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Pittsburgh prepares to go to court to keep Amazon HQ2 bid under wraps

Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records sided with journalists this week, ruling that Pittsburgh’s Amazon HQ2 bid is a public record… Read More

Pittsburgh Profiles: From ballet to nutrition bars, Julia Erickson embraces city’s rich cultural scene

Julia Erickson has found her calling in Pittsburgh, both as an artist and entrepreneur. The Seattle native moved to the… Read More

Pittsburgh Profile: The pleasant surprise that greeted ex-Amazon exec Mark Stabingas upon his homecoming

After more than 15 years away — most spent working for Amazon in Seattle — Mark Stabingas returned to Pittsburgh… Read More

Pittsburgh forges a new future, remaking iconic steel town into a modern innovation factory

Decades before the NBA and Shark Tank, years before making his fortune in tech, Mark Cuban was a kid growing… Read More

Pittsburgh Profile: Robotics expert Sidd Srinivasa on his love for the Steel City, and his leap to Seattle

Very few people are in a better position to explain Pittsburgh to a bunch of Seattle-based technology journalists than Siddhartha… Read More

Pittsburgh, here we come! Check out where GeekWire will base its own HQ2 in Steel City in February

There’s already been a lot of buzz this week about HQ2. But Amazon is not the only Seattle upstart that’s… Read More

Microsoft acquires flash storage pioneer Avere Systems, less than a year after Google investment

Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire Avere Systems, a Pittsburgh-based company that leverages flash storage to optimize the process… Read More

How the Libratus AI program bested expert poker players in no-limit Texas Hold’em

You got to know when to hold ’em, and know when to fold ’em — and when it comes to betting… Read More

Watch: Why we picked Pittsburgh for GeekWire HQ2, and what’s next in this editorial adventure

Curious how GeekWire decided to plant its flag in Pittsburgh for the month of February? Several members of the team… Read More

GeekWire HQ2 revealed: We’re heading to Pittsburgh to cover its post-industrial renaissance and innovation economy

From the “Portal to the Pacific” to the “Paris of Appalachia,” we’re packing our bags for Pittsburgh. That’s right, we’re… Read More

Alaska Air to offer nonstop flight from Seattle to Pittsburgh — ‘great news’ for UW … and Amazon?

Alaska Airlines announced Wednesday morning that it will begin offering daily, nonstop service between Seattle and Pittsburgh — further connecting… Read More

A little-known reason why Pittsburgh could have an inside track on Amazon’s HQ2

Pittsburgh was Mister Rogers’ neighborhood, but a couple key connections could make it a front runner to become Mr. Bezos’… Read More

Uber’s self-driving cars take to the streets of Pittsburgh as real-world testing gets under way

Folks still getting used to the fact that they can relinquish their driving responsibilities to other humans can now start… Read More