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Matt McIlwain

Amazon Web Services AI leader on the future of large language models and autonomous agents

The old saying in tech is that companies date their computing vendor, and marry their database vendor. So are AI… Read More

Fluid apps, open models, and free markets: Inside the AI-focused Intelligent Applications Summit

Everything in AI is in flux. In fact, a lack of predictability will define this new era. That was one… Read More

Is Seattle an AI hub? City is missing from national conversation about the new tech economy

Seattle tech leaders say their city is a hub for AI innovation. But you wouldn’t know it after scanning recent… Read More

Podcast

Shift AI Podcast: Madrona’s Matt McIlwain on Seattle’s place at the center of the AI universe

[Editor’s Note: On this week’s GeekWire Podcast, we’re featuring an episode of Shift AI, a podcast hosted by Boaz Ashkenazy,… Read More

IBM’s $4.6B Apptio deal marks another new era for Seattle-area cloud and IT management company

IBM announced a deal Monday to buy Apptio for $4.6 billion from Vista Equity Partners, less than five years after… Read More

Fred Hutch and Amazon collaborating on clinical trial to test vaccines against cancer

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is leveraging Amazon’s machine learning expertise to collaborate on an early-stage clinical trial testing an anti-cancer… Read More

‘Intersection of innovation’: Why top tech VC firms are betting big on life science startups

Machine learning, data science and other computational methods are wielded by a growing number of biopharma startups to find new… Read More

New list highlights 40 top startups solving business problems with artificial intelligence

Four Seattle-area companies made a list of top private companies building business applications with artificial intelligence and machine learning. The… Read More

A-Alpha Bio founders

University of Washington spinout A-Alpha Bio snags $20M for protein-discovery platform

A-Alpha Bio will build lab space in downtown Seattle and beef up its machine learning team with $20 million in… Read More

These biotech and life sciences CEOs made the leap from software startups — here’s how they did it

In the past several years the barriers between tech and the life sciences have begun to dissolve. AI and machine… Read More

VC family: Madison McIlwain follows her father’s footsteps, and carves out her own tech interests

An elevator pitch, quick coffee, lunch or Zoom chat might be how some investors get a feel for a particular… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Salesforce strikes a deal to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion; Amazon Web Services makes some… Read More

Fred Hutch President Gary Gilliland to step down as leader of cancer research powerhouse

Gary Gilliland, president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, announced plans to step down from his post… Read More

More cash crops up for TerraClear as startup raises $6.1M in bid to change farming with advanced tech

TerraClear’s bid to upend the farming industry by using advanced technology to help farmers clear rocks from fields is producing… Read More

‘Intersections of innovation:’ Madrona director Matt McIlwain named Fred Hutch chair as more tech execs join board

In Seattle’s South Lake Union — a short walk from Amazon’s headquarters and the offices of Facebook and countless other technology… Read More

Judge blocks Seattle’s new income tax on the rich

Seattle’s new income tax on high earners hit its first legal roadblock Wednesday when King County Superior Court Judge John… Read More

Seattle investor questions city plan to spend up to $250K defending income tax on the rich

Matt McIlwain believes Seattle is wasting resources defending an income tax ordinance passed by the City Council in July. The… Read More

Seattle venture capitalist Matt McIlwain’s non-profit sues city over income tax on high earners

A non-profit founded by Madrona Venture Group Managing Director Matt McIlwain is filing a lawsuit against the City of Seattle… Read More

Madrona Venture Group director launches nonprofit to challenge Seattle income tax in court

Matt McIlwain, managing director of Madrona Venture Group, has founded a non-profit to fund legal challenges to Seattle’s new income… Read More

Cloud exits: How the M&A and IPO markets are changing expectations for cloud tech companies

Cloud technology companies have increasingly become acquisition targets rather than IPO candidates, according to a new research report. But investors… Read More

Matt McIlwain

Tech investor Matt McIlwain: Seattle will shape the future with a ‘three-layer cake’ of innovation

The tumultuous election has put a cloud of uncertainty over the tech industry. But Matt McIlwain is optimistic, especially when it comes… Read More

Sujal Patel, Matt McIlwain

Top tech investors with a taste for restaurants bankroll Circadia, a fine dining space planned near Amazon

A new restaurant is coming to Seattle with a location near the heart of Amazon’s corporate campus and a concept aimed… Read More

Tech leaders sound off on Star Wars: Favorite characters, business lessons and how they’d use the Force

The Force is strong in the tech industry. And you don’t have to travel to Dagobah to find it. Star Wars… Read More

Startup leaders say President Young’s departure won’t slow UW entrepreneurial momentum

Don’t expect the unexpected departure of University of Washington President Michael Young to put a damper on the university’s startup efforts.… Read More

These techies just invested $15 million in a Seattle pizza chain

MOD Pizza just completed a very special order — closing a $15 million funding round. That’s usually not news on… Read More

Madrona’s Matt McIlwain: Seattle is the cloud capital of the world

There’s a renaissance of sorts occurring in Seattle right now, from the chart-busting hits of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: What is Seattle’s rightful place in the technology world?

Our guest on this week’s GeekWire Radio show is Matt McIlwain, managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Greg Gottesman, Matt McIlwain lead the charge at Madrona

At a time when many are proclaiming the death of the traditional venture capital firm, Madrona Venture Group seems to… Read More

GeekWire Debate: How Mitt Romney will fuel the ‘opportunity economy’

America is at a crossroads.  We can continue to support a president who embraces a government-driven, economic redistribution strategy.  Or,… Read More

Why Madrona’s Matt McIlwain is hanging at the GOP convention in Tampa this week

Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain usually spends his days scouring the Pacific Northwest landscape for the hottest startups. But not… Read More

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