05 juin 2015
Omada, a new startup led by serial entrepreneur Pete Christothoulou, gives SMBs an ‘AI marketing team’
Pete Christothoulou. (LinkedIn Photo) A new Seattle startup is betting that artificial intelligence can take marketing off the plate of small business owners. Omada.ai, founded earlier this year by longtime tech entrepreneur Pete Christothoulou, officially launched Tuesday with what it...
After focusing on asteroid assets and clean power, engineers start fresh with a venture called Special Teams
Special Teams’ founder and CEO, Clara Sekowski, discusses a hardware mockup build with teammates in the loading bay of their new 7,400-square-foot facility in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood. (Special Teams Photo) Nine years ago, Clara Sekowski was part of the engineering team at Planetary...
Amazon customers report delivery delays after major AWS outage
An Amazon Prime delivery van parked near the company’s Seattle’s headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon’s e-commerce customers are experiencing unusual delivery delays following the Amazon Web Services outage on Monday — suggesting that the cloud glitch has impacted the...
Veeam to acquire Securiti AI for $1.7B, boosting company’s data protection platform
Veeam CEO Anand Eswaran at the company’s headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Veeam Software, the data backup and recovery company that recently moved its headquarters to the Seattle area, announced plans to acquire Securiti AI for $1.725 billion. Securiti AI, based in San Jose,...
AWS outage affects Ticketmaster for pivotal Mariners vs. Blue Jays playoff game in Toronto
(Photo by appshunter.io on Unsplash) The effects of the massive AWS outage reached the sports world on Monday. Ticketmaster was dealing with ticket management issues as a result of the outage, according to messages shared by several sports teams hosting games on Monday, including the Toronto...
AI2 Incubator spinout Casium raises $5M to simplify work visa filings
Founder and CEO Priyanka Kulkarni, fourth from right, and members of the Casium team at AI House in Seattle. (Sam Fu Photo) Seattle startup Casium, which uses artificial intelligence to streamline the work visa application process, raised $5 million in seed funding. The round was led by San...
With latest AI voice features, WellSaid Labs bets on a careful approach in a buzzy industry
(WellSaid Photo) AI voice startup WellSaid Labs is doubling down on its niche of enterprise customers and regulated industries — hoping that a more judicious, behind-the-scenes approach will pay off for its business in the long run even as flashier rivals draw widespread attention and...
AWS outage was not due to a cyberattack — but shows potential for ‘far worse’ damage
(GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The massive outage that hit Amazon Web Services early Monday and took down several major sites and services was due to an internal issue within the cloud giant’s infrastructure. In a new update Monday at 8:43 a.m. PT, Amazon said the root cause of the outage...
First-in-the-nation merger law adds new compliance step for companies in Washington state
(Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash) A new law that took effect in July makes Washington the first state in the nation to require companies to notify the state Attorney General about certain mergers and acquisitions that already trigger federal antitrust filings. The goal of the legislation is...
AWS outage hits major apps and services, resurfacing old questions about cloud redundancy
AWS experienced a widespread outage early Monday that disrupted major sites and services. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services is showing “significant signs of recovery” after a major outage early Monday that impacted sites and services including Facebook, Snapchat, Coinbase...
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 12, 2025
Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 12, 2025. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on...
The next PC platform shift? Ed Bott on Microsoft’s big Windows AI bet
What happens to Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC initiative as it aims to make every computer an AI PC? That’s one of our topics on this week’s GeekWire Podcast. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Veteran technology journalist Ed Bott has “seen things,” after more than 30 years of covering Microsoft and...
Seattle shakes again as Mariners grand slam triggers another big burst of seismic activity
Seattle Mariners fans go crazy inside T-Mobile Park on Friday after third baseman Geno Suarez hit a grand slam in a 6-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. (GeekWire Photo / Holly Grambihler) The crowd at T-Mobile Park has been waiting all week to move the earth again for the Seattle Mariners. They...
‘Doctor in your pocket’: Xealth CEO Mike McSherry on selling to Samsung and the future of digital healthcare
Xealth CEO Mike McSherry. (Xealth Photo) When Mike McSherry set out to build a digital health startup, the veteran entrepreneur wanted to create a company that would become ubiquitous in healthcare. Xealth didn’t quite reach that ambitious goal. But its digital health software platform did...
Seattle studio One More Game scraps initial project and reboots itself for new alien world co-op
(SWAPMEAT Image) The team at Seattle-based game developer One More Game is finally sharing its first title with players, six years after the company initially started. Shortly after landing a $22 million funding round in 2022 from investors including Lightspeed and Andreessen Horowitz, One...
Fooda acquires Seattle office lunch delivery startup Peach
(Peach Photo) Chicago-based office lunch delivery company Fooda has acquired Peach, a Seattle startup that also built software to facilitate meal deliveries for workers. Peach CEO Nishant Singh confirmed that the deal closed in July. It’s part of a recent wave of food delivery acquisitions,...
Tech Moves: Amazon AI VP departs for CoreWeave; F5 adds tech exec
Jon Jones. (LinkedIn Photo) — Jon Jones, a former Amazon Web Services vice president, is now chief revenue officer for CoreWeave, the New Jersey-based AI computing company that went public earlier this year. Jones joined AWS in 2017 and left the position of VP of global startups and venture...
Amazon HQ building will become new home for longtime Seattle ceramics nonprofit
Longtime ceramics nonprofit Pottery Northwest is moving to a new home at the base of an Amazon HQ tower in Seattle. (Pottery Northwest Image) Pottery Northwest, a longtime ceramics nonprofit in Seattle, is moving to a new home at the base of an Amazon headquarters tower next year. The...
