7:00 AM PDT Civic7:00 AM PDT GeekWire interview: Seattle mayoral candidates on tech, talent, taxes, startups, homelessness, and favorite apps
4:58 PM PDT Amazon4:58 PM PDT Amazon settles allegations of illegal retaliation in dispute over firing of activist employees
9:49 AM PDT Startups9:49 AM PDT Vancouver, B.C.-based Semios raises $100M for farming tech and services
9:00 AM PDT Space9:00 AM PDT How Amazon Web Services is helping Satellogic manage its whole Earth catalog
8:30 AM PDT Startups8:30 AM PDT Read the room — virtually: Seattle startup lands $10M to analyze your face and voice on video calls
8:25 AM PDT Startups8:25 AM PDT Archera lands $7M to help AWS and Azure customers cut costs and optimize usage
6:00 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences6:00 AM PDT Seattle healthcare data startup Truveta lands investment from Microsoft and forms partnership
6:00 AM PDT Startups6:00 AM PDT Tech Moves: Cloudentity names new CEO; Leafly appoints CFO; SeekOut adds Tableau vet; Tomo hires ex-Zillow economist
3:00 AM PDT Startups3:00 AM PDT Salesforce chief Marc Benioff and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke invest in reforestation startup DroneSeed
6:14 PM PDT Space6:14 PM PDT Elon Musk chats about Starship and space telescopes … and Jeff Bezos’ rocket envy
3:00 PM PDT Startups3:00 PM PDT Tech Moves: B.C. startup Thinkific adds CMO from Hootsuite; Amplero founder departs Zulily
12:47 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences12:47 PM PDT Fred Hutch’s Trevor Bedford receives ‘genius grant’ for work on COVID and other viruses
10:40 AM PDT Startups10:40 AM PDT Vancouver, B.C.-based workflow automation company Conexiom raises $130M
10:30 AM PDT Space10:30 AM PDT Founded by Blue Origin veterans, Starfish Space raises $7M for satellite servicing tug
10:24 AM PDT Amazon10:24 AM PDT Amazon’s new Astro home robot uses AI to navigate autonomously, with display and periscope cam
10:04 AM PDT Amazon10:04 AM PDT Amazon Glow makes video calls more immersive, with projected and interactive space for kids
9:57 AM PDT Microsoft9:57 AM PDT Microsoft opens Microsoft Store on Windows to third-party app stores from Amazon, Epic Games, and others
9:36 AM PDT Amazon9:36 AM PDT Amazon adds display in new $80 Halo View health band, skips mic, boosts free membership to a year
9:15 AM PDT Amazon9:15 AM PDT Amazon unveils smart thermostat, 15-inch Echo Show, Astro home robot in new wave of devices
7:00 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences7:00 AM PDT Economists describe how the pandemic magnifies trends such as remote work and movement patterns
7:49 PM PDT Games7:49 PM PDT Bungie inks lease for two floors in downtown Seattle tower with room for 300 employees
7:37 PM PDT Microsoft7:37 PM PDT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls failed TikTok talks ‘the strangest thing I’ve ever worked on’
1:15 PM PDT Startups1:15 PM PDT Pay-equity startup Syndio raises $50M as more companies broaden analysis of workplace fairness
10:25 AM PDT Amazon10:25 AM PDT Gates Foundation poached Washington STEM CEO, then gave nonprofit $100K to find a replacement
10:25 AM PDT Amazon10:25 AM PDT Amazon Web Services launches $40M initiative that aims to reduce health inequities
10:06 AM PDT Tech10:06 AM PDT The GeekWire Summit returns: Agenda released featuring Andy Jassy, Ciara and others
9:42 AM PDT Space9:42 AM PDT Blue Origin sets next space trip for Oct. 12; two fliers named, but not William Shatner
8:42 AM PDT Startups8:42 AM PDT iUNU makes another acquisition to bolster indoor agtech software, swoops up Artemis
11:30 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences11:30 AM PDT How disparities for women and minorities widened during the pandemic
