11-13-25 -

Inside Microsofts new Experience Center One: What we learned at the edge of t...
In the glowing demo rooms of Microsoft’s new Experience Center One, the company is making a high-stakes pitch for the potential of AI agents — attempting to get businesses on board with its vision of the future. Read More

11-13-25 -

Redfin partners with Sierra on new AI-powered conversational search for homeb...
The real estate brokerage site Redfin released a conversational chatbot for home buyers, while MoxiWorks launched a new platform to aid real estate agents. Read More

11-13-25 -

Allen Institute taps AWS, Google to spur aha moments in neuroscience with new...
Seattle's Allen Institute has released the Brain Knowledge Platform, a research aid described as the most comprehensive AI tool available for neuroscience. Read More

11-12-25 -

Steve Ballmers philanthropy pledges around $1 billion for early education in ...
The Ballmer Group Philanthropy has pledged roughly $1 billion over the next decade to significantly increase preschool access for low-income families in Washington. Read More

11-12-25 -

Uncommon Thinkers: Tin Can is Chet Kittlesons calling, and a way to foster de...
The co-founder and CEO of the Seattle startup has a "viral" hit on his hands as he throws an analog landline to parents looking for a way to help their kids avoid screens and social media. Read More

11-12-25 -

Valve surprises with 3 new hardware devices in a full-circle moment for gamin...
In a surprise Wednesday drop, Bellevue, Wash.-based Valve Software unveiled three new physical gaming devices intended to work with its… Read More

11-12-25 -

What is an AI superfactory? Microsoft unveils new approach to building and l...
Microsoft unveiled its first AI “superfactory,” linking data centers in Wisconsin and Atlanta through a high-speed fiber network. It will use hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to train advanced AI models for OpenAI, Mistral AI, xAI, and Mic...

11-12-25 -

Disrupting focus groups: Seattle AI startup BluePill raises $6M to help brand...
BluePill, a new Seattle-based marketing startup that helps brands predict consumer behavior, raised $6 million in a seed round led… Read More

11-12-25 -

Melinda French Gates Pivotal Ventures awards $250M to womens health organizat...
Melinda French Gates today announced the recipients of her $250 million open call for organizations worldwide addressing women’s physical and mental health. Read More

11-12-25 -

Whole Foods goes mini: Inside the new Daily Shop grocery store near Amazon HQ2
On a recent trip out to Washington D.C., we visited Whole Foods' Daily Shop store that just opened in Arlington, Va. It's a new concept — a smaller, urban-focused version of the traditional Whole Foods grocery store. Read More

11-12-25 -

Seattle entrepreneur Stefan Kalb launches Super Labs to help mid-market busin...
Stefan Kalb, a Seattle entrepreneur who previously founded grocery tech startup Shelf Engine, is back with a new venture —… Read More

11-11-25 -

Why the prime minister of this European nation sees Amazon as a partner, not ...
Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden visited Seattle this week, offering a glimpse into how his country — Amazon’s European headquarters — manages its relationship with the tech giant. In an interview with GeekWire, he called Amazon “a st...

11-11-25 -

Helions next big bet is fusion power manufacturing at scale but tech uncerta...
Helion Energy is simultaneously proving out its technology, constructing its first commercial plant, and building manufacturing for future facilities. Read More

11-11-25 -

Bezos-backed real estate startup Arrived raises $27M to help fuel new stock m...
Arrived, a Seattle-based tech startup that turns rental homes into a mainstream asset class for everyday investors, raised $27 million… Read More

11-10-25 -

Rad Power Bikes faces possible shutdown as it tries to survive significant fi...
A potential closure, detailed in a required state filing, would spell the end of the company and mark a stunning collapse for Rad Power Bikes, which was once Seattle’s highest-profile consumer hardware startup, riding pandemic-era e-bike demand ...

