Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Brooke Shepard, a former marketing executive at Salesforce and Tableau. This might feel like another article about AI, but really it’s about… Read More
U.S. Cellular will lay off 86 workers in Washington state starting June 2, according to a new filing with the state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) system.
This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. In a move designed to “create an even playing field,” real estate listings that are publicly promoted to consumers but not made widely… Read More
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released a new tool that links AI-generated text to training data, aiming to improve transparency and accountability in artificial intelligence by addressing one of… Read More
Astound Broadband is bringing high-speed internet connectivity to a rural county along the Oregon Coast for the first time thanks to a 108-mile fiber construction project partially funded by Amazon… Read More
[Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the circumstances under which each employee’s employment ended.] Microsoft fired a software engineer who disrupted the Friday event in Redmond where… Read More
Even the Space Needle is getting in on the celebration of Microsoft’s 50th anniversary. Seattle’s iconic tower raised a flag Friday morning with a “50” logo to honor the Redmond… Read More
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) is joining a high-profile national effort to accelerate cancer research using artificial intelligence, committing $10 million in researcher time and technical expertise to the… Read More
Skilljar, a Seattle startup that sells learning management software to help companies train their customers and partners, has been acquired by Gainsight, a San Francisco customer success startup. Terms of… Read More
Amazon on Monday announced Nova Act, a new AI model and developer toolkit for creating agents that can perform tasks autonomously in web browsers — a move that positions the… Read More
The ultra-wealthy from Seattle and Washington state may not exactly be looking to gamble away their riches in Las Vegas, but they are willing to take a bet on Nevada… Read More
Zenoti, the Seattle-area enterprise software maker that sells to spas and salons, is investing heavily in artificial intelligence as it looks to infuse more automation across its platform. The company… Read More
Zulily is getting a new owner for the third time in two years. Beyond, the publicly traded company that owns Bed Bath & Beyond and Overstock, announced last week that… Read More
Things are looking up for Outbound Aerospace’s quest to build a new kind of passenger airplane. The Seattle startup has raised $1.15 million in pre-seed funding so far, and last… Read More
Ask not what Microsoft can do for AI, but what AI can do for global productivity. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, speaking at Madrona‘s 2025 annual meeting in Seattle, explained how… Read More
Carter Rabasa recognizes that the financials of trading in his 2020 Tesla don’t look great. But he thinks the optics of staying in the car were much worse. Last week,… Read More
Pike Street Capital Partners, a Seattle-based private equity firm focused on industrial technology companies, raised $199 million to supercharge its investment in Impel, a Seattle-area startup water flow management systems company.
Microsoft recently announced that it would bring the beta of a gaming-specific version of Copilot to the Xbox platform in April. The new Copilot for Gaming is meant as a… Read More
Seattle Mariners fans have a new way to watch their favorite baseball team with the launch of the ROOT Sports Stream app, revealed by the franchise Friday. For $19.99/month, the… Read More
Microsoft President Brad Smith warned that new tax proposals from Washington lawmakers would do “lasting damage” to the tech sector in the company’s home state. Senate Democratic budget leaders released… Read More
We’re excited to host a special community event tonight at Town Hall Seattle as we bring together key leaders from Microsoft’s past and present to examine the impact of the… Read More
Editor’s note: A version of this post originally appeared on LinkedIn. Sunil Gottumukkala is co-founder and CEO at Averlon, a Seattle-area cybersecurity startup founded in 2022. Here’s my take on… Read More
Seattle is a world-class tech hub. But the city’s Pacific Science Center, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, is fighting to stay afloat. The former jewel… Read More
The recent changes Jeff Bezos has instituted at The Washington Post have captured the attention of President Donald Trump, who praised the newspaper owner’s efforts. In a new interview on… Read More
Three major acquisitions and two significant funding rounds make up the transactions featured in the Deal of the Year category at the 2025 GeekWire Awards. The award, presented by Wilson Sonsini,… Read More
Technology at play in the Innovation of the Year category at the GeekWire Awards could change the way we live and work in the future. The five finalists are developing… Read More
Rocket Companies’ planned $1.75 billion acquisition of Seattle-based brokerage Redfin sparked questions about a potential competitive threat to fellow Seattle real estate company Zillow Group, another key player in the… Read More
Follow-up: Zillow responds to Rocket’s planned $1.75B acquisition of Redfin Rocket Companies agreed to acquire Seattle-based Redfin in a $1.75 billion deal that will bring together the nation’s largest mortgage… Read More
As artificial intelligence has rapidly grown into something that can make us better at our jobs, there’s ongoing debate over whether we should be using AI to actually land those… Read More
