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Seattle voters view economy as weakening in survey that reveals short-lived World Cup euphoria
October 13, 2026
FIFA World Cup soccer matches in Seattle attracted huge crowds to watch parties in Pioneer Square and elsewhere, but the honeymoon faded quickly according to new data shared by the Seattle Metro Chamber this week. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle embraced the global spotlight and rode a...
Microsoft forms ‘Xbox Labs’ to explore game remixes, ports and other new frontiers
October 13, 2026
Scott Van Vliet, Xbox’s chief technology officer, will lead the new Xbox Labs team. (LinkedIn Photo) Xbox is creating a new team to experiment with technologies that are changing how games are made, ported and played — including some that run counter to how the game industry and its business...
Apple challenges Amazon’s Echo and Ring with its new smart home lineup
October 13, 2026
Apple’s HomeView smart display, shown with faces for a clock, FaceTime, photos, smart home controls and music. (Apple Image) Apple is going after Amazon’s smart home business on several fronts at once. The iPhone and iPad maker on Tuesday unveiled HomeView, a $299 smart display that competes...
Microsoft’s top science exec is leaving to fulfill a childhood dream: Joining a Formula 1 team
October 13, 2026
Peter Lee, president of Microsoft Science, is trading research labs for racetracks. (GeekWire File Photo / Clare McGrane) When Peter Lee announced two weeks ago that he was leaving Microsoft, he said only that his next job would fulfill “a dream I’ve had since childhood.” The dream, it turns...
UW receives $12M gift from Taiwan-based chip company led by alumnus Arthur Chiao
October 13, 2026
The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering is part of the University of Washington’s College of Engineering. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The University of Washington’s College of Engineering has received a $12 million gift from a semiconductor company whose chairman earned...
Flexport and AI startup Freightmate settle trade secrets suit ahead of trial
October 12, 2026
The trade secrets case between Flexport and Freightmate centered on the use of shipping documents. (Unsplash Photo / Rinson Chory) Freightmate AI has settled a trade secrets lawsuit filed by San Francisco-based freight forwarder Flexport on terms that will keep the Bellevue, Wash.-based...
Robot on aisle 7: Customers react to autonomous inventory machine roaming a Seattle grocery store
October 12, 2026
Tally, an inventory robot, scans shelves at a Fred Meyer store in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Shoppers navigating aisles of chips and cookies at a Fred Meyer store in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood are dodging more than carts — they’re also sharing space...
Why Amazon might pay billions for Decart, a 3-year-old AI startup that hasn’t disclosed its revenue
October 12, 2026
Not Werner: Decart’s real-time video model turns AWS Senior Vice President Peter DeSantis into a cartoon of Amazon CTO Werner Vogels, live on stage, at the start of DeSantis’ re:Invent keynote in Las Vegas last December. (AWS Video Screenshot) A deal for Decart, a startup that makes software to...
‘I am not an AI-friendly actor’: Nicolas Cage likely done with Amazon after ‘Spider-Noir’ stance
October 12, 2026
“Spider-Noir” streamed for one season before being canceled. (Amazon Prime Video Image) Nicolas Cage is drawing a hard line in the digital sand against artificial intelligence, revealing that he likely won’t work with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for his now-canceled Prime...
Microsoft makes ‘biggest bet yet’ on its own silicon, unveils new AI chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia
October 12, 2026
A prototype of Microsoft’s Azure Maia 300 chip, which the company plans to begin deploying at scale in 2027. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft plans to run most of its AI services on chips it designs itself, a shift that could save the company billions of dollars and reduce its dependence on industry...
Etzioni on AI: Where I agree with AI ‘doomer’ Max Tegmark, and where I think he’s wrong
October 11, 2026
Oren Etzioni, left, and Max Tegmark debated the risks of AI in a New York Post video. Etzioni actually considers himself a realist, not an optimist, as he notes in this piece. (New York Post via YouTube) Regular readers of this column may have wondered about the long gap since my Sept. 4...
Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 4, 2026
October 11, 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 Oct. 4, 2026. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on...
