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Kestra Medical Technologies aims to raise $150M in IPO

Kirkland, Wash.-based Kestra Medical Technologies is aiming to raise about $150 million in its initial public offering, pricing shares between… Read More

Starbucks layoffs impact more than 600 workers in Washington state

Layoffs at Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks will impact 612 workers in Washington according to a new filing from the state’s… Read More

Jeff Bezos shakes up Washington Post opinion section to focus on ‘personal liberties, free markets’

Jeff Bezos is shaking up the opinion pages at The Washington Post again, telling employees Wednesday morning that the section… Read More

Expedia confirms layoffs at Seattle travel giant

Expedia Group confirmed that it laid off more workers as the Seattle-based travel giant looks to cut costs. “To ensure… Read More

Warner Bros. shuts down Seattle-area subsidiary Monolith Productions, cancels ‘Wonder Woman’

Monolith Productions, a Kirkland, Wash.-based game development studio behind Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, the F.E.A.R. series, and the upcoming Wonder… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard booster descends to landing

Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space trip hits milestones – and throws in a mystery

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent its 10th crew on a quick suborbital ride to space today, extending its… Read More

Could Zillow buy Redfin? New rentals partnership brings real estate rivals closer together

Zillow Group and Redfin are long-time competitors. So when the Seattle-based real estate technology giants announced a key partnership earlier… Read More

From early days of COVID to the AI revolution, Providence leader talks healthcare transformation

“It was a very interesting time,” said Sara Vaezy, recounting the earliest days of COVID-19 and how digital health initiatives… Read More

Tech Vets: Ex-Marine who led platoon into combat uses lessons to guide his startup leadership style

[Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in Leadership and Innovation,” is a new GeekWire series showcasing U.S. military veterans leading companies within… Read More

Starbucks to lay off 1,100 corporate workers, updates remote work policy

Starbucks is cutting 1,100 corporate positions as part of a bid to create “smaller, more nimble teams,” CEO Brian Niccol… Read More

What’s next for the Allen Institute for AI: CEO Ali Farhadi charts a course for broader impact

Last year was one of the most productive in the history of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2). The… Read More

Last call for GeekWire Awards nominations: Help honor tech entrepreneurs, innovators and more

Time’s running out to help us select the leading entrepreneurs, innovators, deal makers and non-profit leaders across Pacific Northwest tech… Read More

Seattle fintech startup Strix Leviathan acquired by crypto hedge fund Parataxis

Strix Leviathan, a Seattle-based digital assets startup, has been acquired by Parataxis, a crypto hedge fund based in New York… Read More

An ethicist’s take on ‘rent tech’ software and housing market manipulation

With the changing of the guard in Washington comes uncertainty as to how the new administration will choose to address,… Read More

Lessons from Taiwan: How digital tools can help governments regain the people’s trust

This is a story about how digital tools helped government officials regain the trust of the electorate — but it’s… Read More

Eviation's Alice electric airplane takes off

Eviation lays off employees and pauses development of electric-powered airplane

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft has laid off most of its employees and paused work on its electric-powered Alice airplane, which… Read More

Zillow reports Q4 revenue of $554M, up 17%; inks deal with Redfin to boost growing rentals business

Zillow Group reported $554 million in revenue for its fourth quarter, up 17% year-over-year, topping analyst estimates. The company reported… Read More

Healthcare payments giant Cotiviti to acquire data interoperability company Edifecs

Bellevue, Wash.-based health software company Edifecs announced has agreed to be acquired by Cotiviti, a Utah-based healthcare giant backed by private… Read More

Allen Institute for AI’s new open-source iOS AI app runs on-device for secure, private, offline use

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released its first on-device AI app Tuesday morning, leveraging a version of its open-source… Read More

T-Mobile uses Super Bowl ad to officially launch public beta of satellite-to-cell texting via Starlink

Forget the ground game. T-Mobile is using Super Bowl LIX to kick off a new kind of air attack on… Read More

Cheaper, smarter AI? UW, Ai2, and Stanford researchers boost model by making it ‘think’ longer

In a new demonstration of the potential to improve artificial intelligence without breaking the bank, researchers from the University of… Read More

GeekWire Awards nominations now open! Help us honor the best in Pacific Northwest tech

Nominations are now open for the 2025 GeekWire Awards, set for April 30 in Seattle, as we’ll once again recognize… Read More

F5 opening new office space in 2026 to bring 250 Spokane, Wash.-area employees together

F5 is consolidating its office footprint in the Spokane, Wash., area, with plans to bring employees together in a new… Read More

Allen Institute for AI challenges DeepSeek on key benchmarks with big new open-source AI model

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released a supersized version of its Tülu 3 AI model, aiming to further advance… Read More

‘We live in amazing times’: Smartsheet leader calls AI a ‘gift’ that is transforming how we live and work

Praerit Garg is excited about going to work, thanks to artificial intelligence, which he refers to as “a gift.” The president… Read More

Ex-Google, Apple engineers raise $10M to give AI its ‘Linux moment’ with new open source platform

A new startup out of Seattle wants to open up the “black box” of foundational AI models in a bid… Read More

Banzai to buy Act-On Software for $53.2M in latest acquisition for Seattle marketing tech company

Seattle-based marketing technology company Banzai International plans to acquire Act-On Software, a Portland, Ore.-based company that sells marketing automation software. Founded… Read More

Smartsheet officially goes private, completes acquisition by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners

Smartsheet is a private company again. The Bellevue, Wash.-based enterprise software giant completed its $8.4 billion acquisition by Blackstone and… Read More

UW study of how AI models portray teens finds strong negative associations

A University of Washington study on how artificial intelligence systems portray teenagers found that the systems’ reliance on media coverage… Read More

Cannabis resource company Leafly will be delisted from Nasdaq

Seattle-based company Leafly will be delisted from the Nasdaq after failing to meet minimum requirements for net income.