Worlds collide at Amazon Spheres as pro-Palestinian group protests cloud giant’s Israel contracts

Carrying bullhorns and signs depicting Amazon executives as war criminals, about two dozen people protested outside the ...

Anthropic, Amazon, and the Fable shutdown; AI-powered school arrives; World Cup tech

Anthropic took its two newest AI models offline to comply with a U.S. order, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly among those who raised the concerns behind it. The GeekWire Podcast also digs into ...

Amazon employees file civil rights complaint over company probe into data center testimony

An employee group filed a complaint against Amazon with the City of Seattle, alleging the company is wrongly investigating ...

No billboard needed: This Seattle startup scored World Cup airtime with a scrappy cardboard sign

Seattle's Yoodli used a cardboard sign to get its name and web address on Fox Sports' live broadcast of FIFA World Cup ...

Seattle’s AI2 Incubator rebrands as AI House, and adds key investor as managing director

The incubator was founded in 2014 inside the Allen Institute for AI — the Seattle research institute created by Microsoft ...

Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis exits Microsoft to launch stealth startup aiming to reinvent AI supply chain

Dan Lewis, who led the Seattle freight marketplace Convoy before it shut down in 2023, has left Microsoft to start a stealth ...

Gradial raises $65M as startup sees rapid growth around agentic tools for enterprise marketing

Gradial says it's raised over $110 million in the past 16 months, calling it "a testament to the rapid growth" it's seen ...

Amazon unveils new AI agents, trying to thread the needle between autonomy and human control

AWS used its New York Summit to roll out AI agents that act on their own — from fixing security vulnerabilities to triaging ...

Loss of another Seattle-area billionaire? Valve’s Gabe Newell is reported buyer of Florida estate

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the video game developer is the buyer of a waterfront estate north of Miami.

Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic Fable concerns prior to U.S. order forcing models offline

Andy Jassy was reportedly among the tech leaders who flagged security risks in Anthropic's newest AI models to senior Trump ...

Tech Moves: Seattle tech exec Brian Hall joins Mistral; Amazon departures; new Dropzone AI leader

After leadership roles at Microsoft, Amazon and Google, Brian Hall joins Mistral; Amazon's VP of Alexa Domains retires; ...

Seattle biotech heavy-hitters emerge from stealth with $46M for next-gen migraine treatments

Vedana Therapeutics emerged from stealth with a $46M Series A. Led by local biotech veterans, the Seattle startup is ...