Smart home device maker Wyze wants to end notification fatigue by turning security footage into something more akin to an Instagram feed. The Kirkland, Wash.-based company launched “Wyze Stories,” a new AI-powered feature that stitches together clip sequences from multiple cameras into a...
The winners on Madrona’s 2026 Intelligent Applications 40 list, grouped by funding stage. (Madrona Image) Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona released its sixth annual Intelligent Applications 40 list this week, naming 45 private AI companies (the five extras come from ties) that have...
The Juno Propulsion team includes, from left, fluid systems engineer Andrew Adams, facility operations engineer Cody Niggemyer, chief technology officer Ari Martinez and CEO Alexis Harroun. (Juno Propulsion Photo) The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant to Tukwila,...
A bobcat inside a home as seen on video captured by a Kirkland Police Department drone. (Kirkland Police Department Image) Most high-tech police drones are deployed for high-speed chases or search and rescue missions, but officers in Kirkland, Wash., recently launched one indoors for a wilder...
(Headset Image) Seattle-based cannabis data analytics company Headset has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations that it improperly received and obtained forgiveness for a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. The settlement, announced Monday by the U.S....
Philip Johnston, co-founder and president of the Fermi Explorer Mission, stands on an outcrop in Chile’s Atacama Desert and points at Alpha Centauri in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Johnston and his teammates aim to launch a probe by the end of 2029 that would reach Alpha Centauri roughly...
This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. (Illustration by Real Estate News/Shutterstock) Compass and the Washington state-based Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) have settled their year-plus-long lawsuit, Compass announced on Monday. A new marketing option Compass...
Movable shelving towers that hold items that are autonomously moved to Amazon employees who pack them for shipping. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Amazon is accused of artificially inflating the ad prices on its e-commerce site in a lawsuit filed Monday by Washington’s attorney general, the...
Two of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters towers rise above the Spheres. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is cutting 121 jobs in Washington state, according to a new state regulatory filing on Monday, hitting corporate tech teams in Bellevue and Seattle as well as fulfillment operations...
EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas (EIT Pharma Photo) A Kirkland, Wash.-based biotech company led by former Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas has raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Propel Bio Partners, the Los Angeles investment firm where Kawas is a co-founder and managing general partner. EIT...
Alessio Sanfilippo, CEO of Redin. (Redfin Photo) Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate brokerage acquired last year by Rocket Companies, has named Alessio Sanfilippo as CEO. Sanfilippo was previously Meta’s vice president of insights for Reality Labs, where he led teams working in data...
The TM-B e-bike from Also, atop the hill at Gas Works Park in Seattle and just down the road from the startup’s new offices. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) I pulled a classic Seattle move while test riding an e-bike from Rivian spinout Also last week. It was straight out of the sketch comedy...
Ben Steele, chief commercial officer for Also, poses with the company’s TM-B e-bike on the deck of Also’s new offices in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Also, a fast-growing electric micromobility startup born out of Rivian in Silicon Valley, has quietly pulled into Seattle and...
Bill Gates, shown here in April 2025, released a memo this week warning that the world isn’t ready for AI. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates published a new essay warning that the AI industry is crossing the safety lines it set for itself, and that...
Agnes Kim, founder of ViaJiin, a Korean-sourced beauty supply startup based in the Seattle area, with some of the skincare products that her new company offers. (ViaJiin Photos) Long before the July email arrived confirming she was one of thousands of Xbox employees laid off in Microsoft’s...
Marc Whitten, the new president and CEO of Dolby Laboratories. (Dolby Photo) — Marc Whitten, a former Microsoft and Amazon executive, was named president and CEO of San Francisco-based Dolby Laboratories. He succeeds Kevin Yeaman, who is retiring after leading the entertainment technology...
Malek Itani, a Ph.D. student in the UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. (Photo courtesy of Malek Itani) University of Washington Ph.D. student Malek Itani, who co-founded the AI-powered sound enhancement startup Hearvana, has been awarded the prestigious Marconi Society...
L-R: OnTrade co-founders Zachary Harl, chief investment officer; Raji Subramanian, CEO; and Matt Williams, president. (OnTrade Photos) The co-founders of Pro.com, the Seattle-based home-improvement marketplace acquired by Opendoor in 2021, are back with a new company targeting what seems on the...
