In his 2024 Letter to Shareholders, released Thursday morning, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy introduces a new concept: Amazon’s “Why Culture,” or “YQ,” as he calls it. That’s his phrase for… Read More
Long before the stock market ups and downs and the global economic uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff policies, Seattle-based laser engraver maker Glowforge made a decision to… Read More
This Month’s pick: 《AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order》 Join us for an exclusive discussion on the global AI landscape, inspired by the insights from AI… Read More
Join Cheng Xie, AI-powered SaaS platform founder and consumer insights expert, for a practical session on leveraging AI tools to decode customer preferences and build better products. You’ll Learn How… Read More
Proprio, a Seattle startup using artificial intelligence for improved surgical precision, received its second major clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to include measurements taken during operations, the… Read More
Satya Nadella sees in Microsoft’s history a blueprint for its future. “That very first product of ours — that BASIC interpreter for the Altair — I think says it all,” the Microsoft CEO said in an interview with GeekWire this week, as the company prepared to mark its 50th anniversary.… Read More
Long gone are the days on the farm where getting up at the crack of dawn to run a tractor through fields might have been just the start of a… Read More
The next wave of AI startups in Seattle could be born just above the waters of Elliott Bay. “AI House,” a first-in-the-nation hub designed to bring entrepreneurs, investors, students and… Read More
On this special episode of the GeekWire Podcast — part of our Microsoft@50 series — former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reflects on his remarkable tenure at the company he helped… 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
Will artificial intelligence ever catch up with human intelligence? And if it does, is humanity doomed? Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold, who had the job of predicting the future of tech during Microsoft’s early years, was ready with some answers at GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 anniversary event Thursday night.… Read More
Gradial, a Seattle startup that uses AI agents to help marketing operations teams increase productivity, raised $13 million in new funding, the company announced Monday. The Series A round was led… Read More
In advance of this year’s Game Developers Conference, Microsoft revealed a new version of its AI-powered personal assistant Copilot that’s designed for the Xbox platform. The new program, called Copilot… 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
Artificial intelligence is already doing some heavy lifting for us at work. Now the technology is being used to help us lift weights during a workout. AI is just one… Read More
Microsoft announced two AI agents for sales that double as a competitive response to Salesforce in an area where both companies are placing big bets. Sales Agent and Sales Chat,… Read More
Understanding bias in workplace communication, whether it’s in job descriptions, performance feedback or elsewhere, was a founding objective of Textio, the Seattle-based augmented writing startup. Co-founder Kieran Snyder stepped away… Read More
Microsoft urged the Trump administration to change Biden-era limits on chip exports, warning that provisions of the regulations could give China an advantage in the global AI race if allowed… Read More
The promise and potential of artificial intelligence to be more than just a disembodied voice or text bubble took another colorful step forward with the official launch of Tolan, an… Read More
Three veterans of Zillow Group who helped turn the Seattle real estate company into a tech powerhouse have joined forces to launch a new startup that relies on generative AI… Read More
Last year was one of the most productive in the history of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2). The non-profit Seattle-based institute developed and released 111 artificial intelligence models… Read More
In a new blog post on Wednesday, Microsoft’s research department debuted a new generative AI model called Muse that it describes as a “breakthrough” for gameplay ideation. Muse is a… Read More
CascadiaJS is a conference for JavaScript developers in the Pacific Northwest. CascadiaJS 2025 is coming to Seattle from Sept 17 – 20. We’ll host a Welcome Reception on Sept 17,… Read More
Bill Gates talks about Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, parallels between AI and the early days of the PC, and where he sees the next big opportunities for innovation.… Read More
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sounded more bullish than ever about the potential for artificial intelligence on the company’s earnings call this week. “We think virtually every application that we know… Read More
Amazon reported $26.3 billion in capital expenditures in the fourth quarter, and the company plans to keep spending at that pace in 2025, which would put the total at more… Read More
In a new demonstration of the potential to improve artificial intelligence without breaking the bank, researchers from the University of Washington, Seattle’s Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), and Stanford University… Read More
DeltaGen, a Seattle startup offering software that helps companies apply generative AI tools to their processes, has raised $1.2 million. The pre-seed round was something of a Christmas gift: One… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive deep into DeepSeek, the AI project shaking up the tech world, to better understand the underlying technical advances and the long-term implications… Read More
Paxton, a Bend, Ore.-based legal tech startup, raised $22 million to fuel growth of its AI-powered platform, the company announced Wednesday. The Series A funding was led by Unusual Ventures,… Read More
