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Zillow stock rises 18% as mortgage and rentals helps boost revenue amid slow home sales

Housing market headwinds remain strong. But Zillow Group seems to be weathering the storm. Shares of the Seattle real estate… Read More

‘VCsforKamala’ jumps on Zoom fundraising trend, hosts call with investors and techies

The latest Zoom call to help raise money for Kamala Harris’ presidential run featured hundreds of venture capitalists, a startup… Read More

‘It’s Twilight Zone’: Redfin CEO befuddled at housing market as sales stay slow despite lower rates

It’s not often that the phrases “urine” and “blood” make it on to a public company’s earnings call with analysts.… Read More

Seattle digital remittance company Remitly opening new office in Vancouver, B.C., area

Seattle-based digital remittance company Remitly is expanding its office-space footprint to the Greater Vancouver, B.C., area, the company announced Tuesday.… Read More

First Mode files notice to lay off 65 workers at clean-tech facilities in Washington state

Seattle-based First Mode is reporting that 65 of its workers in Washington state are being laid off in a move… Read More

‘Google is a monopolist’: Tech giant loses antitrust suit over search business in huge victory for DOJ

Editor’s note: Story updated with statement from Google A judge ruled Monday that Google violated antitrust law by paying other… Read More

Inside Seattle’s newest co-working space, where Centrl Office is taking over former WeWork location

Centrl Office is open for business in Seattle. The Portland-based co-working company moved into its first location in the city,… Read More

Bungie lays off 220 employees; CEO says studio was ‘overly ambitious’ in memo detailing miscues

Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer Bungie announced Wednesday that it is laying off approximately 17% of its workforce, or 220 roles.… Read More

After launching aQuantive and Pioneer Square Labs, Mike Galgon backs a different kind of entrepreneur

Mike Galgon knows a few things about successful entrepreneurs. As co-founder and former chief strategy officer of aQuantive, the online… Read More

Federal regulator rules that Amazon is responsible for faulty products sold by third-party merchants

In a decision that could have major ramifications for Amazon’s e-commerce business, a federal regulator ruled Tuesday that the tech… Read More

Microsoft capital spending soars to $19B, betting big on AI, as Azure growth underwhelms Wall Street

Microsoft reported $19 billion in quarterly capital expenditures, racing to expand and update its data center infrastructure to keep up… Read More

Notes from the tech frontier: What’s next for innovation in Spokane and the Inland Northwest

SPOKANE, Wash. — Treasury4 is tapped into the power and history of this place. The headquarters of the financial and treasury… Read More

Amazon scores 11-year deal with the NBA in a slam dunk for tech giant’s sports streaming ambitions

Amazon announced its massive new media rights deal with the National Basketball Association on Wednesday, providing a major boost to… Read More

AI puzzler: Which chatbot is smart enough to figure out the year of this vintage concert poster?

On one of my recent trips to Spokane for our “GeekWire on the Road” series, I ran across a vintage… Read More

T-Mobile gobbles up more fiber: $4.9B Metronet deal is part of a broader move beyond wireless

T-Mobile will invest $4.9 billion into a new joint venture that plans to acquire broadband internet company Metronet, a key… Read More

Delta’s continuing CrowdStrike issue reveals that fragile tech, and no Plan B, is a recipe for disaster

Editor’s note: This analysis originally appeared in Bob Sullivan’s newsletter The Red Tape Chronicles There have been so many hot… Read More

Mining truck at First Mode's Centralia proving ground

Clean-tech pioneer First Mode is giving its employees advance warning about layoffs

First Mode, a Seattle-based company that’s concentrating on reducing carbon emissions in mining and other heavy industries, has alerted its… Read More

Smartsheet reportedly attracting buyout interest from private equity firms

Smartsheet hired investment bankers after receiving buyout interest from private equity firms, according to a report from Reuters on Thursday.… Read More

Shift AI: Investing in founders in the age of AI, with Trilogy’s Amy McCullough and Yuval Neeman

How should founders approach pitching investors in today’s competitive market? What strategies are top investors using to identify and support… Read More

Tom Huseby, 1947-2024: Longtime startup investor and advisor remembered for his wisdom and wit

[Editor’s Note: This obituary of Tom Huseby, founder of SeaPoint Ventures and a longtime member of the Seattle tech community,… Read More

AI tools help journalists assess authenticity of images in immediate aftermath of Trump shooting

Journalists used artificial intelligence to check the authenticity of images from the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in… Read More

Alitheon gains traction with military and commercial applications for its ID system

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Seven years after it came onto the Seattle area’s tech scene, a startup called Alitheon is making… Read More

Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos issue statements on shooting at Trump rally

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joined other leaders across the country issuing statements about the shooting… Read More

Mozilla’s product chief sues the Firefox maker, alleging discrimination after cancer diagnosis

Steve Teixeira, a former Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter executive in the Seattle area who became chief product officer at Mozilla… Read More

Jeff Bezos keeps selling Amazon stock after announcing his move out of Washington state

The news this week that Jeff Bezos plans to sell more Amazon stock is another reminder of the tech mogul’s… Read More

Spokane’s aerospace Tech Hub misses out on federal funding but vows to keep going

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration today awarded $504 million in grants to 12 regional Tech Hubs across… Read More

Blink … and it’s over: After 24 years at Seattle tech firm, Karen Clark Cole has a new user experience

Karen Clark Cole is ready to tackle her next big idea. Cole recently retired as CEO of Blink, the Seattle-based… Read More

Snowflake moving into larger office in Bellevue to support growth plans

Cloud computing and data giant Snowflake confirmed that it will move into a new office in Bellevue, Wash., next year… Read More

Universal Hydrogen airplane during first flight

Universal Hydrogen runs out of runway and shuts down, one year after first flight

California-based Universal Hydrogen — which put a hybrid prototype for a hydrogen-fueled airplane into the air last year in Moses… Read More

Women in Washington state earn $18,400 less per year than men — a new campaign wants to fix that

Working women in Washington earn on average $18,400 less per year than men. That disparity puts the state in 49th… Read More