Washington’s proposed statewide payroll tax sparks backlash from tech industry and local leaders
The much-anticipated and hotly-contested GeekWire Awards celebrate the top innovators, entrepreneurs and technology leaders ...
Portal Space Systems raises $17.5M for orbital spacecraft powered by solar heating
Portal Space Systems has raised $17.5 million to accelerate the development of a space vehicle with a solar thermal ...
Hydrolix lands $80M to help companies manage massive volumes of log data
Hydrolix, a Portland, Ore.-based “streaming data lake” startup that helps companies store and analyze huge volumes of log ...
Tech Moves: Gennev founder steps down; Aurion Biotech CEO is out; Temporal adds president
The founder of menopause startup Gennev steps down, while the CEO and founder of Aurion Biotech is pushed out, plus other ...
‘It’s price fixing’: Washington leaders target rent algorithm companies with lawsuit, legislation
As Washington struggles with a shortage of affordable housing, leaders are going after tech companies they allege are ...
Amazon and ULA get set to launch batches of satellites for Project Kuiper network
Amazon and United Launch Alliance set April 9 as the date for the first launch of full-scale satellites for Amazon's Project ...
Video messaging startup Emovid raises nearly $7M to upend workplace communication
Emovid CEO Victor Cho in a screen grab of a video message generated by his platform. (Image via Emovid) Emovid, the startup ...
Gainsight acquires Seattle startup Skilljar to bolster customer success platform
Skilljar, a Seattle startup that sells learning management software to help companies train their customers and partners, has ...
‘Keep building’: Tariffs cause uncertainty for startups, but VCs encourage a long-term view
“In theory, a high-growth startup succeeds because it finds a thing people want, builds it, and sells it, not because the Fed decides to cut rates or because the administration issued a tariff policy, ...
Interview: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the tech giant’s 50th anniversary — and what’s next
Satya Nadella sees in Microsoft’s history a blueprint for its future. The Microsoft CEO spoke with GeekWire in advance of the company's 50th anniversary.
Valve Index
The Index, Valve Software’s new expensive entry into the virtual reality hardware market, has officially been released. At $999 for the whole package, the Valve Index is easily the highest-priced… ...
Surface Pro X
Microsoft will release a budget version of its Surface Laptop, the Surface Laptop Go, looking to appeal to quarantined home and student users with a 720p video camera and an… Read More Catch every hea ...