Madrona Prize goes to UW research on agents that shrink AI models to run on small chips

A University of Washington project that uses AI agents to fit AI models onto small, low-power chips won the Madrona Prize at ...

Washington governor rips Microsoft over TV ad in leaked audio

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson criticized Microsoft for funding a PAC whose TV ad, aired during Seahawks games, says "Olympia ...

Power outage takes down KEXP streaming for Seattle radio station’s worldwide audience

A failed backup power system left KEXP’s servers dark Friday, cutting off the web stream and mobile app for roughly 175,000 ...

Accent bias: AI models penalize certain speakers in interviews and tests, UW study finds

Models from Google and OpenAI scored American and British speakers higher than Chinese and Nigerian speakers, even when ...

Who gets your vote? What rumors should you spot? Election quiz and bingo offer guidance

A Washington tech entrepreneur built a quiz to help voters sort through candidates and ballot measures, while University of ...

Startup uses motion sensors and AI to tell families when an aging parent’s routine changes

After his mother-in-law was hurt in a fall and told no one, ex-Microsoft exec Michael Nassirian built a camera-free way for ...

How a Starbucks drive-thru ‘fast pass’ could actually work

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol says the company’s drive-thru “fast pass” would use the Starbucks app to recognize customers as ...

Health Innovation

The GeekWire Awards finalists for Health Innovation of the Year are dominated by ventures that aim to outwit cancer with… Read More Proteins, algorithms and apps — oh my! Health innovators across the ...

fexy media

Seattle-area startup Fexy Media sold two of its food-related web properties — Serious Eats and Simply Recipes — to IAC-owned Dotdash… Read More ...

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Her First $100K

Tori Dunlap, the founder of Seattle-based Her First $100K, is bringing her brand of financial feminism and education to a… Read More When Tori Dunlap was 9 years old, she started running her own ...
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Wildfire restoration startup DroneSeed creates parent brand, acquires California’s largest tree seed supplier

Challenges, breakthroughs and big ideas in the race to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Mar 7, 2023 at 9:21 am July 27, 2023 at 2:33 pm DroneSeed, a Seattle startup using technology to ...