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2024 GeekWire Awards nominations close today, so act fast to honor the best in Pacific NW tech

You’ve probably met plenty of deadlines for code releases, product launches and anything else tech related that makes sense, so… Read More

Rover CEO on company’s next chapter as pet-sitting giant completes $2.3B deal with Blackstone

It’s the start of another new era at Rover. The Seattle-based pet-sitting business completed its $2.3 billion deal with Blackstone… Read More

Expedia Group cutbacks will impact 1,500 roles this year, more than 8% of workforce

Expedia Group expects about 1,500 roles to be impacted, primarily in its Product & Technology division, under an operational review… Read More

GoDaddy launches new ‘Airo’ tools, betting on AI to unlock growth

After seeing promising results from early customer testing, GoDaddy is launching new artificial intelligence tools for small businesses that automate… Read More

Remitly revenue up 44% to $944M in 2023, with more growth expected this year

Remitly’s business is on a roll. The Seattle-based digital remittance company reported its full-year results Wednesday for 2023. Total revenue… Read More

‘I’m proud of being a job hopper’: Seattle engineer’s post about company loyalty goes viral

People tell me I don’t have company loyalty. But then I ask which companies have employee loyalty. Those two lines… Read More

Jeff Bezos sells another $2.4B in Amazon stock, completing 50M stock sale plan

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sold more than 14 million shares over the past few days worth around $2.4 billion, according… Read More

Former Zillow execs expand mortgage startup Tomo into home search

This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. Real estate mortgage startup Tomo is moving into home search with the relaunch of… Read More

Internal memo: Expedia Group CEO addresses company’s response to discovery of spy cameras

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern emailed employees Friday about the discovery of spy cameras in two bathrooms on the company’s… Read More

Expedia Group to close Seattle HQ temporarily to enhance security after discovery of spy cameras

Expedia Group will close its Seattle headquarters for three days starting this weekend to further enhance its security and improve… Read More

IonQ shows off its new quantum computer factory — and already has plans to expand

BOTHELL, Wash. — IonQ’s quantum computer factory is still ramping up to full operation, but the company is already expanding… Read More

USPTO denies OpenAI’s attempts to trademark ‘ChatGPT’ and ‘GPT’

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in separate decisions issued in early February, denied OpenAI’s applications to trademark “ChatGPT” and… Read More

Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton bullish about growth despite challenging housing market

This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. The housing market might remain tepid in 2024, but CEO Rich Barton expects… Read More

Seattle is top U.S. city in global talent ranking of software engineering hotspots

Seattle technical recruiting startup Karat ranked the top cities around the world for hiring the best software engineers, and Seattle… Read More

Zillow Group stock rises after beating Q4 expectations with $474M in revenue

This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. Zillow had a good news, bad news sort of quarter: The company… Read More

Spy cameras found in two Expedia bathrooms; former employee charged with voyeurism

A Lynnwood, Wash., man has been charged with voyeurism based on allegations that he placed cameras under the sinks in… Read More

New esports team at Seattle-area middle school teaches teamwork, communication, and how to lose

I turned off Interstate 90 and climbed the curving streets into Mercer Island toward Islander Middle School (IMS). Signs on… Read More

Expedia CEO Peter Kern to step down later this year, replaced by longtime exec Ariane Gorin

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern will step down in May, the travel giant announced Thursday. He will be replaced by… Read More

DocuSign laying off 6% of workforce; Seattle-based employees impacted

E-signature giant DocuSign announced Tuesday it is cutting 6% of its workforce, or about 400 employees, becoming the latest tech… Read More

New jewel in wearable tech: UW researchers create smart earring to monitor body temperature

Researchers at the University of Washington have a new jewel in the realm of wearable technology. A smart earring prototype… Read More

NanoString stock sinks 70% as Seattle biotech company enters bankruptcy process

Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company NanoString Technologies announced Monday that it has initiated a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan and is exploring… Read More

Okta layoffs impact employees in the Pacific Northwest; identity giant acquired Auth0 in 2021

Identity and access management giant Okta announced this week that it is laying off about 7% of its workforce, or… Read More

Allen Institute for AI promises new insights into large language models with OLMo release

The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) on Thursday released a highly anticipated open-source large language model, along with the underlying… Read More

Starbucks mobile orders surpass 30% of total transactions at U.S. stores

Starbucks continues to see a steady increase in the number of customers using its mobile app to buy coffee and… Read More

Cuts at Jack Dorsey’s fin-tech company Block impact 43 workers in Washington state

Block, the financial services and mobile payments company founded by former Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has laid off 43 workers… Read More

More than $85M in Zulily inventory and fulfillment center assets will be up for sale

Zulily’s going-out-of-business sale in early December didn’t entirely deplete the inventory of goods held by the Seattle-based online retailer that… Read More

Nominations open for 2024 GeekWire Awards, honoring the best in Pacific Northwest tech

The 2024 GeekWire Awards are set for May 9 in Seattle, and nominations opened today as we seek your help… Read More

Thinking outside of the Seattle box: Here’s why a startup is buying up billboards in San Francisco

A Seattle-area startup that builds tools to help product teams experiment with new features is doing some experimenting in San… Read More

Aerial view of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Zeno Power partners with U.S. Department of Energy to recycle radioactive material

Zeno Power says it has gained access to radioactive material destined for its first full-scale radioisotope power systems under the… Read More

Home-building software startup Digs lands $7M

Digs, a Vancouver, Wash.-based startup that sells software for homebuilding, raised $7 million. The 2-year-old company is an AI-powered collaboration… Read More