11-10-25 -

Cadence to acquire Seattle startup ChipStack to boost chip design automation
Semiconductor software giant Cadence Design Systems agreed to acquire ChipStack, a Seattle-based startup developing AI tools to speed up chip… Read More

11-10-25 -

Satellite communication company Kymeta names new CEO as it ramps up defense o...
Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta, a mobile satellite communications company, today announced Manny Mora as its new president and CEO, effective immediately. Read More

11-10-25 -

Vancouver, B.C.-based legal tech company Clio hits $5B valuation after acquir...
The completion of the deal, first announced in June, coincides with the closing of a $500 million Series G funding round for Clio. Read More

11-10-25 -

Amazon Music adds Fan Groups to allow listeners to discover, share and chat i...
Fans can explore and create groups and have conversations about artists, songs, genres and more without leaving the Music app. Read More

11-10-25 -

Amazon expands low-cost Haul service and launches shopping event as tariffs s...
Amazon is expanding its low-cost “Haul” shopping service to 25 countries — rebranded as Amazon Bazaar in several markets — and marking the milestone with $1 and 11-cent deals, as new U.S. tariffs pressure Chinese rivals Temu and Shein. Rea...

11-09-25 -

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 2, 2025
See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 2, 2025. Read More

11-08-25 -

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on failure, reinvention, and his second act at Am...
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff joins the GeekWire Podcast to discuss his journey from Shark Tank rejection to a billion-dollar Amazon acquisition, and how he’s reinventing himself and the business in the age of AI. Read More

11-08-25 -

Seattle entrepreneur shares startup lessons from her experience making an ind...
At first glance one might think a tech startup and a feature film are worlds apart. Yet, as it happens,… Read More

11-07-25 -

Expedia watching government shutdown very closely as shares surge after Q3 ea...
Expedia is monitoring potential disruptions from the ongoing U.S. government shutdown and related FAA-ordered flight cancellations. The Seattle-based company is… Read More

11-07-25 -

Seattle startup insiders lead new Service Provider Capital fund investing in ...
Seattle’s startup lawyers and bankers have long helped founders raise capital. Now they’re pooling some of their own money to… Read More

11-07-25 -

A familiar dance: Ex-Microsoft product manager opens ballet school, and leans...
After completing her master's in entrepreneurship from the University of Washington, Adrienne Chan couldn't shake the desire to start her own business. Read More

11-07-25 -

Seattle security startup Oleria lands $19M in latest funding round
Oleria, a Seattle-based cybersecurity startup that manages employee access to applications and data, raised $19 million in a new round… Read More

11-07-25 -

Upward, a Seattle fintech startup led by former Remitly execs, raises $8M and...
Seattle startup Upward raised $8 million and announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard to make it faster and simpler for… Read More

11-07-25 -

Tech Moves: Smartsheet names SVP; AWS exec departs for startup; WatchGuards n...
Smartsheet names a new SVP, an AWS executive departs for an agentic AI startup, WatchGuard appoints a CEO and other tech moves. Read More

11-06-25 -

Uncommon Thinkers: A scientists journey from rural India to turning science f...
Before he launched a venture-backed biotech startup, prior even to landing a research role in one of the world's premier academic labs, Anindya Roy arrived in the U.S. with two suitcases and $2,000 in the bank. Read More

11-06-25 -

File sharing? Nope, Seattle Torrent womens pro hockey team named for violent ...
The morning after heavy rain pummeled Seattle with its wettest day of the year, another rush of water arrived in… Read More

11-06-25 -

Seattles Parse Biosciences to be acquired by Qiagen for $225M
Seattle’s Parse Biosciences is teed up for an acquisition by Qiagen, a Netherlands-based holding company, in a $225 million cash… Read More

11-06-25 -

Microsoft forms Superintelligence team to pursue humanist AI under Mustafa Su...
Microsoft has formed a new Superintelligence team, led by Mustafa Suleyman, to pursue what it calls “humanist superintelligence” — advanced AI that remains under human control. The effort reflects Microsoft’s bid to shape the next era of A...

