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Microsoft VP’s memoir of growing up in India makes unexpected case for what matters in the age of AI

Microsoft VP’s memoir of growing up in India makes unexpected case for what matters in the age of AI

March 29, 2026

Ravi Vedula holds a photograph of himself and his childhood friends from their housing colony in Panjagutta, Hyderabad, taken more than 40 years ago. The boys went on to become leaders at Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Rivian, and other companies. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) One of Ravi Vedula‘s...

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 22, 2026

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 22, 2026

March 29, 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 March 22, 2026. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on...

GeekWire AI summit takeaways: Token budgets, watermelon metrics, and the $5k weekend coder

GeekWire AI summit takeaways: Token budgets, watermelon metrics, and the $5k weekend coder

March 28, 2026

OpenAI CTO of Applications Vijaye Raji, left, and GeekWire’s Todd Bishop on stage at the GeekWire AI summit, Agents of Transformation, in Seattle on March 24. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Fresh off the big GeekWire AI summit, we unpack what they heard from...

More layoffs at T-Mobile: Company confirms it’s ‘further aligning’ IT org

More layoffs at T-Mobile: Company confirms it’s ‘further aligning’ IT org

March 27, 2026

(GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier T-Mobile confirmed it made an unspecified number of layoffs this week. A tipster told GeekWire the number was in the hundreds, which the company did not verify. “To move even faster in a dynamic market while continuing...

‘No more’: Washington state sues Kalshi, alleging prediction market is illegal gambling

‘No more’: Washington state sues Kalshi, alleging prediction market is illegal gambling

March 27, 2026

Screenshots of Kalshi ads and betting markets included in Washington state’s complaint. At right, an ad cited by the state shows a text conversation in which one person tells another they “found a way to bet on the NFL even though we live in Washington.” Updated below with...

Seattle data storage company putting R&D hub in Ireland

Seattle data storage company putting R&D hub in Ireland

March 27, 2026

Seattle-based data management firm Qumulo is looking across the Atlantic for its next phase of growth. The company announced Friday the launch of a new European software research and development and customer success hub in Cork, Ireland, a move expected to create 50 jobs over the next three...

GeekWire Awards: 5 Workplace of the Year finalists lean on key values to build solid company culture

GeekWire Awards: 5 Workplace of the Year finalists lean on key values to build solid company culture

March 27, 2026

The finalists for Workplace of the Year at the 2026 GeekWire Awards, clockwise from top left: The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2); Humanly, led by CEO Prem Kumar; Carbon Robotics, led by CEO Paul Mikesell; DAT Freight & Analytics; and the team at Yoodli. (GeekWire and company...

Tech Moves: Smartsheet adds to C-suite; Armoire gets ML lead; past Microsoft director launches startup

Tech Moves: Smartsheet adds to C-suite; Armoire gets ML lead; past Microsoft director launches startup

March 27, 2026

New Smartsheet executives, top row from left: Robson Grieve and Toyan Espeut. Bottom row: Pratima Arora and Kelsi McDonald Harris. (LinkedIn Photos) Enterprise software giant Smartsheet on Thursday announced four C-suite changes — two hires and two promotions. The Bellevue, Wash., company, which...

Two tech workers took it Offline, and opened a Seattle coffee shop that AI can’t replicate

Two tech workers took it Offline, and opened a Seattle coffee shop that AI can’t replicate

March 27, 2026

Offline Coffee Co. co-founders Lucy Kong, left, and Krystal Graylin behind the counter at the cafe in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. (Sarah Goh Photo) The meeting was running long, so someone said what they always say: “let’s take this offline.” For Krystal Graylin, that phrase — hollow...

GeekWire rides the world’s first floating-bridge train — Seattle tech commutes will never be the same

GeekWire rides the world’s first floating-bridge train — Seattle tech commutes will never be the same

March 26, 2026

The view of Lake Washington and eastbound I-90 traffic out the window of Sound Transit’s Crosslake Connection Link light rail line as it heads west toward Seattle on Thursday. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) As the train approached the bridge Thursday morning, it was hard to imagine what it...

Washington state needs a ‘coherent’ story to compete in AI, leaders agree

Washington state needs a ‘coherent’ story to compete in AI, leaders agree

March 26, 2026

The Washington Technology Industry Association held its Tech in Focus roundtable on March 25, 2026, in Seattle. (Ken Yeung Photo) Washington state may have everything it needs to become a global AI hub. The problem is, it hasn’t figured out how to say so, and its political and tech leaders agree...

Bungie scores an unexpected success with ‘Marathon’ revival

Bungie scores an unexpected success with ‘Marathon’ revival

March 26, 2026

(Bungie screenshot) By all indications, Bungie’s revival of its Marathon franchise should not have worked out. Despite a CEO’s departure, an indefinite delay, several controversies, and targeting a saturated genre, Marathon came out earlier this month and has become one of this year’s unexpected...

