Lisa Stiffler

Better weather forecasting can have significant economic and social impacts for wide-ranging sectors, including energy, agriculture and transportation. (GeekWire Photo / Brent Roraback) Working on Aurora, Microsoft’s AI foundation model of the Earth’s atmosphere, Cristian Bodnar and Jayesh Gupta could […]

Sen. Joe Nguyễn on the floor of the Washington State Senate on March 5, 2024. (Washington State Democrats Photo) State Sen. Joe Nguyễn will become the next director of the Washington state Department of Commerce. Commerce manages economic and community

Seattle startup Singletto is marketing a medical mask that includes its Oxafence technology, which is proven to kill viruses. (Singletto Photo) COVID-19, at the moment, might feel safely in the rearview mirror. But other respiratory viruses and bacterial-caused walking pneumonia

Tribute founders Sarah Moore, vice president of product and design (left), and CEO Sarah Haggard. (Ruby Somera Photo) Tribute, a Seattle startup fostering workplace connections, weathered the pandemic, won the top prize at the 2020 Seattle Angel Conference, navigated funding

Expedia Group has appointed Scott Schenkel as its new chief financial officer, effective in early February. (Expedia Photo) Expedia Group has appointed Scott Schenkel as its new chief financial officer, effective in early February. Schenkel was at eBay for more

(BigStock Photo / Taras Rudenko) The idea of building a high-speed rail line that could carry people from Vancouver, B.C., to Portland, Ore., in roughly two hours has landed nearly $50 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The vision

Natasha Jaques, an assistant professor at the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. (UW Photo) As artificial intelligence chatbots are popping up to provide information in all sorts of applications, University of Washington researchers

Seattle startup Nimbus Aerospace conducted a proof-of-concept flight in Phoenix this month of its planned aircraft. (Nimbus Photo) Nimbus Aerospace, a Seattle-area aviation newcomer, has successfully completed a proof-of-concept flight of its planned design for an electric-powered business jet. The

Inside this structure near Reykjavík, Carbfix is injecting carbon dioxide dissolved in water deep underground where it reacts with basalt and mineralizes. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Spokane, Wash.-based startup CarbonQuest announced a partnership with Iceland-based Carbfix, a global leader

Illustration of the Microsoft’s closed-loop system for future data centers that will recycle water for cooling its computing operations. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft revealed details of new approach to cooling data centers that won’t lose water to evaporation. The strategy will