Former Google VP raises $10M for new startup building AI agents for retail businesses
CEO Maria Zhang, Chief Scientist Steve Liu, and CTO Tim Howes. (Polana Photos) A onetime Seattle startup founder who ...
Madrona raises $770M for new funds — here’s what the Seattle VC firm is betting on
Madrona, the largest venture firm in the Pacific Northwest, raised $770 million for two new funds as the longtime Seattle-based investor looks to back a new batch of tech startups. Despite a slowdown ...
Banzai to buy Act-On Software for $53.2M in latest acquisition for Seattle marketing tech company
Seattle-based marketing technology company Banzai International plans to acquire Act-On Software, a Portland, Ore.-based ...
Filing: Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader
Chris Young, Microsoft executive vice president of business development, strategy, and ventures, at the GeekWire Summit in ...
Microsoft launches $5M grant program for AI projects in WA state as part of 50th anniversary
Microsoft's AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state of Washington ...
Fortive invests in Glue, a startup led by former Tektronix exec that automates hardware testing
Glue announced a $2 million pre-seed round led by industrial giant Fortive that will help the new Seattle startup ...
Ro Health, provider of health services for special needs students, backed by L.A. private equity firm
Seattle-based clinical staffing provider Ro Health landed investment from LightBay Capital, a Los Angeles-based private ...
‘The best AI has the best data’: Highspot, new GeekWire 200 leader, taps AI to boost sales teams
Highspot co-founder and CEO Robert Wahbe speaks at the company's annual Spark conference in October. (Highspot Photo) ...
UW study of how AI models portray teens finds strong negative associations
To compare AI outputs to the lives of actual teens, researchers asked workshop participants to write words that came to mind ...
Smartsheet officially goes private, completes acquisition by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners
Smartsheet is a private company again. The Bellevue, Wash.-based enterprise software giant completed its $8.4 billion ...
Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’
Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of a ...
Venkateswara Kancharla on Building Intelligent Systems That Simplify Clinical Workflows
Artificial intelligence stands to play a big role in improving healthcare and simplifying clinical workflows. Learn more ...