Amazon’s new “Ocelot” processor is a first-generation quantum chip developed by the AWS Center for Quantum Computing in Pasadena, California. (AWS Photo) Amazon unveiled a prototype quantum processor with a…
Amazon Web Services demonstrated data processing in orbit in 2022, using a payload on D-Orbit’s ION satellite carrier, shown in this artist’s conception. (D-Orbit Illustration) Artificial intelligence and machine learning…
Inspectify CEO Joshua Jensen (left) and Aloft CEO Travis Soukup. (LinkedIn PHotos) Inspectify, a Seattle startup that sells home inspection software, announced the acquisition of Aloft, another Seattle real estate…
An array of Tolan animated AI companions. (Portola Image) The promise and potential of artificial intelligence to be more than just a disembodied voice or text bubble took another colorful…
The Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo) The impact of Microsoft over the past 50 years will be the focus of a special GeekWire event in Seattle next month…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy discusses Alexa and AI at a prior event. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon unveiled Alexa+, a new service that integrates generative AI natively into…
Jeff Bezos. (Amazon Photo) Jeff Bezos is shaking up the opinion pages at The Washington Post again, telling employees Wednesday morning that the section would now focus on supporting and…
An artist’s conception shows data-center spacecraft being added to an orbital array. (Starcloud via YouTube) Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud got its start just last year under a different name — Lumen…
The assembly and production line at CarbonQuest’s Spokane facility. (CarbonQuest Photo) CarbonQuest has closed a $20 million investment round led by Riverbend Energy Group. GeekWire previously reported on the funding…
Bridgetown Research CEO Harsh Sahai. (Bridgetown Photo) Bridgetown Research, a Seattle-based startup that uses AI to help investment firms and corporate teams supercharge their research efforts, raised $19 million in…
Photo by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Unsplash. Impact Laboratories, a startup verifying the environmental bona fides of some 3,800 labs worldwide, announced nearly $5 million in…
(GeekWire File Photo) Expedia Group confirmed that it laid off more workers as the Seattle-based travel giant looks to cut costs. “To ensure the best traveler experience, we must continually…
Monolith Productions might’ve been best-known for its 2014 open-world game Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. (WB Games Image) Monolith Productions, a Kirkland, Wash.-based game development studio behind Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor,…
The Tesla showroom at University Village in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The third time was not the charm for a coalition that was pushing to level the playing…
The New Shepard booster descends to a landing at Launch Site One in West Texas. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent its 10th crew on…
The former New Seasons Market in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) The physical grocery landscape in Seattle is taking another turn in a space once connected…
Veeam CEO Anand Eswaran at the company’s headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft made an equity investment in Veeam, deepening its partnership with the Kirkland, Wash.-based data protection…
HouseWhisper co-founders, from left: Spencer Rascoff, Luis Poggi and Alex Kutner. (HouseWhisper Photo) Three veterans of Zillow Group who helped turn the Seattle real estate company into a tech powerhouse…
(Photos via Bigstock, Redfin) Zillow Group and Redfin are long-time competitors. So when the Seattle-based real estate technology giants announced a key partnership earlier this month, it got us thinking:…
Sara Vaezy, Providence chief digital officer. (Providence Photo) “It was a very interesting time,” said Sara Vaezy, recounting the earliest days of COVID-19 and how digital health initiatives at Providence…