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GeekWire Summit: Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson, Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta join our big lineup

We’re going to open the 2017 GeekWire Summit with a jolt. Kevin Johnson, the respected technology executive who was named… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to headline GeekWire Summit following debut of upcoming book

We’re excited to announce that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be a featured speaker at the 2017 GeekWire Summit in Seattle in October,… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Tech leaders on VR, automated vehicles and more from the 2016 GeekWire Summit

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: If you couldn’t make it to the 2016 GeekWire Summit, have… Read More

How a sense of entitlement makes millennials more entrepreneurial

By now, we’re used to hearing complaints about the millennial generation. They’re cocky. They’re entitled. They’re never satisfied. They want… Read More

Expedia’s CEO on virtual reality travel: ‘I hope it fails miserably’

In March, Expedia live-streamed 360-degree virtual adventures to four children too sick to leave the hospital, causing speculation that the… Read More

Arati Prabhakar, left, Luke Aikins, center, and Nathan Myhrvold

Skydiving, space, AI, Trump and more: 50 great quotes from Day 2 of the GeekWire Summit

Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold said Seattle is the “Silicon Valley of saving the world”; skydiver Luke Aikins wowed the… Read More

Dara Khosrowshahi, Peggy Johnson and Ricardo Lockette.

They said it: The best, brightest and funniest quotes from GeekWire Summit Day 1

There was plenty to digest during Day 1 of the fifth annual GeekWire Summit in Seattle on Tuesday. Top CEOs,… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2016: Here are 5 inventions we love

A safe way to listen to music while cycling, a clip to make life easier, breakthrough nano-metal technology, a precision… Read More

‘F* Cancer’ was this company’s original name — and they have a ‘no aholes’ policy, CEO says

Juno Therapeutics, the Seattle-based clinical cancer research firm is doing groundbreaking work in seeking a cure for the disease. CEO… Read More

Second annual Geeks Give Back launches to raise $1M for STEM education in Washington state

Every year, Washington state’s tech industry adds thousands of new jobs that require a computer science degree — but the… Read More

Live blog: Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi at the GeekWire Summit 2016

Expedia’s got a lot going on these days. It is preparing for its 2019 move to Seattle from the suburb… Read More

That skydiver who jumped from 25k feet without a chute will speak at the GeekWire Summit

Luke Aikins, the veteran skydiver who made headlines this summer by leaping from a plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute —… Read More

GeekWire Trivia: Solve this Seattle riddle for a chance to win a GeekWire Summit ticket

Our GeekWire Trivia Challenge is back this week as part of the GeekWire radio show and podcast. This week we’re offering a… Read More

Geeks Give Back: UW student Rutha Nuguse says ‘In 10 years, I’ll have my own innovation center — and I’ll be hiring’

For Rutha Nuguse, access to technology has always meant opportunity. It’s a lesson she’s been living since she first began teaching herself… Read More

Donate to Geeks Give Back to receive one of these incredible GeekWire Summit murals

Translating technical concepts into compelling art is no easy feat. But that didn’t stop muralist Guillaume Wiatr from creating nine incredible,… Read More

Guest Commentary: Lessons in leadership and culture from the GeekWire Summit

My head almost exploded at the recent GeekWire Summit in Seattle. Two full days of mind-blowing views on the future… Read More

Who’s responsible for managing work-life balance? Amazon, Nike and other execs weigh in

A panel of former Amazon executives took the stage at the GeekWire Summit last week to share their experiences about what… Read More

Relive the 2015 GeekWire Summit with photos, videos, Twitter reaction

Authors, artists, and astronauts. Senators, scientists, and superheroes. CEOs, COOs, and CTOs. The GeekWire Summit 2015 featured top executives, entrepreneurs,… Read More

Asteroids, plagues and why science needs more sex appeal: Our futurists take on the good and bad in tech

It’s almost a great setup for a joke: What happens when an astronaut and two science fiction writers walk into… Read More

Watch: GeekWire Summit Day 2 Live Stream

Day 2 of the GeekWire Summit, the Pacific Northwest’s premier technology conference, is underway in Downtown Seattle. View the live… Read More

Seattle VC Nick Hanauer calls Oregon school shooting a ‘personal failure’ and ‘national embarrassment’

Nick Hanauer has long been a proponent for better gun laws through his organization Civic Ventures. At the GeekWire Summit… Read More

Photos, quotes, and tweets from GeekWire Summit Day 1

From civic engagement to artificial intelligence to the changing landscape of work itself, Day 1 of the GeekWire Summit covered a wide… 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

Reporter John Markoff and Microsoft Research head Peter Lee talk self-driving cars, robots taking the SAT and the AI of Hollywood

From self-driving cars to computers that can create new meals, artificial intelligence is only getting better. But what will an… Read More

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