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‘Wildly productive weekend’: Former Amazon exec’s vibe coding post sparks debate over viral AI tools
21 janvier 2026
Former Amazon and Flexport executive Dave Clark is the founder and CEO of Auger, a supply chain technology startup. (Auger Photo) Dave Clark didn’t just get some chores done this weekend. He built an entire end-to-end customer prototype, reworked a deck, and created a custom CRM. “Wildly...
Meta laying off 331 workers in Washington state as part of broader cuts to Reality Labs division
21 janvier 2026
Meta’s Dexter Station office in Seattle. (Meta Photo) New layoffs at Meta will impact 331 workers in the Seattle area and Washington state, according to a filing from the state Employment Security Department. The company is cutting employees at four facilities located in Seattle and on the...
Bill to tax short-term rentals returns in Washington state — along with Airbnb opposition
20 janvier 2026
(Airbnb Photo) Like a repeat visitor, a bill to tax short-term rental bookings is back in front of the Washington State Legislature — and drawing renewed resistance from vacation rental giant Airbnb. Senate Bill 5576 would allow counties, cities and towns to impose a tax of up to 4% on...
Seattle startup that brings hedge fund investing capabilities to anyone raises $1.2M
20 janvier 2026
Plutus co-founders Shashank Chiranewala (left) and Mitren Chinoy. (Plutus Photo) Plutus, a Seattle-area fintech startup founded last year, raised $1.2 million to help fuel growth of its investing marketplace. The company aims to give everyday investors access to strategies traditionally used...
Fire at Rad Power Bikes retail facility in California is latest trouble for Seattle startup
20 janvier 2026
The Rad Power Bikes retail shop in Huntington Beach, Calif. (Rad Power Bikes Photo) A fire broke out at a Rad Power Bikes retail location in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Sunday, drawing more attention to the Seattle-based e-bike company’s recent setbacks. The Huntington Beach Fire Department...
The Microsoft-OpenAI Files: Internal documents reveal the realities of AI’s defining alliance
20 janvier 2026
Sam Altman greets Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at OpenAI DevDay in San Francisco in 2023. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) The launch of the AI lab that would redefine Microsoft caught the tech giant by surprise. “Did we get called to participate?” Satya Nadella wrote to his team on Dec....
Tech Moves: Ex-Pinterest CMO joins Microsoft AI; Anthropic hires former Microsoft India leader; ex-Amazon HR director joins Goodwill
20 janvier 2026
Andréa Mallard. (LinkedIn Photo) Andréa Mallard, who spent the past seven years leading marketing at Pinterest, joined Microsoft AI as its new chief marketing officer. Mallard started in her new role two weeks ago. She said she was drawn to Microsoft’s AI group “to help build a technology...
Pioneer Collective expanding its co-working space in downtown Seattle
20 janvier 2026
The Pioneer Collective co-working space is located in the historic Guiry Schillestad Building at 2101 1st Ave. in Seattle. (TPC Photo) The Pioneer Collective is expanding its co-working space in the Belltown neighborhood of downtown Seattle. TPC is taking over 6,600 square feet of space...
Engineers in the field: Washington state bets on AI to help save the future of farming
20 janvier 2026
A Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder G2 working in a field of onions. (Carbon Robotics Photo) As farmers grapple with extreme weather, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, Washington state is betting that artificial intelligence could help secure the future of agriculture. A new initiative...
Washington lawmakers target ‘addictive’ social media feeds in revived push for youth safeguards
19 janvier 2026
(BigStock Photo) This story first appeared in the Washington State Standard. Avery Ping had a knack for noticing who in a room might be having a bad day and checking in on them. He wanted to be a psychiatrist. But the Olympia teen was addicted to his screen, his father Aaron said. He...
Travel startup founder trades banking for basecamps, and makes bucket-list treks more inclusive
19 janvier 2026
AdventureTripr CEO Preeti Suri, center in pink jacket, with travelers on the Laugavegur Trek in Iceland, a 34-mile hike through the Southern Highlands. (Photo courtesy of Preeti Suri) When Preeti Suri reached the summit of Mount Rainier, she wasn’t just celebrating a mountaineering milestone;...