Want to watch the Seattle Mariners? Here are the TV and streaming options as Opening Day arrives

Want to watch the Seattle Mariners? Here are the TV and streaming options as Opening Day arrives

March 26, 2026

Seattle Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is expected to open the season tonight against Cleveland. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The Seattle Mariners open the 2026 season tonight at T-Mobile Park against the Cleveland Guardians. And perhaps the biggest question on the minds of fans, apart from...

Forget new power plants — Seattle startup Edo wants to turn your office building into one

Forget new power plants — Seattle startup Edo wants to turn your office building into one

March 26, 2026

An Edo employee connecting to a commercial building’s operating system. (Edo Photo / Patrick Martinez) A surge in electricity demand from data centers and AI use, compounded by more frequent extreme weather and wildfires, is finally putting Seattle startup Edo‘s 5-year-old mission in the...

Everyone is a builder: Microsoft and OpenAI execs on the new era of AI-powered personal software

Everyone is a builder: Microsoft and OpenAI execs on the new era of AI-powered personal software

March 25, 2026

Vijaye Raji, OpenAI’s CTO of applications and former CEO at Statsig, speaks at GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation event in Seattle on March 24. (GeekWire Photos / Kevin Lisota) Vijaye Raji wanted to figure out how to keep up with the firehose of Slack messages. After a couple prompts, he had a...

Startups pitch big AI ideas during mini-competition at GeekWire’s ‘Agents of Transformation’

Startups pitch big AI ideas during mini-competition at GeekWire’s ‘Agents of Transformation’

March 25, 2026

Manfred Markevitch, co-founder and CEO of GemaTEG, pitches alongside judges, from left, Bryan Hale of Anthos Capital, Yifan Zhang of AI House, and T.A. McCann of Pioneer Square Labs during GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation event in Seattle on Tuesday. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Big Tech...

GeekWire Awards: Breakthrough tech for healthcare and data centers highlight Innovation of the Year

GeekWire Awards: Breakthrough tech for healthcare and data centers highlight Innovation of the Year

March 25, 2026

The finalists for Innovation of the Year at the 2026 GeekWire Awards. Clockwise from top: Starcloud; RevealDx; Alpenglow Biosciences; VerAvanti; and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (GeekWire / Company Photos) From the research lab to the healthcare clinic and all the way above Earth — the...

Amazon and FedEx, together again, this time for e-commerce returns

Amazon and FedEx, together again, this time for e-commerce returns

March 25, 2026

An Amazon Prime delivery van and a FedEx Ground van on a Seattle street. The two companies are expanding their rekindled partnership into returns. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon and FedEx are expanding their partnership after starting to patch things up last year. The companies...

Beyond the chatbot: At GeekWire summit, AI leaders say the era of autonomous agents is already here

Beyond the chatbot: At GeekWire summit, AI leaders say the era of autonomous agents is already here

March 25, 2026

GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation AI summit drew a full house to Block 41 in Seattle on Tuesday. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The debate over whether AI will transform industries is over. At GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation summit in Seattle on Tuesday, the founders, executives and...

Aetheon raises $1.2M to translate lived experiences into job-ready skills

Aetheon raises $1.2M to translate lived experiences into job-ready skills

March 25, 2026

From left, Aetheon co-founders: Gina Jeneroux, Marie Gill, and Mark Wayman. (LinkedIn and Aetheon Photos) Aetheon, a new startup that helps job candidates map their real world capabilities into work opportunities, has raised $1.24 million as part of its seed round. Founded last year, the...

Job candidates are starting to negotiate AI token budgets, changing the dynamics of hiring

Job candidates are starting to negotiate AI token budgets, changing the dynamics of hiring

March 25, 2026

Charles Lamanna (left), Microsoft’s executive vice president of Business Applications & Agents, interviewed by GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop at GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation event at Block 41 in Seattle on March 24. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Technical job candidates...

Epic Games layoffs impact 82 workers at Seattle-area office as part of broader cuts

Epic Games layoffs impact 82 workers at Seattle-area office as part of broader cuts

March 24, 2026

(Epic Games Photo) Epic Games, the gaming giant behind Fortnite, is laying off 82 employees at its Bellevue, Wash.-based office, according to a WARN notice filed with Washington state regulators. Epic announced Tuesday that it is laying off 1,000 employees across the company, or about 20% of...

Brinc unveils Guardian, a Starlink-connected drone that could ‘replace the police helicopter’

Brinc unveils Guardian, a Starlink-connected drone that could ‘replace the police helicopter’

March 24, 2026

Blake Resnick, founder and CEO of Brinc Drones, with the company’s new Guardian public safety drone in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Brinc Drones founder and CEO Blake Resnick has a big vision for what the company’s largest-ever drone can accomplish. “To replace the police...

Drone home: Brinc moving to massive new HQ and factory in Seattle amid startup’s rapid growth

Drone home: Brinc moving to massive new HQ and factory in Seattle amid startup’s rapid growth

March 24, 2026

The main floor of the new Brinc Drones factory and headquarters location in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Brinc Drones, the Seattle-based maker of public safety drones for first responders, is moving its headquarters and factory space to a massive...

