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2025 Investment Outlook Panel – Investing In the age of Gen AI

Join us in-person for a lively panel discussion with Seattle’s most prominent financiers as we reflect on the dynamic changes… Read More

Longtime gaming leader Jordan Weisman on his new AI-driven game development platform

Veteran Seattle-area game designer Jordan Weisman might be most famous for co-creating the tabletop games BattleTech, Shadowrun, MechWarrior, and Earthdawn.… Read More

500 Startups launches data-friendly startup track to help deep tech founders succeed

It’s really hard to take a deep technology idea and nurture that idea until it grows into a real business,… Read More

‘This sh— will not stand.’ Tech investor Dave McClure delivers epic on-stage Trump rant

(Editors note: This story and the video below contain profanity). “I’m pissed off. I’m sad. I’m ashamed. I’m angry.” We… Read More

500 Startups co-founder Dave McClure: 90 percent of VCs are going to look like idiots in 10 years

Venture capitalist Dave McClure takes an unusual approach to startup investing, spreading smaller bets over a lot of startups instead of… Read More

Want to pitch VC Dave McClure? Entrepreneurs will get a chance at this year’s GeekWire Summit

Venture capitalist Dave McClure is everywhere these days — meeting entrepreneurs from Bahrain to Kazakhstan. If there was a cool startup idea… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Dave McClure and Brady Forrest join the lineup for our biggest event ever

The GeekWire Summit is less than two months away, on Oct. 1 and 2 in Seattle, and today we’re excited… Read More

‘Bazillion Dollar Club’ sneak peek: Syfy show stars Dave McClure and Brady Forrest

What happens when a software accelerator and hardware accelerator join forces in search of a new wave of breakthrough startups? That’s the premise of… Read More

Startups on the small screen: Highway1 and 500 Startups to be featured in mini-doc series

As anyone involved in the operations of a startup will tell you, getting a company off the ground can be… Read More

Bring out your dead: Startup offers $1M to ‘acqui-hire’ alums of TechStars, Y Combinator and 500 Startups

The hiring crunch for developers in the tech industry is a pain point we hear about nearly every day. Now,… Read More

InternMatch scores cash for national internship directory, launches ‘community pages’

InternMatch, which helps students find high-quality internships at companies such as Walt Disney, Amazon and Blue Nile, has raised $500,000… Read More