11-06-25 -

Real estate startup Digs raises $5M to boost software platform for residentia...
Founded in 2022, Digs' software helps residential homebuilders streamline various aspects of their workflows including document organization, communication, and other tasks. Read More

11-06-25 -

Glowforge hits restart: After restructuring, co-founders acquire key assets o...
The startup that took the home crafting world by storm in 2015 has been plagued by layoffs and other troubles in recent years. Now CEO Dan Shapiro and CTO Mark Gosselin want to "get back to basics" with a simpler strategy. Read More

11-06-25 -

Seattle startup Accipiter Bio emerges with $12.7M and big pharma deals for AI...
A Seattle biotech startup born from a Nobel laureate's lab has landed $12.7 million and partnerships with pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Kite Pharma by using AI to design proteins that mount a multi-pronged attack on diseases. Read More

11-05-25 -

Raj Singh sets his vision for Smartsheet in the AI era: Time to step out of t...
Singh took the stage Wednesday morning at the company's annual conference — less than 30 days into his new role as CEO of the Bellevue-based software maker best known for helping businesses organize and track work. Read More

11-05-25 -

Internal memo: Microsoft creates new way for workers to flag issues after Gaz...
Microsoft is creating a new internal mechanism for employees to report concerns about how its technology is developed and used — making the process similar to how workers already flag incidents of workplace misbehavior, security issues, or legal...

11-05-25 -

Seattle startup Hearvana raises $6M for AI-powered sound enhancement
The company was launched by University of Washington computer science researchers, including co-founder Shyam Gollakota, a renowned tech inventor and researcher. Read More

11-05-25 -

Washington energy startup lands DOE funding for researching liquid metal wall...
Clean energy startup ExoFusion today announced it has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy through its Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE) program. Read More

11-05-25 -

How Amazon is bringing name brands to Whole Foods, without putting them on th...
Amazon officially unveiled a new “store within a store” at a Whole Foods Market outside Philadelphia, blending natural and organic groceries with national name brands through an in-app ordering system and robotic fulfillment. Read More

11-05-25 -

Nobel winners lab notches another breakthrough: AI-designed antibodies that h...
Researchers from Nobel Laureate David Baker's lab at the University of Washington have successfully used AI to design antibodies from scratch. Read More

11-05-25 -

Layoffs at Microsoft and Amazon spark ethical questions about their impact on...
Editor’s note: This column was written by Robert Trumbull, a Seattle-based author who writes about the ethics of tech. It’s… Read More

11-05-25 -

Portal Space Systems introduces Starburst, a new breed of maneuverable spacec...
Demonstration mission for orbit-shifting satellite platform set for late 2026 Read More

11-05-25 -

Seattle startup unveils AI-powered enterprise smart glasses for roofers and e...
The voice-activated glasses use AI to help workers capture photos or record video, perform inspections, and communicate safely while keeping their hands free. Read More

11-05-25 -

Seattle tax hike on big businesses set to pass after early voting returns
Proposition 2 will reshape the city’s business and occupation (B&O) tax that applies to gross revenue — impacting both small startups and large tech companies such as Amazon. Read More

11-04-25 -

Startup Radar: Seattle founders build new tech for dog parents, travelers, pr...
Our latest spotlight on early stage startups getting off the ground in Seattle covers a lot of ground — dog-influenced connections, shareable travel itineraries, personalized exam prep, and streamlined product reporting. Read More

11-04-25 -

Philips lays off 33 employees at Seattle-area healthcare device manufacturing...
Philips Ultrasound is laying off 33 employees from its Bothell, Wash., facility, which serves as a hub for the manufacturing of ultrasound and other healthcare devices. Read More

11-04-25 -

She left tech to open a romance bookstore, and AI is helping the small busine...
While Marissa Coughlin has no interest in seeing AI used to write the books or illustrate the covers that line her shelves, she's a big believer in how the technology can help the back end of the business. Read More

11-04-25 -

Ai2 loosens Big Techs grip on Earth insights with open-source AI models for c...
The Allen Institute for AI unveiled OlmoEarth, an open platform that uses artificial intelligence to track changes to the planet in near real time — from mapping mangroves and monitoring deforestation to improving wildfire prediction and prevent...