Bill Gates and Rodi Guidero, executive director of Breakthrough Energy, speak at the Breakthrough Energy Summit in Seattle on Oct. 18, 2022. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Bill Gates’ announcement last week that he would give 99% of his wealth […]
An adjusted street sign in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Jobs in tech have been revered as well-paid, exciting, secure roles benefiting the greater good. But with 500,000 tech layoffs since 2022
University of Washington Allen School alum Armon Dadgar, left, and Joshua Kalla. (UW Photo) Armon Dadgar, co-founder of HashiCorp and a University of Washington graduate, and his partner, Joshua Kalla, are giving $3 million to the UW’s Paul G. Allen
(Freespira Photo) Teens suffering from anxiety, panic attacks and trauma have a new, drug-free option for addressing their mental health. The Seattle-area company Freespira announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for treating adolescents ages 13-17 with
A mangrove nursery in Kenya. (veritree Photo) Veritree, a Vancouver, B.C.-based climate tech startup supporting reforestation, announced $6.5 million in new funding on Tuesday. The company also hit a milestone of lining up commitments to fund the planting of 100
OneD Battery Sciences’ pilot manufacturing buildings in Moses Lake, Wash. (OneD Photo) OneD Battery Sciences has shut down its pilot manufacturing facility in the Eastern Washington town of Moses Lake, according to The Information. Former OneD employees are also sharing
Melinda French Gates, right, and Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman. (Gates Foundation Photo) As the Gates Foundation today announced that the 25-year-old global philanthropy will sunset in another two decades, co-founder Melinda French Gates weighed in on the influential organization’s
Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The Gates Foundation celebrated its 25th anniversary today with a talk and Q&A featuring co-founder Bill Gates, who shared that he would be pouring $200 billion, nearly all of his
YIMBY AI, the winning team at Seattle Climate Hack. (Seattle Climate Hack Photo) Fourteen teams assembled this week to compete in a Seattle climate hackathon and the chance to win a share of $10,000 in prize money. The $5,000 grand
Mark D’Arcy. (Photo via LinkedIn) Former Meta and Time Warner exec Mark D’Arcy is joining Microsoft as a corporate vice president working on the tech giant’s consumer AI products. D’Arcy is the new global creative director for Microsoft AI, reporting
