09-17-25 -

After years of backlash, Amazon finally ends a practice that many sellers hav...
Amazon will phase out its controversial “commingling” policy — a long-criticized practice of pooling identical items from different sellers — in a major change to its fulfillment operations. Read More

09-17-25 -

Hubble Network attracts $70M in fresh funding to scale up satellite Bluetooth...
Seattle-based Hubble Network says it has raised $70 million in additional investment to accelerate the growth of its satellite-powered Bluetooth… Read More

09-17-25 -

Seattles new frontier: Biotech, AI and the race to revolutionize medicine
As new startups and initiatives continue to bolster its standing, Seattle is being called "the best place in the world to build an AI life sciences company." Read More

09-17-25 -

Amazon CEO nails the odd analogy of the week with head-scratching Christmas t...
Like tales of Christmas past, the Amazon Leadership Principles can be woven into the fabric of any good holiday analogy. But Andy Jassy lost us with an example related to culture at the tech giant. Read More

09-17-25 -

Tech Moves: Read AI adds product VP; Microsoft legal chief steps down; Truvet...
Justin Farris, a longtime product leader at Zillow and GitLab, joined Seattle startup Read AI as vice president of product.… Read More

09-17-25 -

Virtual medicine cabinet from Seattle startups will put health tech apps in o...
A “virtual medicine cabinet” to provide families with digital tools to manage some aspects of healthcare from home is up… Read More

09-17-25 -

Amazon unveils new agentic AI tools for sellers amid heightened scrutiny
Amazon rolled out new agentic AI tools to proactively help sellers manage inventory and create ads — even as surveys and regulators highlight strains in its lucrative marketplace. Read More

09-16-25 -

Ranking cities by AI startup funding: Bay Area dominates, Seattle is No. 4
As investors continue to pour money into AI startups in the U.S., Seattle ranks fourth in the nation in AI… Read More

09-16-25 -

Microsoft will invest $30B in the U.K. by 2028 to fuel AI infrastructure and ...
The Redmond tech giant revealed the investment as President Donald Trump visits the U.K. this week. It's the latest sign of Microsoft's appetite to expand its cloud and AI capacity. Read More

09-16-25 -

Fred Hutch leaders raise $10M for new AI startup aiming to expedite drug disc...
The Seattle-based biotech company aims to make new drug discovery faster and cheaper by using AI to simulate the results from hypothetical lab tests. Read More

09-16-25 -

Commerce is entering the agentic era: Envive raises $15M to build AI agents f...
Envive, a Seattle-based startup that builds AI agents for online retailers, raised $15 million in a Series A round led… Read More

09-16-25 -

New Wyze Palm Lock uses biometric scan for contactless entry in latest smart ...
Wyze has unlocked another smart home innovation, turning to biometrics to help power a new door lock. The Wyze Palm… Read More

09-16-25 -

Seattle startup Pulumi bets big on AI with Neo, an agent that automates cloud...
Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy said he pulled a third of his 130-person workforce to build Neo, which he described as “an extension of your team,” capable of handling infrastructure provisioning, security, and compliance work that can traditionally take...

09-16-25 -

Seattle startup raises $2.5M to analyze retail worker conversations using AI ...
Ethosphere, a new Seattle startup building voice AI for retail operations, raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round led by… Read More

09-15-25 -

Scientists shine a laser light on the brain cells that show us illusions
Our brains are wired to fill in perceptual gaps in what we see, whether it’s a lion hiding in the… Read More

09-15-25 -

Tech Moves: Smartsheet names CISO; Amazon attorney retires; former Carbon CEO...
— Ravi Soin has joined Smartsheet as chief information security officer. Soin was previously at Edifecs, where he served on… Read More

09-15-25 -

Landline-inspired phone startup raises $3.5M; investor calls it one of the mo...
Tin Can has struck a chord — with parents, kids, and now venture capitalists. The Seattle startup behind a landline-style… Read More

09-15-25 -

Eye care giant Alcon acquires LumiThera, a Seattle-area startup behind device...
LumiThera's key innovation is a device for use by ophthalmologists that improves vision and slows its loss, with a focus on patients with dry age-related macular degeneration. Read More

09-15-25 -

San Francisco had an all-female AI Hacker House is Seattle ready for its own?
Seattle's tech community has seen similar women-focused spaces. It could be the right time for a new physical space with the AI boom underway. Read More

09-15-25 -

Founders at Seattle startup WhyLabs join Apple following under-the-radar acqu...
Apple has officially absorbed the founding team of WhyLabs, the Seattle startup it acquired in a secretive deal. GeekWire first… Read More

09-14-25 -

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 7, 2025
See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 7, 2025. Read More

09-13-25 -

Using AI to upgrade your personal OS: Insights from an executive coach
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Mark Briggs, an executive coach, AI strategist, and author from the Seattle region, explains why your "personal operating system" needs an upgrade, and how to use AI to get more time back in your day. R...

09-13-25 -

Fred Hutch turns 50: Seattle cancer center rose from scrappy roots to global ...
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center — an organization responsible for discoveries that have fundamentally transformed cancer treatment and helped to establish… Read More

09-12-25 -

How AI and other trends in technology are starting to supercharge the space i...
AI and other tech twists are smoothing the way for space ventures ranging from Amazon’s satellite network to a new… Read More

09-12-25 -

Amazon suspends engineer who urged colleagues to oppose Israel contract, citi...
A Palestinian software engineer at Amazon says he was suspended this week after calling on colleagues to protest the company's role in the "Project Nimbus" contract with Israel. Amazon cast the situation as a workplace conduct matter, n...

