Tag: GeekWire

October 10, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-10-10 11:04:00 www.geekwire.com From left: Amazon’s Thursday Night Football broadcast set with Charissa Thompson, Tony Gonzalez, Ryan Fitzpatrick, ...

Ring’s new AI feature makes video history searchable by keyword

Todd Bishop 2024-10-09 09:00:00 www.geekwire.com Using Ring’s new Smart Video Search to find the (many) videos of raccoons trying to ...

AWS AI VP Matt Wood is leaving the company

Todd Bishop 2024-10-09 15:57:00 www.geekwire.com Matt Wood worked at Amazon for 15 years, most recently as AWS VP of AI. ...

Zap Energy confirms $130M round, shares progress on its demo power plant system – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-10-09 11:30:00 www.geekwire.com Employees at Zap Energy working on its new device called Century, which is a fully-integrated ...

Here’s what Tim Walz said at a Seattle fundraiser, according to tech CEO who co-hosted event – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-09 12:19:00 www.geekwire.com Accolade CEO Raj Singh. (Accolade Photo) Accolade CEO Raj Singh and his wife Jill were ...

Melinda French Gates launches $250M open call funding opportunity for women’s health – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-10-09 11:46:00 www.geekwire.com Melinda French Gates speaking at the commencement ceremony at Stanford University in June 2024. (Stanford ...

Wokelo raises $4M for AI-driven due diligence, sees customer traction in M&A, investing and consulting – GeekWire

Todd Bishop 2024-10-09 09:53:00 www.geekwire.com Wokelo’s AI technology generates detailed due diligence reports for acquisitions, investments, and strategic decisions. (Wokelo ...

Zillow Group acquires VSAI, a virtual staging tool that adds furniture to real estate listings – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-08 16:37:00 www.geekwire.com (VSAI Photo) In a bid to help real estate agents make their online listings more ...

Seattle searching for solutions to charging cable thefts while meeting EV driver demand – GeekWire

Seattle joins other Washington cities in opposing I-2117, a measure to nix state’s climate program – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-10-08 20:20:00 www.geekwire.com Seattle City Light curbside retractable EV chargers. Shown in use on the left and ready ...

New class action lawsuits target Amazon over non-competes and pay transparency – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-08 17:14:00 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Two new class action lawsuits take aim at Amazon’s hiring ...

CleanTech Alliance awarded $2.5M to create carbon-focused business hub in Washington state – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-10-08 12:30:00 www.geekwire.com Michelle Cruz, research scientist for Banyu Carbon, one of Washington state’s carbon removal ventures. (GeekWire ...

Amazon releasing Echo Pop smart speakers with NFL branding for all 32 teams – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2024-10-08 12:03:00 www.geekwire.com The limited-edition Echo Pop speakers with NFL team logos. (Amazon Photo) Alexa, can the Seahawks ...

Former Amazon exec Dave Clark is back in Seattle with a startup of his own — and $100M in funding – GeekWire

Todd Bishop 2024-10-08 09:57:00 www.geekwire.com Former Amazon and Flexport executive Dave Clark is the founder and CEO of Auger, a ...

Seattle startup Loot Labs raises $6M to grow digital collectibles platform Boxed.gg – GeekWire

October 7, 2024

Thomas Wilde 2024-10-07 09:00:00 www.geekwire.com (Boxed.gg Image) A Seattle startup has raised $6 million from investors, which it plans to ...

Microsoft rebrands 343 Industries to Halo Studios, reveals new direction for ‘Halo’ franchise – GeekWire

October 6, 2024

Thomas Wilde 2024-10-06 21:44:06 www.geekwire.com (Halo Infinite screenshot) In a surprise reveal, Microsoft announced a new direction for the Halo ...

Talking with AI, with special guest host, Microsoft Copilot

October 5, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-10-05 11:16:51 www.geekwire.com The Copilot logo at a Microsoft event in Redmond earlier this year. (GeekWire Photo / ...

Former SeaChange investors form new angel group in Seattle backing early stage startups – GeekWire

October 4, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-10-04 10:00:00 www.geekwire.com From left: VentureUs managing partners Keith Laepple, Jonathan Kagle, and Jenn Wrenn Henry. (Venture.us Photo) ...

How venture capital could ‘fundamentally change’ over the next decade – GeekWire

October 4, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-10-04 10:30:00 www.geekwire.com From left: Angelica Weiner of Amazon; Greg Gottesman of Pioneer Square Labs; Sheila Gulati of ...

AWS Startups gets a new leader; Zoom taps Microsoft vet as CFO – GeekWire

October 4, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-10-04 11:29:55 www.geekwire.com Jon Jones. (Amazon Photo) Amazon executive Jon Jones was named the new vice president and ...

Microsoft AI CEO sees long-term memory as key to unlocking future AI experiences – GeekWire

Todd Bishop 2024-10-03 12:49:07 www.geekwire.com Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, at the Madrona IA Summit in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo ...

Amazon plans to hire 250,000 workers in the U.S. for the 2024 holiday season – GeekWire

Todd Bishop 2024-10-03 07:51:05 www.geekwire.com Amazon is aiming for 250,000 U.S. hires during the 2024 holiday season, matching its target ...

AWS CEO Matt Garman on the value of in-person work; investing in startups; and the ROI from AI – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-03 10:00:00 www.geekwire.com Matt Garman, who became CEO of Amazon Web Services in June, spoke with reporters at ...

Seattle startup Vieu raises $11M to reimagine B2B sales outreach, with help from AI – GeekWire