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Paul Allen

Paul Allen’s Ebola Program announces $11M in new grants to fight the disease

Paul Allen re-upped his commitment to fighting the deadly yet preventable Ebola virus this week by awarding $11 million in… Read More

Is your AI as smart as an 8th grader? Prove it to Paul Allen’s AI2 for a shot to win $50K

Are you working on AI that can handle general science questions at an 8th grade level? If so, you will want… Read More

Seahawks lineman Michael Bennett calls out Paul Allen in post-game interview, pleads with Microsoft co-founder to pay Kam Chancellor more money

One of the most contentious issues in Seattle sports over the past few months has been the standoff between Seattle… Read More

Paul Allen’s team of AI experts just nailed the SATs — with a robot

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence says it has built a machine that can solve geometry questions from the SAT about… Read More

Paul Allen receiving a Carnegie Medal for philanthropic efforts

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will receive a 2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. The Carnegie Medal goes to those who use their private… Read More

Paul Allen’s latest recovery efforts bring up the bell from battleship HMS Hood

Paul Allen’s team had another big win this past weekend when they successfully recovered the bell from the British battleship… Read More

This org that teaches high school kids work skills made a gorgeous Seahawks guitar for Paul Allen

Paul Allen recently received a wonderful surprise — a custom-made Seahawks guitar. Who made it? The Power2Work Foundation, an organization… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. names former Google exec as new technology chief

Vulcan Inc. has named a former Google executive, Ravi Jain, as its new chief technology officer, responsible for leading technology… Read More

SpaceShipTwo

NTSB’s SpaceShipTwo findings put more pressure on FAA in commercial space

The recommendations coming out of a federal investigation of last October’s fatal SpaceShipTwo breakup are likely to add to the challenges… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan announces dedicated art space at Allen Institute in South Lake Union

He’s known for supporting tech, music and ocean conservation, and now Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is adding one more thing to… Read More

Paul Allen’s new apartment project is a tribute to Ada Lovelace, and Allen’s history with Bill Gates

The name “Augusta Apartments” might not seem like a programming reference, but it is, and it’s just one of the ways… Read More

Paul Allen’s Smart Catch will make it easier to eat sustainable seafood

With ocean fish populations on the serious decline, it’s tough to figure out if you are eating responsibly or are basically… Read More

Every week is shark week for Paul Allen: Microsoft co-founder to support global shark data survey

He travels around the world via the Octopus, partying and recovering wrecked warships, but Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will support a new… Read More

Old meets new: Allen Institute reconstructs historic facade on new Seattle building

How’s this for a trick? Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate today unveiled the new facade for the new Allen… Read More

How technology turned these humanitarian workers into cutting-edge filmmakers

Veteran aid worker and filmmaker David Darg was at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York last month when he saw… Read More

Paul Allen parties Bollywood style at Cannes

Keeping up with the jet-setting ways of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is almost as exhausting as keeping tabs on the… Read More

Paul Allen’s Artificial Intelligence Institute launches startup incubator with top minds in AI

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence has established a new startup incubator at its offices in Seattle, recruiting two high-level… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says Ebola fight is far from over

SAN FRANCISCO – Paul Allen today warned that the Ebola fight isn’t over, as he gathered top scientists and technologists for… Read More

Buy a house built by Bill Gates’ and Paul Allen’s architect for a cool $2.75M

A modern waterfront retreat designed by architect Hal Moldstad, who also built homes for Microsoft’s co-founders, is on the market.… Read More

Paul Allen asserts rights to ‘Vulcan’ trademark, challenging name of new rocket

It’s Vulcan vs. Vulcan. United Launch Alliance (ULA) today named its new rocket “Vulcan,” and Vulcan Inc. — the investment… Read More

Paul Allen launches Vulcan Aerospace to make commercial space travel cheaper, accessible

Paul Allen wants to make commercial space travel more convenient and less expensive, and today he launched Vulcan Aerospace to… Read More

Microsoft at 40: How the company has changed, and stayed the same

Forty years ago today, on April 4, 1975, two friends from Seattle formed a partnership called “Micro-soft.” In an email to Microsoft employees… Read More

Here’s an original mock-up of ESPN.com that Paul Allen’s company helped create

[Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Starwave Creative Director Greg Hollobaugh created the mock-ups.] A little… Read More

Allen Institute for Brain Science leads project to reconstruct 3D neural images with supercomputers

When asked what the “BigNeuron” project is all about, Hanchuan Peng quickly stands up and moves toward the window. He… Read More

CenturyLink Field lights up for Paul Allen’s Tackle Ebola project

It’s the home of the Seattle Seahawks’ green and blue, but yesterday CenturyLink Field was lit up in the colors… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen live-streaming tour of Musashi battleship wreckage tonight

Last week, Paul Allen and his research team aboard the Octopus discovered the Musashi, one of the most significant battleships… Read More

Paul Allen’s latest discovery: A high-tech World War II warship, at the bottom of the sea

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his research team have found the wreckage of one of the world’s largest battleships off… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate planning apartments on Seattle site where he learned to program

Talk about life coming full circle. The site of the University of Washington’s old computer lab, where Microsoft co-founders Paul… Read More

Why Paul Allen might be more involved with the Seahawks than you think

During his time at Microsoft, Paul Allen almost certainly asked program managers and other employees to compile written reports for team meetings and… Read More

This one goes to 12: Check out Paul Allen’s custom-built, Seahawks-themed guitar amp

When you’re Paul Allen and you want a custom-designed, Seahawks-themed guitar amp, well, you go have one made. As spotted… Read More

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