2:21 PM PDT Amazon2:21 PM PDT Departing Amazon exec Dave Limp will become CEO at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture
12:00 PM PDT Impact Series12:00 PM PDT Fire resistant, quake safe, climate friendly: Mass timber is on the rise as a construction alternative
10:10 AM PDT Startups10:10 AM PDT Costco to offer healthcare services through partnership with New York startup
9:52 AM PDT Startups9:52 AM PDT Hydrogen startup spins out of Bill Gates-backed R&D effort, lands $7.8M
9:03 AM PDT Startups9:03 AM PDT Fuse raises $250M for its second fund to supercharge more Pacific Northwest startups
4:17 AM PDT Amazon4:17 AM PDT Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google
9:55 AM PDT Space9:55 AM PDT NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe delivers sample of asteroid — and moves on to next target
8:00 AM PDT GeekWire Weekly8:00 AM PDT Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 17, 2023
7:00 AM PDT Games7:00 AM PDT ‘Six Days in Fallujah’ game, developed in Seattle, recreates paranoia of urban conflict zones
7:27 AM PDT Podcast Longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley is our Copilot on this week’s GeekWire Podcast
8:31 PM PDT Civic8:31 PM PDT First Lady Jill Biden visits Seattle, stops at Fred Hutch to boost Cancer Moonshot program
6:34 PM PDT Amazon6:34 PM PDT Interview: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt visits Amazon and Microsoft; talks AI, China, economy
3:21 PM PDT Startups3:21 PM PDT Construction software company Procore acquires Seattle mapping startup Unearth
12:39 PM PDT Games12:39 PM PDT Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies
11:30 AM PDT Startups11:30 AM PDT Shift AI Podcast: Riding the wave of AI startup innovation with Pioneer Square Labs’ T.A. McCann
10:08 AM PDT Amazon10:08 AM PDT Where’s Astro? Amazon addresses home robot’s absence from annual devices event
7:21 AM PDT Microsoft7:21 AM PDT UK regulator: Microsoft concessions ‘substantially address’ concerns about Activision deal
4:39 PM PDT Tech4:39 PM PDT Can AI be holistic in spirit, soul, body, and mind? Insights from the PowerHER conference in Seattle
3:15 PM PDT Startups3:15 PM PDT Voyager Capital targeting $100M for its sixth fund to back more B2B startups in the Pacific Northwest
2:48 PM PDT Startups2:48 PM PDT Tech Moves: Seattle startup vet Joanna Lord lands new gig; Outreach exec resigns; Maveron hires CFO
10:16 AM PDT Microsoft10:16 AM PDT ‘It’s kind of like the ’90s are back’: Microsoft previews unified AI ‘Copilot’ initiative
9:01 AM PDT Social Media9:01 AM PDT TikTok plans major growth in Seattle area as it looks to take on Amazon with e-commerce feature
8:27 AM PDT Tech8:27 AM PDT Analyst: Cisco’s $28B deal to buy Splunk a ‘poker move’ to fend off Microsoft, Amazon, other giants
10:20 PM PDT Startups10:20 PM PDT More layoffs at Outreach: Seattle sales software startup cuts 12% of staff
1:00 PM PDT Geek Life1:00 PM PDT On the record: New vinyl Hi-Fi lounge in Seattle skips the algorithm and gets back to music basics
10:52 AM PDT Startups10:52 AM PDT Bean Box is the latest startup using crowdfunding as it looks to charge up coffee subscription service
8:59 AM PDT Tech8:59 AM PDT AI Gets Real at the GeekWire Summit: Speakers revealed for Oct. 19 at former Cinerama theater
