blazers offering device from Seattle startup to help vision-impaired fans track action – GeekWire
Kurt Schlosser 2025-01-08 15:22:00 www.geekwire.com A fan uses a haptic device from OneCourt during a Portland Trail Blazers NBA basketball ...
Tech giant’s job cuts stretch into 2025, now focusing on performance – GeekWire
Todd Bishop 2025-01-08 13:29:00 www.geekwire.com Microsoft has been periodically trimming its workforce for two years. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd ...
Transcarent paying $621M to acquire Seattle-based health benefits firm Accolade – GeekWire
Taylor Soper 2025-01-08 11:07:00 www.geekwire.com Accolade CEO Raj Singh. (Accolade Photo) Seattle-based Accolade is set to go private again in ...