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 2, 2025.
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Anthropic, which opened a Seattle office last year, now valued at $61.5B after raising $3.5B
Anthropic is adding more rocket fuel to its engine as the high-flying San Francisco startup behind the Claude chatbot and AI platform raised another $3.5 billion at a whopping $61.5 billion valuation. … Read More
This Seattle AI startup watches you work — then automates the tedious back-office tasks
A Seattle startup hatched out of AI2 Incubator is emerging from stealth today, announcing a $5 million seed round to fuel its goal of automating basic business operations with generative AI. … Read More
Seattle gaming startup Rec Room lays off 16% of staff — read CEO’s memo to employees
The eponymous Seattle-based company behind the virtual hangout app Rec Room has cut 16% of its workforce. … Read More
Microsoft unveils AI agents for sales, striking back at Salesforce
Microsoft announced two AI agents for sales that double as a competitive response to Salesforce in an area where both companies are placing big bets. … Read More
Researchers, politicians rally for science in Seattle as part of national protest against Trump cuts
Physician-scientist Chetan Seshadri wasn’t planning to speak at Stand Up for Science in Seattle, one of more than 30 rallies held across the U.S. … Read More
How will the new China tariffs impact Amazon’s e-commerce business?
Amazon and its wide network of third-party retail partners could be disrupted by President Trump’s additional tariffs on goods from China. … Read More
Rad Power Bikes CEO Phil Molyneux is out in latest shakeup at Seattle e-bike maker
Phil Molyneux is no longer CEO of Rad Power Bikes, more than two years after the former Sony president took over the Seattle-based e-bike maker. … Read More
Oscars host Conan O’Brien delivers jokes about Amazon and Jeff Bezos
Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of Sunday night’s ceremony. … Read More
Internal memo: Amazon One Medical CEO Trent Green leaving to lead publicly traded NRC Health
Trent Green, the CEO of Amazon’s primary healthcare company, One Medical, is leaving to take a job as CEO of publicly traded National Research Corp., which does business as NRC Health. Amazon informed One Medical employees of the news in an email Tuesday afternoon from Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, which was obtained by GeekWire. Green, 53, was named CEO of One Medical in September 2023, about six months after Amazon closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of the company. … Read More
Is it cheating? AI use during job interviews sparks debate over whether to restrict emerging tools
As artificial intelligence has rapidly grown into something that can make us better at our jobs, there’s ongoing debate over whether we should be using AI to actually land those jobs. … Read More
