Investors and founders at a Pacific Northwest Climate Week happy hour named the technologies drawing too much money and the ones showing real promise. Hear from them on new episode of GeekWire's Positive Charge podcast. Read More
Elon Musk says Starlink could carry most of the world's internet within a decade. SpaceX's first earnings report as a public company showed the satellite business, built on satellites made in Redmond, is the only profitable part of the company. Read More
Zillow Group laid off more than 500 employees Tuesday, about 7% of its workforce, one day before it reports second-quarter earnings. It's the company's second round of cuts this year. Read More
Teri Hatfield, Salesforce EVP and Tableau CRO, has taken a role at Iterable; Gates Foundation's legal director has left for Arnold & Porter; and Seattle-area startups AIM and Gravitics have added to their C-suites. Read More
Jyoti Shukla is taking the product strategy skills she developed at Microsoft, Starbucks, Nordstrom and SiriusXM and applying them to a station she has relied on as a fan for decades. Read More
Amazon passed $3 trillion in market value for the first time Monday and Microsoft climbed 5%, extending a rally that followed cloud earnings from both companies last week. The two are now the world's fourth and fifth most valuable companies. Read More
After nearly seven years at the helm of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Magda Balazinska's term is ending and the school’s vice director, Dan Grossman, will take charge as interim director. Read More
Viet Nguyen, a Seattle communications executive and former political campaign manager, used AI to build Culliton2026.org, a site that gauges how candidates for the Washington Supreme Court might rule on the state's new millionaires' tax. Critics call the whole premise faulty. Read More
See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 26, 2026. Read More
Microsoft and Amazon both beat cloud expectations this week, and Microsoft's headcount fell for the first time since 2016. Also on the show: Satya Nadella builds a dashboard out of a Morgan Stanley analyst's own report, Jeff Bezos names Amazon's fourth pillar and AI House's Jacob Colker makes the case for Seattle tech. Read More
GeekWire's Todd Bishop reports from Seattle Tech Week 2026, where more than 250 events made artificial intelligence the dominant topic. Insights and quotes from executives at OpenAI, Mistral AI, PitchBook, Madrona, Ascend and others. Read More
Seattle biotech startup Accipiter Bio has raised an additional $10.5 million from existing investors to accelerate its work on AI-designed, multi-target protein therapeutics. Fueled by faster-than-expected progress, the company plans to use the new capital to expand its team and double its roster of clinical-stage drug candidates, with a growing focus on immunology. Read More
Microsoft's annual report shows the company employed 223,000 people as of June 30, down 5,000 from a year earlier and its first annual decline since 2016. Product R&D roles accounted for most of the drop. Read More
Wenxin Fang of Redmond, Wash., launched a hardware startup to create the ZeroPivot Protractor, a sleek, precision-machined aluminum replacement for the tool that gave him problems in math class. Read More
The Washington Technology Industry Association's new "Tech Universe Map" charts the founder lineage of 625 companies, showing that Microsoft and the University of Washington account for the largest share. A WTIA executive says the hubs forming next are mostly out-of-state companies with engineering centers here. Read More
Renton, Wash.-based Wizards of the Coast previewed its D&D plans ahead of Gen Con, including a "World of Warcraft" crossover sourcebook due Nov. 17, the return of the Dark Sun setting in 2027 and a new content program led by actor Joe Manganiello. Read More
Amazon reported $200.6 billion in second-quarter revenue, up 20%, with AWS growing 37%, its fastest pace since the end of 2021. Free cash flow turned negative for the first time since 2023 as the company poured money into AI data centers. Read More
A Seattle-area plumber and Navy veteran is taking on a new challenge: making local retail as convenient as ordering takeout. Meet Jeremy Bernier, the founder of MODRA, an AI-powered startup aiming to bring same-day delivery and personalized shopping to neighborhood stores. Read More
Moonbase Y, in development at August Interactive, is a cooperative online game that puts players 13 and older in charge of building a lunar colony, using NASA imagery and data and asking them to solve the problems a real settlement would face. Read More
Overall, for the fiscal year ended June 30, Microsoft's revenue increased 18%, or $50.1 billion, to $331.8 billion. Here is what a table buried in the 10-K shows about the real drivers of the business. Read More
After nearly three decades at Microsoft, cybersecurity executive Krishna Kumar Parthasarathy has announced he is joining Salesforce as executive vice… Read More
California-based satellite startup is working on multiple mega-projects, supported by an engineering hub set up in Seattle area. Read More
Visit Bellevue announced this week that it's launching a free electric shuttle pilot program on Aug. 3 to help riders on Sound Transit's 2 line continue their journey to other downtown destinations. Read More
By offering direct deposits, fee-free local spending, and global ATM access, the company is aiming to deepen customer loyalty and eliminate the banking friction faced by many underbanked or immigrant workers when trying to open traditional accounts. Read More
