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‘Seattle’s answer to YC Demo Day’: 25 startups pitch investors from across the country at AI House geekwire.com/2026/seattles-a…

‘Seattle’s answer to YC Demo Day’: 25 startups pitch investors from across the country at AI House

AI House brought investors from Boston, New York, Colorado, the Bay Area and other cities to Seattle for a demo day where 25 early-stage startups pitched, many of them from outside the incubator's...

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New from GeekWire Studios and Unify Consulting: the AI Divide, a four-part series that explores where AI investment actually pays off, and where it quietly drains budget. Teaser is live now, episodes drop weekly starting September 30. Watch here: piped.video/zMp8vN_Jgtw
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Tech vet takes a fresh swing at the country club with a golf and social hub in old Seattle industrial space geekwire.com/2026/tech-vet-t…

Tech vet takes a fresh swing at the country club with a golf and social hub in old Seattle indust...

Shankar Sundaram, a former Boeing engineer and enterprise sales leader, said the ultimate goal of East West Club is to create a "third place" in the city that's centered around genuine connection...

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Tech Moves: Microsoft AI exec joins Niantic Spatial; Allen fund names first investment chief; Zillow AI leader heads to Stripe geekwire.com/2026/tech-moves…
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Microsoft unveils all-in-one Copilot app, taking on Anthropic and OpenAI in new push to boost adoption geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-…

Microsoft unveils all-in-one Copilot app, taking on Anthropic and OpenAI in new push to boost...

Microsoft's revamped Copilot app adds AI coding, always-on agents and full versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint as the company competes with OpenAI and Anthropic and shifts more of its AI pricing...

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Artists, game designers and producers hit hard as Microsoft cuts 277 jobs in Washington state geekwire.com/2026/artists-ga…

Artists, game designers and producers hit hard as Microsoft cuts 277 jobs in Washington state

A new state filing lists all 277 positions Microsoft eliminated in the Seattle region, one job title at a time. Art, game production, game design, technical art and audio design account for 77 of...

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Trending: Internal memos: Microsoft shakes up communications as Nadella makes a push to build in public geekwire.com/2026/internal-m…

Internal memos: Microsoft shakes up communications as Nadella makes a push to build in public

Microsoft is moving communications out of its marketing group and under Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, as CEO Satya Nadella calls for a fundamentally new approach that makes employees a bigger...

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Startup Spotlight: Marketing vets launch Kompeld to measure if a company’s story is actually working geekwire.com/2026/startup-sp…

Startup Spotlight: Marketing vets launch Kompeld to measure if a company’s story is actually working

Kompeld analyzes how companies describe themselves and scores their messaging. It looks at websites, sales materials and other company communications to identify what's clear, what's not, and where...

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Internal memos: Microsoft shakes up communications as Nadella makes a push to build in public geekwire.com/2026/internal-m…

Internal memos: Microsoft shakes up communications as Nadella makes a push to build in public

Microsoft is moving communications out of its marketing group and under Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, as CEO Satya Nadella calls for a fundamentally new approach that makes employees a bigger...

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Amazon delivery drone noise sparks resident revolt in Texas: ‘It’s like a beehive up there’ geekwire.com/2026/amazon-del…

Amazon delivery drone noise sparks resident revolt in Texas: ‘It’s like a beehive up there’

New reports this week from The New York Times and NBC's TODAY show detail how residents in Richardson, Texas, — a Dallas suburb near a major Amazon fulfillment facility — are bearing the brunt of...

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The job market has changed shape. Kay Dawson and Foster School of Business career management leaders break down structured interviews, AI resume screening, and why employer silence isn't what you think. piped.video/zmRfmrIjS7M #sponsored #GWStudios @UWFosterSchool
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Seattle startup Row Zero acquired by Databricks to bring enterprise spreadsheets to AI platform geekwire.com/2026/seattle-st…

Seattle startup Row Zero acquired by Databricks to bring enterprise spreadsheets to AI platform

Founded in 2021 by former Amazon Web Services engineers Breck Fresen and Nick End, Row Zero set out to build a spreadsheet capable of processing millions of rows at cloud scale without lagging or...

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Amazon will let sellers manage Walmart, eBay, Shopify and TikTok sales from their Amazon dashboards geekwire.com/2026/amazon-wil…

Amazon will let sellers manage Walmart, eBay, Shopify and TikTok sales from their Amazon dashboards

Mary Beth Westmoreland, Amazon's VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Experience, speaks Tuesday morning at Amazon Accelerate at the Seattle Convention Center.

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With NASA’s backing, Starfish Space gets set for orbital debut of its flagship Otter spacecraft geekwire.com/2026/nasa-sspic…
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Trending: Amazon opens its seller tools to outside AI agents, starting with Anthropic’s Claude geekwire.com/2026/amazon-ope…

Amazon opens its seller tools to outside AI agents, starting with Anthropic’s Claude

Amazon announced new AI tools for its independent sellers, led by a plugin that lets them run their Amazon businesses from Anthropic's Claude or Amazon's own Quick assistant.

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Trending: Expedia Group laying off 58 employees in Washington state in latest cuts at travel giant geekwire.com/2026/expedia-gr…

Expedia Group laying off 58 employees in Washington state in latest cuts at travel giant

Impacted positions span across technology, product, and corporate roles — including data scientists, software engineers, finance managers, and senior leadership.

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Alaska Air sustainability director lays out strategy for low-carbon flying at Climate Week NYC geekwire.com/2026/alaska-air…

Alaska Air sustainability director lays out strategy for low-carbon flying at Climate Week NYC

Speaking at Climate Week NYC, Alaska Air Group sustainability chief Ryan Spies outlined how thin margins and complex physics are driving the carrier's strategic bets on sustainable aviation fuel...

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Hubble Network raises $200M to reach $1.6B valuation as startup expands satellite Bluetooth network geekwire.com/2026/hubble-net…

Hubble Network raises $200M to reach $1.6B valuation as startup expands satellite Bluetooth network

The fresh capital propels the Seattle startup into unicorn territory as it works to connect billions of everyday, off-the-shelf devices directly to space.

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What does an AI-powered revenue engine actually deliver? SoftwareOne's Heather Dahmer shares real results from putting it into practice. Watch now: piped.video/ogkyeCDKrfQ #sponsored #GWStudios @outreach_io
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What impact are you actually trying to make, for your community and for yourself? Founders and program leaders at the @nasdaqcenter Milestone Summit talked candidly about alternative funding, community as infrastructure, and why access to capacity matters as much as access to capital. Watch the conversation: piped.video/YWt63q-GF0Y #sponsored #GWStudios
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