JPMorgan Chase’s Seattle tech hub tops 320 people amid broader industry cooldown With ping-pong and pool tables, an open floorplan, a fully stocked breakroom, and dedicated spaces for collaboration and quiet contemplation,… Read More
Tech-fueled real estate brokerage Compass opens another Seattle-area office Compass, the heavily funded real estate startup, has opened another office in the Seattle area, continuing an arc of rapid… Read More
Microsoft opens its third India engineering center Microsoft today announced the launch of a new engineering center in India, doubling down on the country where it first… Read More
Event marketing company Splash opens Seattle office led by ex-Tableau employees Splash has joined the ever-expanding ranks of tech companies from around the world setting up shop in Seattle to take… Read More
First look: Inside Google Cloud’s new Seattle campus — right across the street from Amazon Google and Amazon are officially next-door neighbors in Cloud City. Google Cloud on Thursday officially opened up the first portion… Read More
Amazon inks new office lease in Chicago with capacity to double Windy City tech hub, add 400 jobs Amazon will double the headcount of its tech hub in Chicago following the lease of additional office space. The tech… Read More
OfferUp opening Miami engineering center, its first tech outpost outside the Seattle area For the first time, unicorn e-commerce startup OfferUp is putting down roots outside of its hometown. OfferUp announced plans to… Read More
Japanese automotive powerhouse Denso opens Seattle R&D office near Amazon HQ Denso is the latest global power to plant its flag in Seattle. The Japanese automotive company, which makes components and… Read More
Postmates ramps up engineering office in the Seattle area in advance of IPO Postmates, the IPO-bound delivery company, is ramping up its engineering operations in the Seattle area after operating under the radar… Read More
Dropbox tripling size of Seattle engineering outpost with office lease in new downtown skyscraper Dropbox is growing its Seattle footprint in a big way. The Bay Area-based file storage and sharing giant has taken… Read More
How the Bay Area tech IPO boom could create a ‘ripple effect’ in Seattle’s housing market Ride-hailing company Lyft’s debut as a $24 billion public company on Friday kicked off an IPO frenzy that could echo… Read More
Square doubles down on Seattle, leasing downtown office space with room for 100 people Square is putting down permanent roots in Seattle, scooping up a new downtown office space with room to grow as… Read More
Google will open new Seattle campus this summer, just across the street from Amazon’s headquarters The Seattle neighborhood populated by thousands of Amazonians everyday will soon see a major influx of Googlers. Starting in the… Read More
How the Silicon Valley tech invasion has reshaped Seattle’s startup landscape, 15 years after it began Back in 2005, when tech veteran Peter Wilson joined Google to build its fledgling Seattle-area outpost, recruiting was straightforward. As… Read More
Indeed job search engine scoops up big new Seattle space, doubling presence with major office deal Indeed, the online job search engine, has leased a huge new office space in a flashy new tower under construction… Read More
Compass hiring 100 engineers for West Coast hub in Seattle, invading Zillow and Redfin’s turf Compass, the high-tech brokerage based in New York, has chosen Seattle as the home for its West Coast engineering operations,… Read More
Magic Leap finally reveals what’s going on at its Seattle office, and role in larger vision for augmented reality Two years ago, the secretive augmented reality company Magic Leap established a Seattle office nearly 3,300 miles away from its… Read More
Seattle’s proposed ‘Amazon tax’ would also hit Facebook, Google and other out-of-town tech titans Seattle’s proposed “head tax” would cost Amazon about $20 million annually, earning it the nickname of the “Amazon tax.” But… Read More
B.C.-based Lululemon sets down permanent roots in Seattle with ‘sister city’ tech center Athletic apparel retailer Lululemon has established a permanent presence in Seattle, as it looks to take advantage of the region’s… Read More
Social media analytics company Dataminr opens stealthy Seattle office Dataminr, a New York company that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to scrape social media and quickly spot breaking… Read More
Square reveals location of its stealthy Seattle office, right across from the Amazon Spheres Square is just getting settled in Seattle, and it is already planning to grow. GeekWire reported on Square’s Seattle office… Read More
Bay-Area biotech startup Zymergen opens Seattle office, signaling big growth plans in the city Seattle is the second home to yet another startup based in the San Francisco area. That company is Zymergen, a… Read More
Stripe co-founder John Collison explains why online payments powerhouse opened an office in Seattle Online payment powerhouse Stripe just opened an office in Seattle, its first engineering outpost outside of Silicon Valley, and it’s… Read More
More than 100 out-of-town tech companies set up shop in Seattle region, doubling in less than 3 years Less than three years ago, GeekWire started a database to track the staggering number of out-of-town tech companies setting up engineering… Read More
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving to retire after five-year run at domain name giant GoDaddy announced Tuesday that its CEO Blake Irving is retiring from his role at the domain name giant. Irving’s last day… Read More
Big growth? Indeed. Job search company doubles Seattle headcount, leases new office space Job search giant Indeed.com is again expanding in Seattle. The Austin-based company said its Seattle headcount has increased from about… Read More
Photos: Qualtrics’ Seattle office has grown so fast it is now the company’s ‘co-headquarters’ Two years after “experience management” company Qualtrics set down roots in Seattle, the office has grown rapidly enough to become… Read More
Airbnb cements Seattle presence, establishing permanent office with room for 300 people Airbnb is putting down permanent roots in Seattle with a major new office that makes the vacation rentals company the… Read More
Heavily-funded Bay Area startup opening office in Seattle to fuel biological engineering Zymergen, a biological engineering startup based in the San Francisco area, is building out an engineering center in Seattle, GeekWire… Read More
Online payments powerhouse Stripe is the latest tech giant to plan engineering outpost in Seattle San Francisco-based Stripe, which provides the online payments backbone for Instacart, Lyft, Twitter, Apple Pay and more than 100,000 other… Read More
