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Initial election results show support for Seattle social housing tax opposed by Amazon, Microsoft
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, left, speaking with Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell at an event last year when Amazon announced $1.4…
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Zillow reports Q4 revenue of $554M, up 17%; inks deal with Redfin to boost growing rentals business
(BigStock Photo) Zillow Group reported $554 million in revenue for its fourth quarter, up 17% year-over-year, topping analyst estimates. The…
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Kestra Medical Technologies, maker of wearable cardiac devices, files for IPO
Kestra Medical Technologies device for detecting and responding to cardiac events. (Kestra Photo) Kestra Medical Technologies, a Kirkland, Wash.-based company…
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How to avoid a $97 billion distraction: What Elon Musk’s bid for OpenAI means for Microsoft
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. on July 15, 2019.…
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Wildfire recovery and carbon capture company Mast Reforestation lands $25M
Mast Reforestation planter at a restoration site. (Mast Photo) Seattle’s Mast Reforestation announced today $25 million in new funding and…
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Official AI raises $2M for platform that enables authentic AI content creation for brands and talent
Official AI CEO Dave Siegfried, left, and John Pletka. (Official AI Photo) Official AI, a Seattle startup whose platform helps…
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Healthcare payments giant Cotiviti to acquire data interoperability company Edifecs
Edifecs CEO Venkat Kavarthapu. (LinkedIn Photo) Bellevue, Wash.-based health software company Edifecs announced has agreed to be acquired by Cotiviti, a…
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Allen Institute for AI’s new open-source iOS AI app runs on-device for secure, private, offline use
A close-up of the OLMoE app on iPhone. The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released its first on-device AI app…
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What’s at stake for Washington’s flagship research institutions in the legal battle over NIH funding
The famed cherry blossoms on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The fight…
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Ex-Allen Institute for AI scientists form stealthy AI startup, with former Ai2 CEO Oren Etzioni
Vercept’s founding team includes, L-R, Matt Deitke, CEO Kiana Ehsani, Ross Girshick, and Luca Weihs. Not pictured: Oren Etzioni. (Vercept…
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