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Social gaming startup Rec Room is shutting down its service on June 1, saying it could not find a path to profitability; it was valued at $3.5B in December 2021 (www.geekwire.com)
13 hours ago Startup

Microsoft hires a group of AI researchers from the Allen Institute for AI, including former CEO Ali Farhadi, who stepped down on March 12 (www.geekwire.com)
7 days ago Microsoft AI

A profile of AWS at its 20th anniversary, covering its creation, rise to market dominance, response to the ChatGPT disruption, and the future of its AI bets (www.geekwire.com)
8 days ago AI

Allen Institute for AI CEO Ali Farhadi steps down after two and a half years to pursue research ambitions; founding member Peter Clark will serve as interim CEO (www.geekwire.com)
18 days ago AI

Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to “advance Claude's computer use capabilities” (www.geekwire.com)
2026-2-26 NLP

Highspot, which has raised $650M and makes AI-powered sales enablement software, plans to merge with rival Seismic; the combined company will be called Seismic (www.geekwire.com)
2026-2-13 AI

Amazon asks the FCC for a 2-year extension until July 30, 2028, to deploy half of the 3,232 satellites for its Leo internet system, citing a rocket shortage (www.geekwire.com)
2026-2-1 Amazon

LinkedIn's Q2 revenue rose 11% YoY, topping $5B for the first time, giving LinkedIn an annual run rate of $20B+; Satya Nadella said paid video ads grew 30% YoY (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-29 LinkedIn

Amazon plans to discontinue its Amazon One palm recognition system on June 3 and will automatically delete all user data; One remains for healthcare check-ins (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-28 Amazon

Amazon plans to close all 57 Fresh and 15 Go locations in the US, as it pivots its physical retail strategy to focus exclusively on Whole Foods (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-28 Amazon Retail

Filings from Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit detail Microsoft's decade-long relationship with OpenAI, including plans for a new subsidiary during Sam Altman's firing (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-21 Microsoft Elon Musk

Microsoft changes its data center approach, pledging to pay its power costs, reject tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses, amid local opposition (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-14 Microsoft Tax

Seattle-based Spangle AI, which makes AI tools for online retailers to build custom storefronts, raised a $15M Series A led by NewRoad at a $100M valuation (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-9 AI Seattle

Amazon rolls out Alexa+ on the web to early access users, with chat functionality, smart home controls, file management, and cross-device conversations (www.geekwire.com)
2025-12-19 Amazon

Amazon's AGI team lead Rohit Prasad is leaving at the end of 2025; AWS SVP Peter DeSantis will lead a group combining AI, silicon, and quantum computing teams (www.geekwire.com)
2025-12-18 Amazon AI Quantum

Microsoft Research, Providence, and UW develop the GigaTIME AI model, aiming to perform tumor analysis in a fraction of the time and cost of existing methods (www.geekwire.com)
2025-12-10 Microsoft AI

Seattle-based Gradial, which makes AI tools that automate enterprise marketing workflows, raised a $35M Series B led by VMG Partners at a $350M valuation (www.geekwire.com)
2025-12-4 AI Seattle

Amazon launches Amazon Now, a new service that aims to deliver household essentials and groceries in ~30 minutes or less, available in Seattle and Philadelphia (www.geekwire.com)
2025-12-2 Amazon Seattle

Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, unveils Olmo 3 models that it says outperform open models like Stanford's Marin and commercial open-weight models like Llama 3.1 (www.geekwire.com)
2025-11-21 AI

Amazon renames Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo, a nod to “low Earth orbit”; so far, Amazon has launched 150+ satellites as part of a 3,200 planned constellation (www.geekwire.com)
2025-11-14 Amazon

Amazon expands its low-cost Haul service to 25 countries and regions globally, rebrands it as Amazon Bazaar in some markets, and plans a two-day sales event (www.geekwire.com)
2025-11-10 Amazon

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the 14,000-person layoffs were due to “culture” and “removing layers” from its internal structure, not really AI or financial factors (www.geekwire.com)
2025-10-31 Amazon AI Layoffs

Amazon reports a $9.5B pre-tax gain from its investment in Anthropic, which was included in the company's non-operating income for Q3 (www.geekwire.com)
2025-10-31 Amazon Tax

Amazon blames a rare software bug and “faulty automation” for this week's massive AWS glitch, and says it has turned off the flawed automation worldwide (www.geekwire.com)
2025-10-24 Amazon

Chainguard, which helps companies secure software supply chains, raised $280M, six months after a $356M Series D, bringing its total funding to $892M (www.geekwire.com)
2025-10-24

Amazon is testing AR glasses for delivery drivers, using AI and computer vision to help them scan packages, follow walking directions, and get proof of delivery (www.geekwire.com)
2025-10-23 Amazon AI AR

Filing: Satya Nadella's total pay for fiscal 2025 rose nearly 22% YoY from $79.1M to $96.5M, including $84.2M in stock awards; MSFT is up ~23% so far in 2025 (www.geekwire.com)
2025-10-22

Amazon announces Amazon Pharmacy kiosks to quickly dispense medications to patients after an appointment, initially rolling out in its One Medical offices in LA (www.geekwire.com)
2025-10-8 Amazon

Amazon partners with FanDuel to allow viewers to track their NBA bets in real-time during NBA games on Prime Video and adds shoppable NBA merch to the games (www.geekwire.com)
2025-10-1 Amazon

Amazon expands Multichannel Fulfillment to let Walmart sellers use Amazon's logistics network to deliver orders and announces support for Shein by year-end (www.geekwire.com)
2025-9-21 Amazon Logistics Walmart

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