Arkero co-founders, from left: Daniel Shi, who oversees business operations; CEO Shivaas Gulati; and Vamsi Narla, who leads product and engineering. (Arkero Photo) Arkero, a Seattle-area startup leveraging AI to help professional sports teams streamline business operations, has expanded its...
From left, Marc Cummings, Life Science Washington; Snehal Patel, Sana Biotechnology; Joe Horsman, Madrona Venture Group; Rebecca Bryant, Fred Hutch Cancer Center; and Alex Zanghellini, Arzeda, at a Seattle forum hosted by the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology on Tuesday....
Skyfarer founder and CEO Nick Tsang in the cockpit of a Gulfstream G650. (Photo courtesy of Nick Tsang) When a pilot wants to find a flight instructor, a mechanic, an examiner for a flight test, or a fair price on an airplane, the solution is usually the same: ask around at the airport. Nick...
Dr. Kelly Paulson of Providence Swedish Cancer Institute examines an immunofluorescent image showing T-cells surrounding a lobular breast cancer tumor sample, confirming a finding flagged by Ai2’s AutoDiscovery system. (Ai2 Photo) An AI system built by Seattle’s Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) has...
Cory Black is a former tech worker who left his career to focus on juggling, mostly of soccer balls. (Vitz Photography Photo) Most tech workers are used to keeping multiple projects up in the air at once. Cory Black took the concept to a literal level. A graduate of the Paul G. Allen School...
Ali Farhadi, now a Microsoft corporate vice president of AI, at a Technology Alliance event in May 2024. (GeekWire File Photo) GeekWire is profiling over the next few weeks some of the people and teams that are shaping the evolution of Microsoft in what we’re calling its “Microsoft 2.5”...
Levanta builds marketing tools so influencers and creators can connect with brands. Image via Levanta. Influencers and online creators have become an increasingly powerful way for brands to sell products. But managing those relationships can get complicated — especially for companies selling...
Bill Gates, whose new essay warns of the risks ahead in the AI era, during a 2017 interview. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) When Bill Gates talks, people listen. This week he published a lengthy essay on what AI is going to do to work, and told GeekWire that people inside AI companies who...
(BigStock Photo) T-Mobile is cutting 77 jobs across Washington state, trimming staff across its Bellevue headquarters, regional retail stores, and remote roles, according to a new state filing. The layoffs are expected to occur between Sept. 21 and Nov. 18, according to the Worker Adjustment...
Meta must overhaul Instagram and Facebook for young users by enforcing daily time limits, turning off push notifications during school hours, and blocking access late at night. (BigStock Photo) Washington state will receive up to $339 million as part of a historic $17.1 billion multistate...
Graze co-founders Peat Bakke (left) and Devin Gaffney. (Graze Photo) Portland-based social media startup Graze is joining Flipboard in a strategic acquisition aimed at expanding open social protocols and giving users control over their own content algorithms. Founded by Devin Gaffney, Peat...
DuckDB creators Mark Raasveldt, left, and Hannes Mühleisen. (DuckLabs Photo) Amazon has agreed to acquire DuckLabs, the company behind DuckDB, the fast-growing open-source database that has become a favorite of developers looking to analyze large amounts of data without the cost and setup of a...
In the foreground are battery packs just as they would look installed in an EV, now repurposed by Redwood Materials and plugged into the microgrid serving Crusoe’s data center at Redwood’s campus in Nevada. (Redwood Photo) Subscribe to Positive Charge: Apple Podcasts, Spotify,...
Bill Gates at the keyboard in a 2018 file photo. (Gates Notes Photo) Bill Gates is legendary, bordering on notorious, for his late-night emails — missives to colleagues with piercing questions about Java back in the day, or malaria these days, or whatever esoteric topic he happens to seize upon...
TerraClear’s new Weed Maps helps farmers identify individual weeds as small as a quarter inch. (TerraClear Photo) The next big test for AI isn’t happening in a data center. It’s happening in the dirt. Really, it’s in the weeds. Two Seattle-area startups are betting that AI can transform...
Dolly Parton in Los Angeles in 2012. (BigStock Photo) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joined the chorus of people who said they were touched by the life and work of Dolly Parton as he shared his condolences after the passing of the entertainment legend. Parton, the rags-to-riches country music star...
(Wizards of the Coast/Invoke Studios press image) Wizards of the Coast and its subsidiary Invoke Studios released a first-look gameplay trailer for Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons, a new open-world action game based upon the systems and setting of Wizards’ popular tabletop role-playing...