White House vs. Microsoft, AI fighter jets, and a visit to a startup founder’s Seattle recording studio
October 10, 2026
Seth Paul of Front Burner Studios and security startup Qinsay at the studio near Pike Place Market. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) This week, we take the GeekWire Podcast to Front Burner Studios in Seattle, where we’re hosted by studio co-owner Seth Paul, who’s co-founder and CEO of security...
Billionaire Jeff Bezos: ‘Success is not villainy’
October 09, 2026
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is interviewed by Bret Baier of Fox News in Florida. (Screen grab via Fox News) When Jeff Bezos sat down on Blue Origin’s Cape Canaveral factory floor for an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier earlier this week, he laid out an unapologetic defense of free enterprise...
‘Star Wars’ is crossing over with ‘D&D’ in two upcoming books from Wizards of the Coast
October 09, 2026
(Source: Amir Zand for Wizards of the Coast) Wizards of the Coast plans to revisit the Star Wars universe as its next big cross-company collaboration for Dungeons & Dragons. On the first day of New York Comic Con 2026, one of the reveals at its big Disney/Lucasfilm panel was the upcoming...
Satellite radar tech startup Kapta Space raises $24M from Bill Gates-backed fund and defense investors
October 09, 2026
Kapta Space co-founders Adam Bily (left) and Milton Perque. (Kapta Photo) Kapta Space, a Seattle startup building lower-cost, steerable radar sensors for satellites, has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round to scale production and meet growing demand for defense intelligence...
From H-1B to CEO: How Satya Nadella traveled the path the U.S. just cut off for Microsoft workers
October 09, 2026
President Trump applauds the six recipients of this year’s National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Five were born outside the U.S., including Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, far left. (White House Video Screenshot) Satya Nadella...
Microsoft 2.5: GitHub COO Kyle Daigle on stitching the developer universe together
October 09, 2026
GitHub COO Kyle Daigle, who now also leads developer marketing for all of Microsoft, speaks at GitHub Universe last year. (Microsoft Photo) GeekWire is profiling over the next few weeks some of the people and teams that are shaping the evolution of Microsoft in what we’re calling its “Microsoft...
Your digital photos and posts are scattered everywhere: This startup ties them all together
October 08, 2026
Bilkay Rose is a co-founder of Eluum, which is looking to bring digital memories together into a common story. Photo via Eluum Eluum is taking aim at a problem created by the explosion of digital life: We chronicle our lives everywhere, but a single home for our most meaningful memories is hard...
Microsoft responds to White House immigration crackdown as Trump honors Nadella
October 08, 2026
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Trump on Thursday at the “Science: A New Golden Age” summit in Washington, D.C. (White House video screenshot) The Trump administration suspended Microsoft from the federal program the company...
Rocket fuel: Seattle-area startups raise a record $3.5B as national VC funding cools
October 08, 2026
Q3 2026 VC deal activity by U.S. metro area. Note: PitchBook’s map uses broader regional boundaries than the metro-area figures in this story (PitchBook-NVCA Graphic, click to enlarge.) Seattle-area startups raised $3.5 billion in venture capital in the third quarter, the most in...
UW protein institute run by Nobel winner lands giant AI cloud grant from Nvidia CEO’s foundation
October 08, 2026
A large, symmetrical protein created by researchers at the UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design. (IPD / Benedicte Rossi Image) The UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design (IPD) has announced a giant grant of computing power from the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation, supercharging its...
Fast-growing AI startup Nscale doubles Bellevue office footprint to 46K square feet
October 08, 2026
AI infrastructure startup Nscale is doubling down on its new Seattle-area presence before even opening the doors. After initially leasing a single floor at The Eighttower in downtown Bellevue earlier this year, the London-based company has expanded by an additional floor, bringing its total...
Overland AI unveils IBEX, a new autonomous ground vehicle selected by the Marine Corps
October 08, 2026
Overland AI’s IBEX vehicle at the company’s proving grounds. (Overland AI Photo) Seattle defense startup Overland AI has unveiled IBEX, a new fully autonomous ground vehicle selected by the U.S. Marine Corps to support counter-drone air defense operations and execute high-risk frontline...
