From top left, clockwise: Esterre founder Michael Burns; Tmind AI founder Cindy Nie; Actual AI co-founder John Kennedy; CopyCat co-founder Graham Sabin; Phishgrad co-founder Sidney Rice; and Runner founder Art…
Center CEO Naveen Singh. (Center Photo) American Express announced Thursday that it plans to acquire Center, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that helps businesses manage expenses. Terms of the deal were…
(BigStock Image) 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…
Scientist Sundarshan Pinglay shows off a liquid handling instrument that automatically dispenses reagents, at the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology. (GeekWire File Photo / Charlotte Schubert) The Seattle Hub for…
An Amazon delivery van parked in front of the company’s headquarters campus and The Spheres in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon and its wide network of third-party retail…
L-R: Microsoft President Brad Smith, former CEO Steve Ballmer, and former CTO Nathan Myhrvold. GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 event, marking the tech giant’s milestone anniversary, will feature on-stage conversations with Microsoft President…
GeekWire’s Kurt Schlosser stands in the cryotherapy chamber and is subjected to -150 degree temperatures at Upgrade Labs in Bellevue, Wash. (GeekWire Photo) Artificial intelligence is already doing some heavy…
Caddi co-founders Aditya Sastry, left, and Alejandro Castellano. (Caddi Photo) A Seattle startup hatched out of AI2 Incubator is emerging from stealth today, announcing a $5 million seed round to…
Microsoft is focusing on AI agents as one way to expand the market for its Microsoft 365 Copilot platform for business. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft announced two…
Mark Okerstrom, CFO of Fortive. (LinkedIn Photo) Former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom is taking the role of chief financial officer for Everett, Wash., manufacturing conglomerate Fortive. Okerstrom is a longtime…
Ryan Sloan. Editor’s note: Ryan Sloan, a data scientist based in Seattle, wrote this guest post after assessing the GeekWire 200, our list of top Pacific Northwest startups. I recently…
Trent Green has been CEO of Amazon One Medical since September 2023. (Amazon Photo) Trent Green, the CEO of Amazon’s primary healthcare company, One Medical, is leaving to take a…
Cathy Smith, CFO of Starbucks. (LinkedIn Photo) — Starbucks announced Cathy Smith as its chief financial officer. Smith was most recently at Nordstrom for two years, and has held CFO…
Pictory co-founders Vishal Chalana, left, and Abid Mohammed accept the Startup of the Year award at the 2024 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The finalists are locked in…
Anthropic co-founders Dario Amodei (left) and Daniela Amodei. (Anthropic Photo) Anthropic is adding more rocket fuel to its engine as the high-flying San Francisco startup behind the Claude chatbot and…
The rooftop park on Ocean Pavilion offers views of the Seattle skyline and Elliott Bay. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle’s startup scene needs more swag and more big swings.…
(Rec Room Image) The eponymous Seattle-based company behind the virtual hangout app Rec Room has cut 16% of its workforce. “This wasn’t an easy decision, but ultimately it’s one we…
Kara Swisher speaks at TechFestNW in Seattle in 2018. (GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) “Why do you want to own this paper anymore? And do you love it as…
An Amazon box that Conan O’Brien said contained Jeff Bezos is delivered to the Oscars red carpet Sunday night. (Image via ABC/YouTube) Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple…
The OCOchem team. CEO and co-founder Todd Brix is in the front row, fifth from left. (OCOchem Photo) OCOchem, a startup turning captured carbon dioxide into a valuable industrial chemical,…