Seattle lunar startup will collaborate with Iowa-based Vermeer to manufacture tools that can help NASA build a lunar outpost. Read More
Startup's co-founder believes modular architecture for data-crunching satellites will eventually become the industry standard — and become licensable. Read More
AI House co-founder and managing director Jacob Colker may be Seattle's number one cheerleader. In posts on LinkedIn, panel discussions and recent news stories, Colker is reminding Seattleites that this is a pretty special place. Read More
AWS is giving Swami Sivasubramanian a bigger job. The agentic AI chief will now also oversee emerging technologies and help shape AI strategy across the cloud division, as Amazon reshapes its broader AI strategy and teams. Read More
Microsoft's Azure cloud business grew 43% last quarter — well past its own forecast — and topped $100 billion in annual revenue for the first time. The cost: a record $41 billion in capital spending, with free cash flow down 23%. Shares rose after hours, reversing the recent pattern. Read More
Seattle investor and founder Nikesh Parekh argues that venture capital has split in two: record money flowing to a narrow band of AI companies while most founders find it harder than ever to raise. He lays out what founders should do about it, from raising VC to angel funding, venture debt, revenue-based financing, and bootstrapping to profitability. Read More
Amazon reports second-quarter results Thursday afternoon, with AWS growth expected to accelerate and capital spending on pace for a record $200 billion this year. The big question: How much patience do investors have left for the company's bet on AI? Read More
Los Angeles-based Nominal, whose software helps engineers build, test and validate complex hardware systems, is establishing a permanent Seattle office as it ramps up hiring and looks for a larger home in the region. Read More
An opportunity to join the space industry can begin in a totally different tech industry — or even at an espresso stand. Read More
Bandai Namco is opening an official Gundam Base retail store at Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila, Wash., this fall, giving Pacific Northwest anime and model-kit fans a permanent flagship destination for all things Gunpla. Read More
It's time to recognize the Seattle area's boldest innovators. Nominations are now open for GeekWire's 2026 Uncommon Thinkers Awards. Read More
Founders, investors and operators at the Seattle Tech Week kickoff describe what they're building, from an AI system that runs a professional cricket team's logistics to voice AI for counting bottles behind a bar. Read More
The "glide-down" caps an 18-month UPS strategy initiated in early 2025 to scale back low-margin e-commerce shipments for Amazon. Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says the company's custom AI chip business is poised to become its next "pillar," joining Marketplace, Prime, and AWS as one of Amazon's foundational businesses as the tech giant doubles down on artificial intelligence infrastructure. Read More
Diredt-to-device network would complement connectivity via fixed antennas and Globalstar's satellites. Read More
Warner Bros. Discovery sued Amazon in Los Angeles County Superior Court over the hiring of HBO Max marketing executive Pia Barlow, alleging Amazon induced her to break a contract that ran through October 2027. The suit asks the court to bar Amazon from hiring any Warner Bros. Discovery employee under contract. Read More
Replify's software handles phone calls, emails, chats, and texts for health and wellness businesses, including inbound customer messages as well as proactive outbound marketing." Read More
Microsoft on Monday unveiled Project Perception, an AI cybersecurity system built to defend against AI-driven attacks, aiming to keep pace with both hackers and its technology rivals. It’s part of a broader escalation across the industry. Read More
Ninth-graders from Interlake High in Bellevue, Wash., soared above teams from France, Japan, the UK, and Ukraine at the Farnborough International Airshow in England. Read More
Known as "Automated Counting," the tool was built in partnership with NomadGo to scan backroom storage shelves using iPad Pros equipped with computer vision, spatial computing, and augmented reality. Read More
Microsoft reports fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year results Wednesday. A look at the key numbers to watch, including capital spending, Azure growth, cloud margins, Copilot adoption and the company's first capital spending forecast for fiscal 2027. Read More
Seattle's Remitly names a new CISO amid continued leadership shuffling; Seattle tech and public service leader Joseph Williams is director of cybersecurity programs at Western Washington University; and Yoodli hires a VP of product. Read More
Jeff Bezos is reportedly part of an investment group seeking to buy a 30% stake in Liverpool FC, potentially giving the Amazon founder his first ownership interest in a major professional sports franchise. Read More
Zeno Power Systems will study a concept for putting compact radioisotope heating devices in spacesuits used for extravehicular activity amid frigid lunar conditions. Read More
Dopl is pursuing FDA clearance for its platform, which pairs off-the-shelf ultrasound probes with commercially available robots. The system facilitates communication between a remotely based ultrasound technician (or sonographer) and the robot. Read More
See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of July 19, 2026. Read More