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· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Bigger checks, fewer bets: Seattle startup deal count drops to lowest level since 2020
The Seattle area ranked seventh in the U.S. by venture capital invested but 10th by deal count in the first quarter of 2026, as funding concentrated into fewer, larger rounds, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Snap cuts 95 jobs in Washington state as part of broader layoffs, pushing for AI efficiencies
Snap filed a WARN Act notice showing 95 employees affected across its Bellevue, Seattle, and Vancouver, Wash., offices as part of a restructuring that will cut about 1,000 jobs companywide. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Microsoft’s NFL tech goes beyond the tablet: What AI is doing for coaches, players, and scouts
Just as with business workflows, the tools are changing how teams operate on and off the field. One big benefit of AI, Microsoft says, is speed: getting the right information to the right person fast enough to shape the next play call or adjustment. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
SeekOut’s Anoop Gupta steps down as CEO, hands reins of AI recruiting company to tech vet Sean Thompson
Anoop Gupta is stepping down as CEO of SeekOut, the Bellevue-based recruiting startup he co-founded in 2017, handing the reins to enterprise software veteran Sean Thompson. Co-founder Aravind Bala will remain as CTO. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
The fusion pivot: Helion CEO David Kirtley’s journey from starships to sustainable star power
Before he was trying to bottle the sun in Everett, Wash., David Kirtley was building rockets. Now, he’s adapting those space-based technologies in the race for fusion energy. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Amazon payments to Bezos’ Blue Origin reach $1.8B as shareholders cite conflicts of interest
Amazon paid about $1.8 billion last year to Blue Origin, the aerospace company owned by its founder and board chair Jeff Bezos — nearly triple the amount the year before — as shareholders weigh a proposal citing his business interests outside Amazon as potential conflicts of interest. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
The tough new realities for startups, Amazon’s next big strategic bets, and Allbirds’ crazy AI pivot
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: A week of Seattle-area startup news shows how the AI era is reshaping the regional tech scene. Plus: Amazon makes bold bets again, Allbirds pivots to AI infrastructure, and a special trivia challenge looking back at GeekWire 200 history. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Seattle mayor floats moratorium on new data centers in city limits
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson raised the possibility of a moratorium on new data centers in the city, following a report that four companies have approached Seattle City Light about building five large-scale facilities. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Opinion: Whither Microsoft? A view from the neighborhood
A Sammamish, Wash.-based operations consultant who counts Microsoft employees as neighbors offers an outsider's diagnosis of the tech giant's cultural challenges — from internal politics dominating weekend conversations to H-1B anxiety chilling risk-taking. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
In a first, Blue Origin uses a recycled rocket to send a satellite into orbit — unfortunately, it’s the wrong orbit
After liftoff, New Glenn booster makes its second successful touchdown, but AST SpaceMobile says its satellite will have to be deorbited. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Seattle-area billboard takes a page from Bay Area playbook: ‘Startup energy should be more visible’
Tech company billboards are a big part of the landscape in Silicon Valley. Summation CEO Ian Wong said the Seattle/Bellevue area "has world-class technical talent, but the scene here has always been understated." Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Opinion: You can’t blame data centers in Seattle for our skyrocketing electricity prices
Seattle's mayor is exploring a moratorium on new data centers, but the city's real utility challenges — skyrocketing electricity prices, a looming capacity gap, and an eastside water defection — have nothing to do with data centers. Read More
· 9 days ago· GeekWire
Amazon doubles down on Anthropic with $25B investment, mirroring its OpenAI cloud deal
Two months after investing $50 billion in OpenAI and striking a $100 billion cloud deal, Amazon announced a similar arrangement with its original AI partner, Anthropic: up to $25 billion in new investment and a $100 billion-plus commitment to AWS over 10 years. Read More
