Each quarter, Venture Mechanics offers a rotating series of Founder Workshops on specific topics that every startup team needs to master. These are typically 2.5-3 hour evening sessions given by… Read More
The finalists are locked in and the voting is open for the 2025 GeekWire Awards! Now’s your chance to help us honor the leading entrepreneurs and innovators in Pacific Northwest… Read More
Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud got its start just last year under a different name — Lumen Orbit — but the newly renamed company is already filling out its seed funding round… Read More
Time’s running out to help us select the leading entrepreneurs, innovators, deal makers and non-profit leaders across Pacific Northwest tech who will be honored April 30 at the 2025 GeekWire… Read More
Nominations are now open for the 2025 GeekWire Awards, set for April 30 in Seattle, as we’ll once again recognize amazing entrepreneurs, innovators, deal makers and non-profit leaders across more… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: An inside look at Amazon’s classic process for strategic thinking and decision-making, with a former Amazon product and technology director who has written a… Read More
Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse wants to light a spark for entrepreneurs focusing on the final frontier, and it’s willing to invest a million dollars to turn a good idea… Read More
Seattle-based Orbite says that it’s completed a $4 million funding round and sealed a strategic deal with Accor, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, to advance its plans for… Read More
When I was searching for a hotel earlier this year for a volleyball tournament, I could easily find information on lodging prices, ratings and availability. What I needed to know… Read More
When my ailing 86-year-old dad refused food and water last winter, the guidance from his longtime primary care doctor was useless bordering on cruel: “Take him to the ER.” My… Read More
For this second chapter in our Microsoft @ 50 series, GeekWire spent the past month revisiting Microsoft’s early years, from its founding in 1975 to its IPO in 1986, looking for a new understanding and enduring lessons from its startup story.… Read More
Priyanka Kulkarni loved her decade working at Microsoft. She believed she was contributing to meaningful projects, but they weren’t hers. So when the folks at AI2 Incubator heard she had… Read More
Science can reward its practitioners with thrilling eureka moments — with an emphasis on “moments.” A lot of research is slogging through experiments that don’t always work, wading through research… Read More
Microsoft today announced a deal with a marine carbon removal startup on the northern edge of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula to potentially lock away up to 350,000 tons of CO2 over… Read More
Two former employees of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company are striking out on their own with Actuate Ventures, a venture studio that specializes in supporting startups in the space… Read More
k-ID, a startup headquartered in Singapore and Seattle that’s building tools for online youth safety, announced Tuesday that it raised a $45 million Series A funding round. Billed as a… Read More
Government grants and publicly funded projects have been a boon to climate tech and clean energy businesses. But while companies are landing these funds, the payments often trickle in slowly… Read More
As the creator and host of the “Startup Project” podcast, tech senior product manager Nataraj Sindam talks with a wide range of investors and entrepreneurs, contributing to his broad perspective… Read More
Tidal Vision, a green chemistry company founded by a former Alaska fishing boat captain, is raising more investment to fuel growth. A new SEC filing reveals $46.7 million in fresh… Read More
After giving a nod to tech’s bygone era of gadgets and gimmicks, we celebrated the new entrepreneurs shaping the future of innovation in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest on Thursday… Read More
The GeekWire Awards are back, and we’re looking forward to partying with Seattle’s tech community Thursday at Showbox SoDo. If you’re planning on attending the special event, read the FAQ… Read More
The 2024 GeekWire Awards are fast approaching on May 9 in Seattle, and we’ve released a limited number of individual tickets for the big event. Join us in celebrating the… Read More
A startup developing long-duration batteries is teaming up with a Pacific Northwest tribe to build innovative energy storage devices. Puyallup Tribal Enterprises has signed an exclusive manufacturing deal with Portland,… Read More
A Vancouver, B.C.-based startup making biodegradable plastics out of wood pulp has raised up to $5 million from Brazil’s Suzano Ventures, the investment arm of a manufacturing giant turning farmed… Read More
The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design is on a hot streak. New studies, companies and spinouts are emerging at a rapid clip from the research hub, propelled by… Read More
In January, pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift were viewed by millions of people on X and other social media platforms before the sites took action. No one has been… Read More
Travis Rush grew up in the tiny seaside town of Gold Beach in Southern Oregon. With a population of only 1,576 — as was proudly proclaimed on the sign coming… Read More
Seattle startup Bayou Energy has raised a $1.2 million pre-seed round. The company has developed technology that pulls customer data from U.S. utilities to provide real-time information on energy use… Read More
PairTree, a startup that matches expectant moms with families who are eager to adopt, is expanding into a full-service platform that supports multiple aspects of the adoption process. The Seattle-based… Read More
Mental health challenges can be doubly difficult for first responders such as firefighters and police officers. Their jobs have higher-than-average levels of trauma, stress and danger. There are also deterrents… Read More