Seattle startup bets on sodium batteries as cheaper, safer alternative to lithium
Emerald Battery Labs co-founders from left: David Bell, Kjell Schroder and Aric Stocks. (Emerald Photo) While most battery startups chase lithium, a new Seattle company is betting on an abundant alternative: sodium. Emerald Battery Labs is developing materials for sodium-ion batteries...
Startup Radar: Seattle founders use AI to tackle healthcare insurance, math education, cloud ops
From top left, clockwise: Decipher Healthcare CEO Pete Francis; Aspir CEO Nicole Doyle; MathGPT co-founder Nour Gajial; StratoCloud CEO Thiru Bhat; and SolyCrys AI CEO Gwen Chen. Seattle’s early-stage founders are applying AI across industries — from education and healthcare to marketing and...
City of Seattle providing $1.5M to company helping to electrify truck fleets at port
Zeem helps transition commercial trucking fleets to electrification. (Zeem Photo) The City of Seattle is providing $1.5 million in truck purchasing incentives to Zeem Solutions, a Los Angeles-based company that is helping to electrify fleets serving the Port of Seattle. Zeem has partnered...
F5 stock drops 12% as report links major breach to state-based hackers in China
The F5 Tower in Seattle. (F5 Photo) Shares of F5 fell more than 12% in Thursday trading after the company disclosed a major breach linked to nation-state hackers. The Seattle-based company reported the breach in a SEC filing early Wednesday, saying the attacker maintained “long-term,...
Helion lands permit for constructing reactor building at Washington site that aims to be first fusion plant
Construction in July 2025 on the planned Helion power plant Orion in Central Washington. (Helion Photo) Helion Energy has secured a Conditional Use Permit from a Central Washington county to start the next phase of development for what it hopes will be the world’s first commercial fusion plant....
Seattle startup Brook.ai raises $28M to expand remote care platform
Brook.ai CEO Oren Nissim. (LinkedIn Photo) Brook.ai, a Seattle-area health technology startup that uses AI to help clinical teams to deliver remote care, raised a $28 million Series B round led by UMass Memorial Health and Morningside. Founded in 2015, Brooks’ platform combines data...
Microsoft’s new AI features aim to give Windows a voice and mind of its own
Windows machines await a past keynote demo. Microsoft on Thursday announced new AI features that bring voice and automation to Windows. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) “Are you talking to your computer?” That line from a new Microsoft Windows ad, spoken by a confused bystander, will...
A first look at the Amazon-backed, next-generation nuclear facility planned for Washington state
Renderings of the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, a planned nuclear plant near Richland, Wash., that is a partnership of Amazon, X-energy and Energy Northwest. (X-energy Illustration) A project to build one of the nation’s first next-generation nuclear facilities has just announced its name —...
PC or console? Microsoft’s new handheld gaming device raises questions about Xbox strategy
(Xbox Image) On the eve of the system’s release, tech reviewers across the internet are sharing their thoughts on the new ROG Xbox Ally, Microsoft’s long-anticipated foray into the portable gaming market. Announced back in June at the annual Xbox Showcase, the ROG Xbox Ally isn’t exactly what...
Seattle University President Eduardo Peñalver stepping down to lead Georgetown University
Eduardo Peñalver, president of Seattle University. (Yosef Kalinko Photo via Seattle U.) Seattle University President Eduardo Peñalver — credited with “a legacy of growth and innovation” — is leaving to become president of Georgetown University, the two Catholic Jesuit institutions announced...
OfferUp hit with new round of layoffs as marketplace plans to simplify its offerings
OfferUp CEO Todd Dunlap. (OfferUp Photo) Seattle-area used goods marketplace OfferUp is conducting another round of layoffs as it seeks to simplify its business and get back to focusing on the local user-to-user experience. In a memo to staff on Wednesday (in full below), CEO Todd Dunlap...
Electric Era’s new EV charging devices use AI to chat, answer questions and tell jokes
Electric Era released its new interactive EV chargers, called RetailEdge. (Electric Era Photo) Seattle startup Electric Era today unveiled a sleek, interactive EV charging device that uses artificial intelligence to converse with drivers as they’re juicing up their vehicles. The company...
F5 discloses major security breach linked to nation-state hackers
The F5 Tower in downtown Seattle. (F5 Photo) Cybersecurity and networking company F5 disclosed that a “highly sophisticated” nation-state threat actor infiltrated its internal systems this summer, stealing portions of the company’s BIG-IP source code and details about software...
Seattle Mariners social media success driven by ‘group chat’ vibe and prepping for the unpredictable
Images from the Seattle Mariners Instagram account, capturing the hype, viral moments, personalities and action on the field as the team makes a run in the Major League Baseball Playoffs this month. (@mariners via Instagram) There’s no better time to check the social media accounts of your...
Seattle startup led by brothers launches AI platform that lets workers query company data
From left: Maxwell and Connor Folley, co-founders of Alkemi. (Alkemi Photo) Seattle entrepreneur Connor Folley has teamed up with his brother Maxwell Folley to build out Alkemi, an AI platform that aims to let employees query their organization’s data in plain English — without technical skills...
LinkedIn’s list of top 50 U.S. startups includes three emerging companies from Seattle area
From left: Logos on LinkedIn for Seattle-area startups Chainguard, Common Room and Truveta. (Images via LinkedIn) LinkedIn released its annual list of the top 50 startups in the U.S. on Wednesday, and three Seattle-area companies made the cut. No. 18, Chainguard: The cybersecurity company...
New frontier for Seattle startups: Space, fusion, and battery companies buoy region’s VC activity
Left: Inside Group14’s manufacturing factory in Woodinville, Wash. Top right: An artist’s conception shows the upper stage of Stoke Space’s Nova rocket in orbit. Bottom right: Foundation work being done at the Helion Energy reactor site in Central Washington. (Photos via Group14, Stoke Space, and...
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