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Vulcan gets into the drone-building business to fight wildlife poachers in Africa

One of the legacies left behind by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder who passed away last October, is… Read More

Vulcan plans to test AI security system on Seattle plaza, capable of scanning passersby for threats

A technology company working with Vulcan Inc. is seeking to install and test an AI-powered scanning system outside the company’s… Read More

HBO vets raise cash from top VCs for immersive augmented reality startup Leaftail Labs

Top venture capital firms are making an early bet on a new Seattle startup that is pushing the envelope with… Read More

Paul Allen enlists machine-learning tools for monitoring wildlife and ecosystems

Paul Allen has made a name for himself as a co-founder of Microsoft, a supporter of artificial intelligence research and… Read More

At odds with Seattle on head tax, Paul Allen’s Vulcan builds tiny-house village to shelter homeless people

More than 500 employees and volunteers organized by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. will spend Friday hammering, sawing, painting, and assembling 30… Read More

Welcome to Holodome, Paul Allen’s beautiful first step into the future of shared immersive reality

When it comes to the side projects of Seattle’s richest tech titans, billions of pixels are apparently as fun to… Read More

Creative uses of technology help conservationists save tigers, wolverines and other vanishing species

When people began panicking about vanishing wild tigers in the early 1990s, the Indian government tried to count them by… Read More

Paul Allen’s tech advisor talks C-3P0, R2-D2 and BB-8 and how close Star Wars droids are to reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eOlJT3zl1s Beyond playing host to the opening of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at his Seattle movie theater Cinerama on… Read More

Watch: Huge great white shark bites underwater camera used in Paul Allen’s FinPrint project

A camera positioned underwater near the Kermadec Islands, north of New Zealand, with the goal of capturing footage of sharks… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan backs ex-Amazon manager’s modular housing startup Blokable in $4.8M round

Investors are taking note of Blokable, a Seattle startup founded by a former Amazon manager that aims to cut costs for builders… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen partners with NOAA to explore climate changes in deep ocean water

As we’re breaking records for high temperatures around the globe and watching forest fires blaze across the Northwest, you can… Read More

Paul Allen helps find lost wreckage of USS Indianapolis in Philippine Sea with latest sonar technology

With the help of a remotely-operated vehicle and new historical information, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and a team of researchers… Read More

Vulcan COO Barbara Bennett leaves Paul Allen company after 3 years

Barbara Bennett, president and chief operating officer of Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. for close to three years, has left the… Read More

Working Geek: Paul Allen’s climate change guru Spencer Reeder moonlights as a musician

It’s easy to see why Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen brought on Spencer Reeder to run Vulcan’s climate change-focused philanthropic initiatives.… Read More

Aerial photos: Construction begins on Google’s massive Seattle campus in Amazon’s backyard

Crews have started work on Google’s new campus in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, on the edge of Amazon’s global headquarters. The… Read More

Take an online trip with a real-live salmon navigating the perils of Puget Sound, and pick which one will make it out to sea first

Salmon — whether being tossed between Pike Place Market fish mongers or wending their way through the locks in Seattle’s… Read More

Podcast

A conversation with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: ‘It really is a golden age of what’s possible’

If Paul Allen were just starting out in computer science today, he might not know where to start. Robotics, artificial intelligence, computer… Read More

Macklemore, Quincy Jones among keynote speakers for Paul Allen’s Upstream Music Fest

The Upstream Music Fest and Summit has announced the three keynote speakers and four themes that will anchor the conference portion… Read More

Working Geek: From elephants to Seahawks, Vulcan’s Keith Rosema has a hand in it all

Keith Rosema calls his job “probably one of the most diverse opportunities anywhere.” As the head of the technology group… Read More

Video Tour: Inside Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s newly expanded Living Computers Museum + Labs

I can’t remember a time before computers. They’ve always been a part of my life, yet I never considered how… Read More

New Netflix documentary ‘The Ivory Game’ further showcases Paul Allen’s fight for elephants

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s ongoing efforts to shed light on the plight of African elephants comes to Netflix on Friday… Read More

Amazon lands more office space in Seattle, leases five floors at former Tommy Bahama HQ

Amazon continues to grow its footprint in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. The latest expansion comes with a new lease… Read More

Why former Microsoft execs Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen are spending $525K on a state Supreme Court race

Something rare and historic is happening to Washington state’s Supreme Court. An unprecedented number of incumbent seats (three to be… Read More

Vulcan’s billionaire founder, Paul Allen, hands CEO role to tech veteran Bill Hilf

Thirty years after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen established Vulcan Inc. to build on his vision of a wired world, he’s… Read More

New images show how Google’s Seattle campus will transform the South Lake Union neighborhood

The team designing Google’s Seattle campus has released a new batch of images that show how the tech giant will… Read More

Check out the latest images of Google’s future Seattle campus

Google’s new Seattle campus — deep in the heart of Amazon country in the South Lake Union neighborhood — will… Read More

Paul Allen’s Great Elephant Census confirms catastrophic decline in Africa

A first-of-its-kind census of African savanna elephants reveals that populations have declined by as much as 30 percent over the… Read More

Columbus, Ohio, wins $50M in Vulcan-sponsored Smart City Challenge to transform transportation

Columbus, the capital city of Ohio, has been awarded $50 million as winner of the Smart City Challenge, an initiative designed… Read More

Tech Moves: PitchBook names new COO to drive continued growth; ExtraHop adds two tech vets; Vulcan hires CIO

— PitchBook, the Seattle startup that collects data on venture capital and private equity financings, has hired Rod Diefendorf as the company’s… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan buys glam Hollywood hotel for $40.9M

The real estate arm of Paul Allen’s investment company Vulcan Inc. announced the $40.9 million purchase of the Redbury Hotel… Read More