Tech Moves: More changes at Xbox; Remitly taps new accounting chief; Atlassian CTO steps down

Tech Moves: More changes at Xbox; Remitly taps new accounting chief; Atlassian CTO steps down

March 24, 2026

Lori Wright. (Photo via LinkedIn) — There’s more shake-up within Microsoft’s gaming unit as Lori Wright announced she is leaving “in the coming weeks.” Wright spent nine years at Microsoft, most recently leading global partnerships and business development and marketing for Xbox. “I leave...

Big ideas, early traction: AI founders pitch VCs at Seattle-area startup showcase

Big ideas, early traction: AI founders pitch VCs at Seattle-area startup showcase

March 24, 2026

Panelists Hang Huang (InsForge), Brooke Borseth (FUSE), and Nate Bek (Ascend) with moderator Ke Du, offer the perspective from investors at the Seattle AI Startup Showcase. (Photo courtesy B.E.L.L.E) Imagine you’re a property manager, and a washing machine breaks in one of your units. You text a...

The guardian angel of groceries: Katherine Sizov’s tech-led quest to modernize our food system

The guardian angel of groceries: Katherine Sizov’s tech-led quest to modernize our food system

March 24, 2026

Katherine Sizov, CEO and co-founder of Strella, was recognized this year as a 30 Under 30 leader by Forbes. (Photo courtesy of Sizov) Almost a decade ago, a shocking statistic put Katherine Sizov on a new career path. Sizov was doing neuroscience research at the NIH but knew the role wasn’t...

Ai2 releases open-source web agent to rival closed systems from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic

Ai2 releases open-source web agent to rival closed systems from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic

March 24, 2026

The Allen Institute for AI is releasing an open-source web agent that can navigate and complete tasks in a browser — letting developers look under the hood to understand what’s happening in ways not possible with closed systems from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The nonprofit...

Microsoft, Lime and others helping to celebrate opening of new light rail line from Seattle to Eastside

Microsoft, Lime and others helping to celebrate opening of new light rail line from Seattle to Eastside

March 24, 2026

The Link light rail 2 Line heads east toward Lake Washigton with downtown Seattle and Lumen Field in the background. (Sound Transit Photo) Sound Transit’s Link light rail will carry passengers across Lake Washington for the first time on Saturday with the opening of the Crosslake Connection, and...

Microsoft hires former Ai2 CEO Ali Farhadi and key researchers for Suleyman’s AI team

Microsoft hires former Ai2 CEO Ali Farhadi and key researchers for Suleyman’s AI team

March 23, 2026

Ali Farhadi speaks at the Tech Alliance State of Technology annual luncheon in Seattle, May 2024. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft is hiring a group of top AI researchers from the Seattle-based Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington, including former Ai2 CEO Ali...

GeekWire’s AI summit is Tuesday: What to know if you’re attending our ‘Agents of Transformation’ event

GeekWire’s AI summit is Tuesday: What to know if you’re attending our ‘Agents of Transformation’ event

March 23, 2026

There’s still time to grab a last-minute ticket for GeekWire’s Agents of Transformation, a half-day summit in Seattle on Tuesday that will explore how agentic AI is redefining work, creativity, and leadership. Keep reading for details about our speaker lineup, the schedule, logistical...

Opinion: The AI white collar displacement debate — doom or delay?

Opinion: The AI white collar displacement debate — doom or delay?

March 23, 2026

Editor’s note: GeekWire publishes guest opinions to foster informed discussion and highlight a diversity of perspectives on issues shaping the tech and startup community. If you’re interested in submitting a guest column, email us at tips@geekwire.com. Submissions are reviewed by our editorial team...

Report: Helion is working on a massive fusion power deal with OpenAI

Report: Helion is working on a massive fusion power deal with OpenAI

March 23, 2026

Helion Energy’s Polaris fusion demonstration reactor operating with tritium and deuterium fuel. (Helion Photo) The Seattle-area fusion company Helion Energy is negotiating a deal to supply OpenAI with massive amounts of energy, Axios reported Monday. The deal under discussion would have...

10 startups chosen for Plug and Play’s third Seattle-area accelerator cohort

10 startups chosen for Plug and Play’s third Seattle-area accelerator cohort

March 23, 2026

Startup founders who pitched for a chance to join the latest Plug and Play Cohort. (Photo courtesy of Plug and Play) Plug and Play has selected the 10 startups that will take part in its third Seattle-area accelerator cohort as the program marks its one-year anniversary in the region. The...

Sci-fi epic ‘Project Hail Mary’ gives Amazon MGM Studios its best opening ever with $80.6M

Sci-fi epic ‘Project Hail Mary’ gives Amazon MGM Studios its best opening ever with $80.6M

March 23, 2026

Ryan Gosling set out to save the planet, and he may just save Amazon’s movie-making credibility. “Project Hail Mary,” the sci-fi epic that stars Gosling as a scientist sent on a mission to save Earth from extinction, grossed $80.6 million in its opening weekend, marking the biggest box...

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