Gaurav Oberoi, CEO of Lexion, which announced an agreement to be acquired by Docusign this week, speaking on the GeekWire Podcast at the GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we go inside the GeekWire Awards, our annual event recognizing the top...
Robert McPherson, the Seattle singer known as “The Drunken Tenor,” belts out his song set to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” at the GeekWire Awards in Seattle on Thursday. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) For the sake of the innovators in the crowd at Thursday night’s GeekWire Awards,...
Dopl Technologies co-founder and CEO Ryan James at the Flywheel Investment Conference in Wenatchee, Wash. (Photo courtesy of Flywheel) Seattle startup Dopl Technologies has developed a telerobotic ultrasound system intended to bring specialist care to patients in rural areas. Dopl’s mission...
Pictory co-founders Vishal Chalana, left, and Abid Mohammed accept the Startup of the Year award. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) It was a mix of robot trophies and blow-up dinosaurs at the GeekWire Awards on Thursday night in Seattle, as the prehistoric “Land Before Tech” theme gave way to our...
GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop, left, and John Cook open the 2024 GeekWire Awards at Showbox SoDo in Seattle on Thursday. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) After giving a nod to tech’s bygone era of gadgets and gimmicks, we celebrated the new entrepreneurs shaping the future of innovation in...
(GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy) In a surprise reveal, Microsoft said Thursday it plans to launch a mobile gaming store later this year. The news came out during an on-stage interview with Xbox president Sarah Bond at a Bloomberg event. According to Bond, the as-yet-unnamed store will...
(Uber Photo) New legislation that would lower recently implemented minimum wage standards for Uber Eats and DoorDash delivery drivers in Seattle took another step forward on Thursday. The Seattle City Council’s governance, accountability, and economic development committee approved the new...
Cynthia Williams. (LinkedIn Photo) Cynthia Williams, a video game industry vet who recently departed Wizards of the Coast, was named CEO of Everett, Wash.-based pop culture collectibles maker Funko. Williams was previously president of Wizards, the Hasbro-owned game company behind Magic: The...
A vision-impaired fan uses a tactile/haptics device from Seattle startup OneCourt to follow the action via touch during a Portland Trail Blazers game in April. (Trail Blazers Photo / Stephanie Castillo) Athletes might possess the right touch to execute a perfect pass or shot. A Seattle startup’s...
Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless giant T-Mobile is closing in on a deal to buy a part of U.S. Cellular, one of the last major regional wireless carriers, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. T-Mobile and Verizon are in talks to buy parts of U.S. Cellular in deals that...
Pablo Castro is a Microsoft distinguished engineer working on Microsoft’s Azure AI platform. (Microsoft Photo) As a distinguished engineer working on the Microsoft Azure AI Search team, Pablo Castro has insight into the inner workings of generative AI, AI search, and the approach that Microsoft...
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, left, and Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown at the Technology Alliance State of Technology annual luncheon in Seattle on May 3. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Seattle and Spokane, Wash., may be on opposite ends of the state, with tech industries at very different stages of...
Microsoft President Brad Smith during an event with President Biden on Wednesday in Wisconsin. (Screen grab via @POTUS) Microsoft plans to invest $3.3 billion in an artificial intelligence-related initiative in Wisconsin, giving a boost to President Joe Biden’s job-creation efforts in the key...
From left: Lexion founders Emad Elwany, Gaurav Oberoi and James Baird when the company launched in 2019. (Lexion Photo) Six years later, the floor inside a conference room at the AI2 Incubator in Seattle still shows signs of Gaurav Oberoi’s dedication to solving customer problems. This is...
The 2023 GeekWire Awards at Showbox SoDo in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) The GeekWire Awards are back, and we’re looking forward to partying with Seattle’s tech community Thursday at Showbox SoDo. If you’re planning on attending the special event, read the FAQ below for key...
Predict.law co-founders, from left: CEO Pat Wilburn, CPO Stan Zaporozhets, and CTO Dave Contreras. (Photos courtesy of Predict.law) Predict.law, a stealthy new Seattle-area legal-tech startup, is using artificial intelligence to help attorneys and their law firms better predict the outcome of...
