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Jan 7, 2025, 10:52 AM

Apple inks giant new lease for 193,000 square-foot Seattle office previously occupied by Meta

Apple is taking a big bite out of the Seattle commercial estate market with a new 193,000 square-foot lease in… Read More

Jan 7, 2025, 10:51 AM

Seattle’s Getty Images will buy Shutterstock, creating company worth $3.7B

Seattle’s Getty Images is acquiring Shutterstock to create a business worth approximately $3.7 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal… Read More

Jan 7, 2025, 9:25 AM

Washington AG sues T-Mobile over data breach that impacted more than 2M residents

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless… Read More

Jan 5, 2025, 9:01 PM

Inrix data: Seattle-area traffic got 9% worse last year amid rise in return-to-office

As more Seattle-area employees returned to the office last year, the city’s roadways got significantly more clogged with vehicles. Congestion… Read More

Jan 3, 2025, 8:48 AM

Zoom lands in Microsoft’s backyard with new Bellevue office

Zoom is the latest tech company to open a satellite office in the Seattle region, planting a flag nearby rivals… Read More

Dec 26, 2024, 7:15 PM

Seattle venture capital firm Flying Fish raising new ‘Opportunity Fund’

Flying Fish is looking for new opportunities. The Seattle-based venture capital firm is raising money for a new “Flying Fish… Read More

Dec 18, 2024, 4:03 PM

University of Washington researchers craft method of fine-tuning AI chatbots for individual taste

As artificial intelligence chatbots are popping up to provide information in all sorts of applications, University of Washington researchers have… Read More

Dec 18, 2024, 12:16 PM

Databricks, set to raise massive $10B funding round, looks to grow Seattle-area footprint

Databricks is the talk of the tech world this week as the data and AI company raises $10 billion at… Read More

Dec 13, 2024, 10:12 AM

GeekWire Gala recap: A sweet night in Seattle as community comes together for annual holiday bash

That was sweet! The Seattle tech community came together in a big way Thursday night at the annual GeekWire Gala,… Read More

Dec 12, 2024, 8:36 AM

GeekWire Gala FAQ: Here’s what to know before attending our big holiday party tonight in Seattle

Tonight’s the night for the GeekWire Gala, our annual holiday extravaganza in Seattle, featuring food, drinks, music, dancing, karaoke, games… Read More

Dec 11, 2024, 11:43 AM

Billionaire businessman and tech investor David Bonderman, co-owner of Seattle Kraken, dies at 82

David Bonderman, the billionaire investor and businessman who co-founded private equity firm TPG and was a co-owner of the Seattle… Read More

Dec 10, 2024, 9:36 AM

Last chance for GeekWire Gala tickets — join us this week at Seattle’s geekiest holiday party

Like a seasoned holiday shopper, you’ve proven you’re a top-notch procrastinator. But time’s up, and now you need to grab… Read More

Dec 9, 2024, 9:02 AM

Industrious to open new co-working space in Seattle near tech-heavy South Lake Union

Co-working company Industrious is opening its fifth Seattle-area location with a space in Dexter Landing, an office development near the… Read More

Dec 9, 2024, 7:58 AM

Uncommon Thinkers: Hanna Hajishirzi’s open approach to AI challenges the industry’s norms

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Dec 8, 2024, 10:00 AM

Hidden AI revolution: Why leaders must address covert adoption of new tech

As a parent of young teens during the emergence of social media and smartphones in the early 2010s, I failed… Read More

Dec 5, 2024, 1:25 PM

Smartsheet revenue up 17% to $286.9M in Q3 as enterprise giant preps to go private

Smartsheet reported its third quarter earnings, with revenue rising 17% to $286.9 million and GAAP net income of $1.3 million,… Read More

Dec 5, 2024, 9:02 AM

Redmond, Wash., police partnering with Brinc on drone tech as part of first responder program

The Redmond (Wash.) Police Dept. is partnering with Seattle-based drone provider Brinc and California-based Skydio as part of the department’s… Read More

Dec 4, 2024, 4:28 PM

Jeff Bezos is ‘very optimistic’ about Trump — and that Blue Origin will be bigger than Amazon

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he was “very optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office, saying that he thinks… Read More

Dec 4, 2024, 8:10 AM

Veeam Software, which recently relocated its HQ to the Seattle area, reaches $15B valuation

Veeam Software, a leading data protection and ransomware recovery company, announced that it is now valued at $15 billion following… Read More

Dec 3, 2024, 12:26 PM

Continental sells Seattle-based fleet management software company Zonar Systems

German conglomerate Continental announced that it sold Zonar Systems, a Seattle-based company that provides electronic fleet inspection and tracking systems… Read More

Dec 3, 2024, 12:02 PM

Microsoft asks FTC to address alleged information leak amid reported antitrust investigation

Microsoft wants the Federal Trade Commission to examine whether the agency violated its own rules by allegedly leaking information related… Read More

Dec 3, 2024, 8:53 AM

Apple makes surprise cameo at AWS re:Invent

LAS VEGAS — Benoit Dupin, Apple’s senior director of machine learning and AI, has been at AWS re:Invent before, in… Read More

Nov 27, 2024, 9:22 AM

GeekWire Gala early-bird rates end this week — here’s 5 sweet reasons to attend the big bash

No need to wait until Christmas, or your holiday of choice, to discover any sweet treats in your stocking. The… Read More

Andy Lapsa in front of propellant tank at Stoke Space factory
Nov 26, 2024, 7:20 AM

Uncommon Thinkers: Stoke Space CEO Andy Lapsa explores an innovative route to rocket reusability

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Nov 25, 2024, 2:05 PM

WTIA report on AI landscape in Washington highlights state’s strengths and challenges

A new report from Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) offers a deep dive on the state’s artificial intelligence ecosystems, highlighting… Read More

Nov 22, 2024, 9:18 AM

GeekWire Gala early bird rates end soon — grab your ticket now to Seattle’s hot holiday party

If you’ve got a busy holiday to-do list going, make sure you bump this item to the top: secure early… Read More

Nov 22, 2024, 6:35 AM

Amazon doubles total Anthropic investment to $8B, deepens AI partnership with Claude maker

Amazon will invest another $4 billion in Anthropic, the startup behind the Claude chatbot and AI platform, bringing its total… Read More

Nov 21, 2024, 2:52 PM

Seattle area’s ‘bomb cyclone’ storm drives demand at EV charging stations – and gas pumps

A “bomb cyclone” storm with blasting winds and rain on Tuesday caused power outages for more than 640,000 utility customers… Read More

Nov 21, 2024, 1:40 PM

Uncommon Thinkers: Ingrid Swanson Pultz devotes herself to improving lives through protein design

Editor’s note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Nov 21, 2024, 9:23 AM

Ai2’s new Tulu 3 model rivals tech giants in breakthrough for open-source AI post-training

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) is releasing a new set of open-source AI models and related resources in an… Read More

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