Vega Cloud enters receivership, with millions in debt, in surprise turn for Spokane tech standout
19 janvier 2026
Vega Cloud’s technology helps companies track and manage their cloud spending. (Vega Cloud Images, GeekWire Illustration) Vega Cloud, a Spokane-area tech startup that makes software to help companies manage their cloud spending, has been placed into the hands of a receiver after declaring it...
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 11, 2026
18 janvier 2026
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 Jan. 11, 2026. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on...
‘The start of a very long journey’: NASA’s Artemis moon rocket makes the slow trip to its launch pad
18 janvier 2026
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and its mobile launcher head for the launch pad. (NASA Photo / Keegan Barber) NASA’s massive Space Launch System rocket crept to its Florida launch pad today at a top speed of about 1 mph, marking the first step in a journey that will eventually send astronauts...
Amazon fixes Alexa ordering bug, Microsoft rethinks AI data centers, and cameras capture every fan
17 janvier 2026
Someone listening to last week’s GeekWire Podcast caught something we missed: a misleading comment by Alexa during our voice ordering demo — illustrating the challenges of ordering by voice vs. screen. We followed up with Amazon, which says it has fixed the underlying bug. On this week’s...
AI research boost: University of Washington expands infrastructure with $10M in federal funding
17 janvier 2026
From left: Magdalena Balazinska, director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; Andrew Connolly, director of the eScience Institute; Robert Jones, president of the University of Washington; and Sen. Patty Murray. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper) Washington Sen. Patty...
Rocketdyne redux: Seattle area’s oldest rocket factory to get new ownership under old name
16 janvier 2026
Matt Dawson, an engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility in Redmond, Wash., processes a set of MR-80 rocket engines for NASA’s Perseverance rover mission in advance of its launch in 2020. (Aerojet Rocketdyne / L3Harris File Photo) A decades-old rocket factory in Redmond, Wash., is due to be...
Tech Moves: Microsoft CVP jumps to Google; Seattle engineers launch new startup; GitHub names VP
16 janvier 2026
Satish Thomas. (Microsoft Photo) Satish Thomas, a 20-year veteran of Microsoft who spent two decades at the Redmond tech giant, is taking a new job at Google. “I’m joining during what feels like one of the most consequential moments in tech history — right in the heart of the AI era,” Thomas...
What Microsoft has learned about housing, and why it’s urging the state to unlock commercial land
16 janvier 2026
A map from Microsoft’s Closing Washington’s Housing Gap report shows the estimated number of additional homes needed across the state through 2044, highlighting the scale of the shortfall in King, Snohomish, Pierce and other fast-growing counties. (Microsoft Image) A bill to open up strip malls,...
‘A new era of software development’: Claude Code has Seattle engineers buzzing as AI coding hits new phase
16 janvier 2026
Caleb John (left), an investor with Pioneer Square Labs, and Lucas Dickey, a longtime entrepreneur, helped host the Claude Code Meetup in Seattle on Thursday. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper) Claude Code has become one of the hottest AI tools in recent months — and software engineers in Seattle...
Microsoft campus library closes in broader shift to AI-powered ‘digital learning experiences’
15 janvier 2026
Microsoft is closing its physical libraries and transitioning to digital learning hubs. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) The Microsoft Library in Redmond has long been a quiet anachronism in the middle of the high-tech campus, a place where authors gave talks and employees checked out...
Meta layoffs hit Seattle-area VR studio Camouflaj, developer behind ‘Batman’ game
15 janvier 2026
(Meta Image) A series of layoffs across Meta’s virtual reality division has affected Bellevue, Wash.-based studio Camouflaj (Republique, Batman: Arkham Shadow). This week opened with reports that Meta had shuttered several game developers in its studio network, including Twisted Pixel...
