Connected car company Xevo, owned by Lear, hit with layoffs in Seattle area Bellevue, Wash.-based Xevo has laid off 97 workers, according to a new filing with the state of Washington. The company,… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Vote for Deal of the Year — the top tech acquisition or IPO in the Pacific NW Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Everyone wanted a piece of the… Read More
Automotive giant Lear will pay $320M to acquire Seattle-area connected car startup Xevo Global automotive giant Lear today announced that it will acquire Seattle-area connected car startup Xevo for $320 million. Xevo, originally… Read More
Resilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneurs First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most… Read More
How can U.S. improve its immigration policy? We asked immigrant entrepreneurs and tech leaders Seattle-area entrepreneur Mina Yoo has been in the United States since 1991, receiving a dual Ph.D. in sociology and business… Read More
UIEvolution to acquire Surround and become Xevo, with eye on transforming connected cars The goal of further transforming how drivers interact with their cars is steering an acquisition and name change involving two Seattle-area… Read More