First Mode files notice to lay off 65 workers at clean-tech facilities in Washington state Seattle-based First Mode is reporting that 65 of its workers in Washington state are being laid off in a move… Read More
Clean-tech pioneer First Mode is giving its employees advance warning about layoffs First Mode, a Seattle-based company that’s concentrating on reducing carbon emissions in mining and other heavy industries, has alerted its… Read More
Interlune comes out of stealth with its plan to harvest helium-3 and more on the moon Seattle-based Interlune officially lifted the curtain today on its plans to build a robotic harvester that could extract helium-3 from… Read More
First Mode opens a clean-tech factory that capitalizes on some extra high-tech twists There’s not much that’s bolted down to the floor of the 40,000-square-foot factory in Seattle’s SoDo district where First Mode… Read More
First Mode reduces workforce as it revises its vision for lower-emission heavy trucks Editor’s note: This story and GeekWire’s Layoff Tracker were updated to reflect that 42 U.S.-based employees were laid off. Seattle-based… Read More
Washington state chips in $250K for First Mode’s zero-emission proving grounds First Mode, the clean-energy company that was recently transformed from a Seattle startup into an Anglo American subsidiary, is getting… Read More
First Mode, Anglo American wrap up $1.5B transaction for zero-emission mining Seattle-based First Mode and Anglo American have closed a complicated $1.5 billion transaction that will remake First Mode as a… Read More
Anglo American follows through on $200M combination agreement with First Mode Seattle-based First Mode and the Anglo American mining company have signed a binding agreement to combine First Mode with Anglo… Read More
First Mode will develop zero-emission trucks at proving grounds south of Seattle First Mode is establishing a proving grounds between Seattle and Portland to test and optimize giant zero-emission hauling trucks and… Read More
First Mode agrees to combine with Anglo American’s zero-emission truck business First Mode, a Seattle-based engineering company, says it’s agreed to a business combination with the zero-emission truck development effort led… Read More
Mammoth zero-emission mining truck makes its debut in South Africa, powered by First Mode After years of development, the world’s largest zero-emission vehicle was unveiled today at a South African platinum mine, with a… Read More
First Mode brings in $8.5M investment as part of Anglo American mining development deal Seattle-based First Mode says it’s partnering with the global mining company Anglo American in a multi-year joint development deal that… Read More
First Mode building hydrogen fuel cell to power one of the biggest zero-emission vehicles on Earth Seattle engineering company First Mode is building a hydrogen fuel cell generator capable of lighting up Lumen Field. But the… Read More
HyperSciences pushes ahead to next stage of blaster technology (and fundraising) HyperSciences has raised more than $9 million for its hypersonic blaster technology using an unusual crowdfunding model, but now it’s… Read More
First Mode forges $13.5M agreement with Anglo American to develop mining tech First Mode, a Seattle engineering firm founded by veterans of the Planetary Resources asteroid mining venture, says it’ll be working… Read More
Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner emerges at helm of secretive blockchain startup co-founded by former Myspace CTO Former Microsoft COO Kevin Turner has taken the helm of Core Scientific, a stealthy new blockchain and artificial intelligence startup… Read More