09-12-25 -

They dont have an AI House in Bellevue: Seattle mayor takes a friendly jab at...
In recent years there’s been a mini tech boom over in Bellevue, Wash., the city just east of Seattle that… Read More

09-12-25 -

Out of Office: Piano-playing startup CEO finds his inner voice I thought I w...
Mark Michael, CEO of Seattle-based DevHub, started playing piano right before the pandemic. Five years later, his focus has sharpened and gets a high from powering through live performances. Read More

09-12-25 -

Orange Crabs in the Machine: How Rust is rewriting the rules of modern software
At RustConf 2025 in Seattle, Microsoft, Amazon, and the broader developer community marked key milestone's for Rust — an open-source programming language that has quickly gone from cult favorite to critical infrastructure. Read More

09-12-25 -

Microsoft Teams dispute resolved, five years after Slack complaint
A commitment by Microsoft to offer stripped-down versions of its productivity suites without the Teams communication service has been accepted by the European Commission — resolving a high-profile antitrust case against the Redmond company. Read...

09-11-25 -

Xplore shows off a hyperspectral view of North Korea, captured by XCUBE-1 ima...
Nine months after the launch of its first satellite, Bellevue, Wash.-based Xplore is sharing a hyperspectral view of North Korean… Read More

09-11-25 -

Microsoft and OpenAI make a deal: Reading between the lines of their secretiv...
Microsoft and OpenAI announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding Thursday afternoon, signaling that they’ve agreed in principle on changing and continuing one of the defining partnerships of the AI era. Read More

09-11-25 -

Forget fusion (for a minute): This is where a clean energy expert is placing ...
There are all kinds of sexy, new clean energy technologies on the horizon. Atom-smashing fusion devices replicating the power of… Read More

09-11-25 -

Seattle unveils a responsible AI plan to guide citys tech use and boost the l...
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell today announced a “responsible AI plan” that provides guidelines for the municipality’s use of artificial intelligence… Read More

09-11-25 -

University of Washingtons CoMotion tech transfer office lays off 3 employees
CoMotion, the office that handles technology transfer at the University of Washington, has laid off three employees amid broader financial challenges at the Seattle-based institution. Read More

09-11-25 -

F5 paying $180M to acquire CalypsoAI to boost AI enterprise security offerings
Seattle-based security and application delivery giant F5 will pay $180 million to acquire CalypsoAI, a startup founded in 2018 that… Read More

09-11-25 -

Microsoft exec hints at new Copilot features, saying AI will become more of a...
Microsoft is preparing to go deeper into “human-to-human-to-AI collaboration,” one of the company’s top AI executives said this week — signaling plans for a broader rollout of features to let people work with each other and AI at the same ...

09-10-25 -

Epstein birthday book includes apparent letter from former Microsoft CTO Nath...
A personal letter apparently written by former Microsoft tech leader Nathan Myhrvold was included in Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday book, made public this week by the House Oversight Committee. Read More

09-10-25 -

Spokane fintech startup Treasury4 acquires TreasuryGo
Treasury4, a Spokane, Wash.-based startup that sells software for treasury management, acquired TreasuryGo, a Seattle-area company offering similar financial technology… Read More

09-10-25 -

World-first in Seattle: Train crosses floating bridge in a preview of future ...
Seattle’s reputation for innovation took a new track this week as a Link light rail vehicle crossed the I-90 floating… Read More

09-10-25 -

UW computer science leaders push back on AI job fears: The sky is not falling
Breathe easy, computer science majors. Everything’s going to be just fine. Leading professors at the University of Washington’s Paul G.… Read More

09-10-25 -

Amazon reportedly developing augmented reality glasses for consumers and deli...
Amazon is getting into the augmented reality glasses market, according to a report from The Information. The Seattle-based tech giant… Read More

09-10-25 -

Amazons Zoox reaches robotaxi milestone with launch of service in Las Vegas
Zoox launched its fully autonomous ride-hailing services in Las Vegas on Wednesday, marking a milestone for the Amazon-owned company. It’s… Read More

09-09-25 -

Microsoft president calls on businesses and nonprofits to fight back against ...
Microsoft President Brad Smith continued his critique of state and local policymakers in Washington, warning that a tax-first agenda risks undermining the region's economic foundation. Read More

09-09-25 -

Ex-Apple PhDs raise $10M, choose Seattle to build an AI foundation model that...
I’ll give you some basic details about a new startup — and you can guess where the company is based.… Read More

09-09-25 -

Waymo vehicles spotted on the road as testing starts in Seattle area
Waymo vehicles have hit the streets in the Seattle area. A week after announcing that the company was ready to… Read More

09-09-25 -

A righteous shift in patient power: At Microsoft alumni event, execs foresee ...
AI will transform healthcare in the next 1-2 years by connecting directly to personal medical records to give patients new levels of health insights, current and former Microsoft execs predicted Tuesday. Read More

09-09-25 -

Ad-services startup Xnurta opens new headquarters space in downtown Bellevue
Xnurta, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that uses AI to help brands and agencies manage their advertising on Amazon and other… Read More

09-09-25 -

Microsoft sets new RTO policy, requiring employees in the office 3 days per week
In a memo to staff, Microsoft said the change is grounded in data showing that in-person collaboration boosts energy, empowerment, and results, especially for AI-era innovation. Read More

09-09-25 -

Data be damned: Seahawks coach recounts real-time call to ignore analytics mo...
Who needs analytics? Sometimes in football you have to trust your gut in real time, and Seattle Seahawks coach Mike… Read More

09-09-25 -

Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet lands at deepfake detection startup; Tanium...
— Adriana Gil Miner, a longtime Seattle-area marketing leader, has joined Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Pindrop as its new chief marketing officer.… Read More