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(NavigatorCRE Image)Seattle-based NavigatorCRE, makers of a data analytics platform that serves the commercial real estate industry, has raised $17.2 million in new funding, the startup announced Tuesday. The company plans to use the funds to expand across North America and Western Europe and...
Tom Keiser, Hootsuite CEO. (Hootsuite Photo)Hootsuite, the Vancouver, B.C.-based social media management platform, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Heyday, a conversational AI platform, for about $48 million USD. The acquisition will enable Hootsuite users to message their customers directly...
A rendering of Topgolf’s planned facility in Renton, Wash. (Topgolf Image)Sports and entertainment company Topgolf is officially bringing a full-scale, high-tech golf and gaming complex to the Seattle area, with plans to break ground on Tuesday in Renton, Wash., at the southern end of Lake...
An Amazon fulfillment center. (GeekWire File Photo)Amazon stepped outside allowable guidelines and improperly pressured Alabama warehouse workers against unionizing the Bessemer fulfillment warehouse and because of that, the election should be redone, a National Labor Relations Board hearing...
Melton Littlepage, left, and Stefan Schulz. (Outreach Photos)— Outreach, the Seattle sales enablement startup now valued at $4.4 billion, named Melton Littlepage as its new chief marketing officer and added Stefan Schulz to its board of directors. Littlepage was most recently senior vice...
Microsoft released Windows 365 for business users this morning, making its flagship operating system widely available as a subscription for the first time. It’s a major step toward Microsoft’s vision for “Cloud PCs.” Using the service, business customers will be able to stream Windows 10,...
Javier Luraschi, founder of Hal9. (Photo courtesy of Javier Luraschi)Is there ever really a good time to launch a startup? That’s the question Javier Luraschi was asking and sort of answering for himself in discussing his effort to “democratize artificial intelligence” through his new...
Rover CEO Aaron Easterly. (Rover Photo)It started as a simple pitch at a Seattle hackathon for a marketplace to facilitate matches between pet owners and sitters. Now, a decade later, Rover is a publicly traded enterprise. The Seattle-based company will begin trading on the NASDAQ Monday under the...
Dance Church partnered with Pioneer Square Labs to launch an online streaming product called Dance Church Go. (Dance Church Go Photo)On a foggy Saturday morning earlier this month, I was among hundreds of people gathered at the Seattle Center lawn, dancing like no one was watching. The event...
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 July 25, 2021. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on...
Satya Nadella at Microsoft Ignite 2016, two years into his tenure as Microsoft CEO and a few months after announcing the company’s acquisition of LinkedIn. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota)When Microsoft announced its acquisition of LinkedIn for more than $26 billion five years ago, there was...
As a child growing up in Portland, Ore., Luna Abadia was always curious about the nature around her. She carried a journal with her that she called her “book of questions” and filled it with observations of her world. What happens when we sneeze? She wrote. Why is my dog’s nose wet? She’s...
The Wyze Cam Outdoor from Wyze Labs. (Wyze Photo)Smart-home device maker Wyze Labs has raised $110 million in new funding, GeekWire learned on Friday, boosting the Kirkland, Wash.-based company’s plans to improve its existing line of products and launch even more. Wyze has launched more than 30...
Direct retail sales are poised to represent less than half of Amazon’s business for the first time in its history — a fundamental shift that reflects the e-commerce giant’s expansion beyond its roots as an online store. Revenue from Amazon Web Services, Amazon Prime, third-party seller...
An artist’s conception shows the human landing system that was being developed by Blue Origin and its industry partners in the foreground, and a cargo lander in the background. (Blue Origin Illustration)The Government Accountability Office today turned back protests from Jeff Bezos’ Blue...
Gregg Ames, left, and Syed Ahmed, two recent hires at Act-On. (Act-On Photos)—Act-On, a Portland, Ore.-based marketing automation platform, added Gregg Ames as chief commercial officer and Syed Ahmed as senior vice president of engineering. Ames previously worked in sales at Marketo, Oracle and...
GeekWire IllustrationAmazon has been fined a record 746 million euros, or $885 million based on current exchange rates, over alleged violations of European data privacy regulations. The company disclosed the July 16 decision by the Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) in its...
The GeekWire team gathers at the finish line in West Seattle after completing The GeekWire Great Race II from downtown Seattle last week. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)We had a ton of fun testing Seattle’s transportation options through rush hour traffic during our inaugural GeekWire Great Race...
(Port of Seattle Photo / Don Wilson)Accusing the Port of Seattle of making promises it can’t keep, the American Civil Liberties Union called on the port to improve both its honesty and policies regarding the use of facial recognition technology. Specifically, the ACLU described the Port...
Amazon is finding it necessary to boost wages and increase its use of incentives to fill some of its open positions, resulting in higher costs in its fulfillment network. “We certainly see stronger demand for workers,” said Brian Olsavsky, Amazon’s chief financial officer, on a conference...
(Bigstock Photo)T-Mobile beat analyst expectations at the end of its second quarter, reporting $20 billion in revenue, up 13% year-over-year, and $0.78 in earnings per share. Analysts expected revenue of $19.3 billion and earnings per share of $0.53. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless company...
Flying over the Cascade Range in Washington state. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)If you’ve ever stared out the window of a passenger plane, or tracked your flight as it moves across the sky on the animated video screen in front of you, you may have wondered how the pilots even know what...
(GeekWire Photo)Amazon’s advertising business continue to grow rapidly as it is now one of the company’s key sources of revenue. In the company’s second quarter earnings report, Amazon said its “Other” category generated $7.9 billion in sales, up a whopping 87% from the year-ago quarter,...
Amazon posted net sales of 113.1 billion for the second quarter, up 27%, but fell short of Wall Street expectations, sending its stock down 5% in after-hours trading. The result was within the range of the company’s previously issued guidance, which had net sales between $110 and $116 billion....
Newly minted Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn’t subject himself to an intensive round of press interviews upon taking over from founder Jeff Bezos earlier this month, but he did offer some insights into his approach and background in a video interview recorded internally. It was released as an...
Tents line a Downtown Seattle street. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook)As downtown Seattle tech businesses implement plans to return to offices that have been vacant for more than a year, a change in how some of these companies experience downtown could be on the horizon. Supporters announced Wednesday...
(Photo via Twitter/@icosavax)Icosavax is having quite the debut as Washington state’s newest public company. Shares of the Seattle-based biotech firm surged more than 200% on its first day of trading Thursday. Icosavax raised more than $180 million after pricing shares at $15 before trading...
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. (Amazon Photo)Amazon’s earnings report Thursday will be its first with CEO Andy Jassy at the helm. While it may be tempting to view the numbers as setting the tone for a new era, it’s worth keeping in mind that these results were booked as of June 30, several days before...
MacKenzie Scott, left, and Melinda French Gates. (Photos via Bystander Revolution and Gates Foundation)Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott are sharing some of their immense wealth with organizations that want to empower other women, announcing Thursday that they are awarding $40 million as...
Paul Allen at the University of Washington in 2017. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop)High-priced real estate with Northwest connections has changed hands for top dollar according to reports out of Hawaii and Orcas Island, Wash. Properties belonging to the late billionaire Microsoft co-founder...
