VIPs cut the ribbon at Portal Space Systems’ HQ in Bothell, Wash. From left: U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene; Portal co-founders Prashaanth Ravindran, Jeff Thornburg and Ian Vorbach; and Bothell Mayor…
From left: Freightmate co-founders Jason Zhao, Bryan Lacaillade, and Rishab Gadroo. (Freightmate Photo) A new lawsuit filed by logistics giant Flexport alleges that two of its former employees stole thousands…
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) speaks alongside National Foreign Trade Council President Demetrios Marantis at a Washington Council of International Trade Q&A session in Seattle on Monday. (Cantwell Office Photo)…
Curevo CEO George Simeon. (Curevo Photo) Curevo, a Seattle-based biotech startup developing a vaccine against shingles, raised $110 million in a Series B round. The fresh cash will help Curevo…
Workplace of the Year finalists, clockwise from top left: Acumatica, Armoire, Humanly, Foundations and Overland AI. (Photos provided by respective companies) In the current zeitgeist, remote and flexible work are…
Homeostasis co-founders Julien Lombardi, left, and Makoto Eyre. (Homeostasis Photo) Sustainable tech startup Homeostasis is capturing carbon in a form that the world has too much of — atmospheric CO₂…
Gradial co-founders from left: CEO Doug Tallmadge, chief growth officer Anish Chadalavada, CTO Deip Kumar, and COO Anup Chamrajnagar. (Gradial Photo) Gradial, a Seattle startup that uses AI agents to…
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman when the company went public in 2017. (Nasdaq Photo) We’re going to miss Glenn Kelman’s earnings calls. Redfin’s CEO, who last week announced a $1.75 billion…
Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 9, 2025. Sign…
Virtual reality game developer Grant Hinkson in a Meta Quest headset, right, and inside his experience “Connectome.” (Parietal Lab Image) Grant Hinkson spent almost nine years at Amazon, leading design…
Rocket Companies is buying Redfin in a deal valued at $1.75 billion. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss the big real estate technology…
The finalists for Deal of the Year at the 2025 GeekWire Awards. Three major acquisitions and two significant funding rounds make up the transactions featured in the Deal of the…
Kathi Lentzsch. (Rad Photo) Seattle-based e-bike maker Rad Power Bikes named Kathi Lentzsch as its new CEO. Lentzsch previously ran Bartell Drugs as CEO before the company sold to Rite-Aid…
Team “Stimma” pitches at Pioneer Square Labs on Wednesday in front of Seattle venture capitalists. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Best class ever? That was my thought after watching eight…
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the 2021 groundbreaking for the Intuit Dome, the new home of the L.A. Clippers, the NBA franchise he acquired in 2014. (L.A. Clippers /…
This official Microsoft mock-up demonstrates how Copilot can be used for processes like picking up an old run through a game. (Microsoft Image) In advance of this year’s Game Developers…
From left: Reza Khaj, director at Plug and Play Ventures; Tim Porter, managing director at Madrona; James Newell, managing director at Voyager; and Shohei Yamada, partner at SBI Holdings. (GeekWire…
Social media apps and others. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The Washington state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that aims to protect kids from the potentially harmful impacts of…
Cipher executive editor Amy Harder and Bill Gates at the Breakthrough Energy Summit in Seattle on Oct. 19, 2022. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Breakthrough Energy, the climate-focused global initiative…
Venice CTO Jesse Proudman. (Venice Photo) Seattle tech entrepreneur Jesse Proudman is taking another startup leap with Venice.ai, a new AI app focused on privacy and uncensored interactions that is…