Seattle-area startup MontyCloud raises Series B round to boost cloud operations software
15 janvier 2026
MontyCloud CEO Walter Rogers. (LinkedIn Photo) MontyCloud, a Redmond, Wash.-based startup that helps companies optimize their cloud operations, raised a fresh Series B round to fuel growth. The company announced the funding in a press release this week but did not reveal the amount raised. A...
Seattle skyscraper renamed to JPMorganChase Center as banking giant relocates tech team
15 janvier 2026
The newly named JPMorganChase Center in downtown Seattle, previously known as the Russell Investments Center, is home to JPMorganChase’s Seattle Tech Center. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) One of Seattle’s tallest skyscrapers has a new name that reflects JPMorganChase’s growing banking and...
Seattle-area startup Included acquired by Phenom in HR software deal
15 janvier 2026
Included co-founders, from left: Raghu Gollamudi, Laura Close and Chandan Golla. (Included Photo) Seattle-area startup Included announced Wednesday that it has been acquired by Phenom, a global human resources company based in Pennsylvania. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Included...
Big tech takes a backseat to big science in Washington governor’s annual address
14 janvier 2026
Gov. Bob Ferguson delivered his State of the State address in Olympia, Wash., on Jan. 13. (Governor’s Office Photo) While artificial intelligence is generating all the buzz, it was Washington state’s climate tech and healthcare innovation that got shoutouts during Gov. Bob Ferguson’s State of...
Magnitude 12s: Seahawks fans will be measured for seismic activity during playoff game in Seattle
14 janvier 2026
Lumen Field in Seattle, home of the Seahawks. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) It’ll surely be rocking at Lumen Field in Seattle on Saturday when the Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49ers in an NFL playoff matchup. But will it be “Beast Quake” rocking? Seismic sensors installed at...
Gates Foundation will cut up to 500 positions by 2030 to help reach ‘ambitious goals’
14 janvier 2026
The Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The Gates Foundation on Wednesday unveiled a record $9 billion operating budget for 2026 — which includes a plan to reduce its workforce by up to 500 positions over the next five years, or about a fifth of its current...
Forget burying unwanted carbon — this Washington startup is turning it into protein, fuel and a frost deicer
14 janvier 2026
Employees at OCOchem who helped produce the world’s first carbon dioxide-derived metric ton of potassium formate at the startup’s Richland, Wash., facility. It was shipped to an OCOchem customer in October. (OCOchem Photo) OCOchem, a clean tech startup turning carbon dioxide into industrial...
Office vacancy hits another record in downtown Seattle despite new tech leases
14 janvier 2026
Downtown Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) Tech companies are still signing leases in downtown Seattle — but it’s not enough to reverse a pandemic-era slide that pushed office vacancy to another record high, reaching 34.7% in Q4. The latest numbers from commercial real estate firm...
GeekWire’s new AI summit will explore how agents are transforming business and work
14 janvier 2026
We’re excited to announce a new GeekWire event for 2026: “Agents of Transformation: Inside the AI Shift.” This half-day summit will be held the afternoon of Tuesday, March 24, in Seattle, exploring how agentic AI is reshaping work, creativity, and leadership. The event, presented by Accenture,...
Will Bezos step in? FBI searches Wash. Post reporter’s home in classified materials investigation
14 janvier 2026
The Washington Post building in Washington, D.C. (Ron Cogswell Photo via Flickr) FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials. The Post...
Orbital Robotics reaches out with a plan to build robotic arms that use AI
14 janvier 2026
An artist’s conception shows a spacecraft with robotic arms preparing to grapple the Hubble Space Telescope. (Orbital Robotics Illustration) A space startup founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is recruiting partners in its quest to build robotic arms powered by...
Washington state bill targets private real estate listings and would require some public marketing
13 janvier 2026
The Legislative Building in Olympia, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. The debate over private listings and pre-marketing in Washington state could soon reach a turning point if a bill requiring the public marketing of residential...
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman departs after leading Seattle real estate giant for 20 years
13 janvier 2026
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Glenn Kelman, the longtime CEO of Redfin and one of the most recognizable leaders in the U.S. real estate industry, is stepping down. Kelman’s departure comes six months after Redfin completed its $1.75...
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