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at the 2016 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire File Photo) Follow-up: Revised minimum wage law for delivery drivers moves forward in Seattle, set for full council vote Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he’s expecting a “positive outcome” from a potential vote this week...
Microsoft Graphic Microsoft released a new version of a study that has documented the transformation of work over the past few years, from the implications of remote and hybrid work to the rise of artificial intelligence in the workplace. Among the findings this year: AI usage has nearly...
A color-coded image based on Copernicus Sentinel satellite data shows the extent of the Antarctic ozone hole in September 2023. (ESA / DLR Graphic) NASA has selected four proposals for climate science missions, including an effort led by a University of Washington researcher, to go forward for...
An Amazon electric heavy-duty truck in San Bernardino, Calif. (Amazon Photo) Amazon is bulking up its fleet of electric vehicles beyond the delivery vans that many customers are accustomed to seeing in their neighborhoods. The company announced Tuesday that it has begun rolling out nearly 50...
Brad Gray. (LinkedIn Photo) Brad Gray is stepping down from NanoString after 14 years leading the Seattle biotech company as CEO. NanoString this week completed its acquisition to life sciences research and diagnostic giant Bruker, which bought the company’s assets for approximately $392.6...
FullContext co-founders Gordan Hempton (left) and Wes Hather. (LinkedIn Photos) A new Seattle startup led by the co-founders of sales software giant Outreach is using AI to automate initial customer interactions and provide personalized product demos for B2B companies. Gordon Hempton and Wes...
Technology Alliance CEO Laura Ruderman speaks during the 2024 State of Technology Luncheon in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) [Editor’s Note: This commentary was adapted from Technology Alliance CEO Laura Ruderman’s remarks at the organization’s annual State of Technology Luncheon on...
An artist’s conception shows the Otter Pup satellite. (Starfish Space Illustration) Months after Starfish Space said it was giving up on its plan to test its satellite docking system in orbit, due to a thruster failure, the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup managed to coax one last rendezvous out of...
Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder in action. (Carbon Robotics Photo) Seattle ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics has a new investment from NVentures, the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, to fuel the company’s AI-powered farming solutions. The amount of the funding was not disclosed. Carbon Robotics has...
Boeing’s Starliner space taxi sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (ULA Photo) The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi was postponed today due to concerns about a valve on the upper stage of United Launch...
Gaurav Oberoi, Lexion CEO, speaks during the 2023 GeekWire Summit in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Docusign announced an agreement to acquire Lexion for $165 million, signaling plans to integrate the Seattle-based company’s AI-powered contract management technology into its...
Doulaye Kone, interim director of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, shows off a high-tech toilet featured in the “A Better Way to Go” exhibit. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) “Everyone poops,” declares the classic children’s book used by parents,...
Esther Jang, a graduate student at the University of Washington, pitches at a recent Urban Resilience Hackathon at the UW. (Chuck Wolfe Photo) Editor’s note: Chuck Wolfe participated in this hackathon and is an affiliate associate professor at the University of Washington. The University of...
Former longtime Starbucks chief Howard Schultz offered a number of suggestions to help the Seattle company rebound. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Howard Schultz has some suggestions to help boost Starbucks’ business. The Seattle coffee giant saw shares sink more than 12% last week...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committing $100 million to a new joint partnership that will support innovation and research that address global health challenges. The three-year initiative will focus on solutions geared to people in low and middle-income countries, and includes three...
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 April 28, 2024. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on...
Fairway Bikes’ electric bike features a detachable battery with a 20-mile range and golf-related accessories. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper) There are a few ways to get around a golf course. You can walk; you can use a pull cart; or you can drive a 2-passenger motorized cart. Now a new...
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s efforts to compete with Trader Joe’s, and the related tactics revealed in “The Everything War,” the new book by Dana Mattioli of the Wall Street Journal. We also revisit last week’s episode with Mattioli and share some of the reactions to...
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), left, speaks at the Technology Alliance State of Technology annual luncheon in Seattle on May 3, 2024, with Ali Farhadi, CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (center) and veteran Seattle tech leader Dave Cotter, right, who moderated the discussion. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor...