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Microsoft unveils Project Ire, a prototype AI system that can reverse engineer and identify malicious software autonomously, without human assistance (www.geekwire.com)
14 days ago Microsoft AI

Smartsheet says Mark Mader will retire as CEO and from the board of directors at the end of September, and names Apptio co-founder Sunny Gupta as acting CEO (www.geekwire.com)
14 days ago

Microsoft plans to invest $30B+ in capital expenditures in Q1, which would be its largest for a single quarter, after reporting $24.2B in capital spending in Q4 (www.geekwire.com)
21 days ago Microsoft 4Q

Seattle-based Dropzone AI, which offers AI agents that act as Security Operations Center analysts, raised a $37M Series B led by Theory Ventures (www.geekwire.com)
23 days ago AI Seattle

In a memo, Satya Nadella addresses the “enigma” of layoffs while “Microsoft is thriving”, saying the transition into the AI era “might feel messy at times” (www.geekwire.com)
28 days ago Microsoft AI Layoffs

SEC filing: Augmodo, which is developing wearable tech for retail store employees, including Smartbadges that collect inventory data, raised $37.5M (www.geekwire.com)
2025-7-18 Retail

Amazon launches Kiro, an IDE that aims to bridge the gap between rapidly vibe-coded prototypes and production-ready systems (www.geekwire.com)
2025-7-15 Amazon

Portola, which develops the Tolan app featuring AI companions, raised a $20M Series A led by Khosla Ventures; the app has 3M+ downloads and 100K+ paid users (www.geekwire.com)
2025-7-14 AI

Samsung agrees to acquire Seattle-based Xealth, which helps healthcare providers manage digital health tools and has raised over $50M, for an undisclosed sum (www.geekwire.com)
2025-7-13 Samsung Seattle

TerraPower, which develops small modular nuclear reactors, raised $650M from investors including Nvidia's NVentures and TerraPower co-founder Bill Gates (www.geekwire.com)
2025-6-19 Nvidia Bill Gates

Amazon introduces AI shopping experts, an audio feature that summarizes product details, customer reviews, and more, on select products for some US customers (www.geekwire.com)
2025-5-22 Amazon AI

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson approves controversial new taxes expanding the state's sales tax on companies providing digital services, starting in October 2025 (www.geekwire.com)
2025-5-21 Tax

Microsoft says reviews found no evidence its tech was used by the Israeli military to harm civilians in Gaza, following months of protests by Microsoft staffers (www.geekwire.com)
2025-5-16 Israel Microsoft

An AWS survey of 3,739 senior IT decision-makers across nine countries finds 45% plan to prioritize spending on generative AI in 2025, and 30% on cybersecurity (www.geekwire.com)
2025-5-7 AI

Statsig, which offers a cloud tool for companies to streamline A/B testing of apps and websites, raised a $100M Series C led by Iconiq at a $1.1B valuation (www.geekwire.com)
2025-5-7

Filing: Amazon restructured part of its $8B Anthropic investment from convertible notes into stock in Q1, creating a $3.3B pre-tax gain that boosted its profits (www.geekwire.com)
2025-5-3 Amazon Tax

Palo Alto Networks says it aims to acquire Seattle-based Protect AI, sources say for $500M; Protect AI's $60M Series B in 2024 was at a reported $400M valuation (www.geekwire.com)
2025-4-29 AI Seattle

Emergency response drone maker Brinc announced $75M in funding led by Index Ventures, bringing total raised to $157.2M; Motorola will become Brinc's distributor (www.geekwire.com)
2025-4-9 Drone

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff rejoins Amazon as a VP of product overseeing Ring and related businesses, replacing Elizabeth Hamren, who succeeded him in 2023 (www.geekwire.com)
2025-4-5 Amazon

Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers a repository for log data, raised an $80M Series C led by QED, bringing its total raised to $148M (www.geekwire.com)
2025-4-4

Seattle-based Gable, which develops enterprise data coordination tech, raised a $20M Series A led by Crane Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $27M (www.geekwire.com)
2025-4-2 Seattle

Microsoft unveils Sales Agent and Sales Chat AI agents, available in public preview in May, designed to work with Dynamics 365 business apps and with Salesforce (www.geekwire.com)
2025-3-6 Microsoft AI Salesforce

Lumotive, whose optical semiconductor tech can “steer” laser light and is an alternative to lidar, raised a $45M Series B co-led by Gates Frontier and MetaVC (www.geekwire.com)
2025-2-22

Amazon sues Washington state to limit the release of public records to The Washington Post about Jeff Bezos' Amazon Project Kuiper satellite facility in Seattle (www.geekwire.com)
2025-1-31 Amazon Seattle Jeff Bezos

Satya Nadella says Microsoft's AI business has surpassed an annual revenue run rate of $13B, up 175% YoY, as the company faces new scrutiny over AI spending (www.geekwire.com)
2025-1-30 Microsoft AI

Bellevue, WA-based Truveta, which aggregates medical data from 30 partner institutions, raised $320M from Regeneron, Illumina, and others at a $1B+ valuation (www.geekwire.com)
2025-1-14

Microsoft is creating a new “CoreAI - Platform and Tools” unit led by Jay Parikh, the ex-Lacework CEO and Meta engineering executive who joined in October 2024 (www.geekwire.com)
2025-1-14 Microsoft

Washington state's AG sues T-Mobile, claiming the carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal information of 2M+ residents in a 2021 cyberattack (www.geekwire.com)
2025-1-8 Mobile

Amazon unveils new packaging for its Echo, Kindle, and Fire TV products, including removing plastic, less paper and ink, and using more recycled fibers (www.geekwire.com)
2024-12-19 Amazon

Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump on his “political comeback and decisive victory” in a rare X post; Bezos last reacted to Trump's failed assassination on July 13 (www.geekwire.com)
2024-11-7 Trump Jeff Bezos

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