Shield AI lands $150M Navy contract to advance AI-piloted fighter jet that will be built south of Seattle
October 08, 2026
Shield AI’s new X-BAT autonomous fighter jet is designed to take off and land vertically. Photo via Shield AI. Defense technology startup Shield AI has secured a $150 million contract from the U.S. Navy to advance development of its X-BAT autonomous fighter jet — providing fresh federal backing...
Amazon unveils Alexa Tablets running Android with Google Play, including a Pro model aimed at work
October 08, 2026
The Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro with the $89.99 Pro Pen, which Amazon designed exclusively for the 12 Pro. (Amazon Photo) After more than a decade of focusing on low-cost devices, Amazon is taking its tablets upmarket and moving them to Android, setting up a more direct challenge to Apple’s...
Amazon confirms job cuts impacting hundreds of employees in retail unit
October 08, 2026
Amazon’s latest job cuts are mainly in its Stores business, which runs its main e-commerce site. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon laid off hundreds of employees this week in its Stores business, which runs the company’s main e-commerce site — the latest in a series of smaller job cuts...
Microsoft plays the Windows card in the AI game, with help from Nvidia
October 07, 2026
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, left, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shake hands in front of new RTX Spark laptops at Microsoft’s Windows and Surface event in San Francisco on Wednesday. (Photo by Ken Yeung for GeekWire) Microsoft is turning to an old friend and a familiar advantage in search of a new...
In effort to diversify economy and build resilience, Seattle Mayor names 18 leaders to new task force
October 07, 2026
City of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson set up a new task force to bolster the economy. (Photo via Katie Wilson for Mayor) Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is bringing together leaders from Amazon, Spotify, the Port of Seattle, organized labor, technology, cleantech, small business and other sectors as...
Opinion: Washington’s new state income tax must be repealed
October 07, 2026
The Legislative Building in Olympia, where Washington lawmakers passed a 9.9% tax on household income above $1 million earlier this year. Initiative 645 on the November ballot would repeal it. (Photo by Nils Huenerfuerst via Unsplash) Editor’s note: GeekWire publishes guest opinions to highlight...
Sen. Maria Cantwell outlines six-point plan to regulate frontier AI as concerns escalate
October 07, 2026
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell at the GeekWire Summit in 2022. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) With President Donald Trump, states and tech giants taking varied and largely uncoordinated steps to put guardrails on artificial intelligence as the technology speeds ahead, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,...
Walmart prepares to take off in Amazon’s backyard with Seattle-area drone delivery in 2027
October 07, 2026
Walmart and Wing are partnering on drone delivery service that is expanding across the U.S. (Walmart Photo) Walmart looks like it might beat Amazon to the skies over the Seattle area as the retail giant announced this week that it plans to bring automated drone delivery to the region in...
Ring’s first smart lock ditches the key and adds a dial to revive a dead battery
October 07, 2026
The new Ring Smart Lock, right, next to one of the company’s video doorbells. (Ring Image) Ring is moving from the doorbell to the deadbolt. The Amazon-owned company on Wednesday announced its first smart lock, a $249 deadbolt with no keyhole and a dial that recharges a dead...
Yoodli’s next act: AI that can teach workers almost any job skill
October 07, 2026
A portion of the Yoodli team gathers for a photo this week inside the company’s new headquarters on Seattle’s Pier 70, under a neon version of the startup’s logo. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Yoodli, the Seattle startup that offers AI to help people practice speeches, sales...
Fast-growing Temporal hires team from NYC startup Oso to build AI agent security controls
October 06, 2026
Temporal co-founders Maxim Fateev, CTO (left), and Samar Abbas, CEO. (Temporal Photo) Bellevue, Wash.-based Temporal is expanding its security capabilities for AI agents following a $550 million funding round last month that valued the enterprise infrastructure company at $12.55 billion. In...
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