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White House vs. Microsoft, AI fighter jets, and a visit to a startup founder's Seattle recording studio

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Seattle and San Francisco: Big tech, political backlash and the AI boom

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Live show: Amazon, Meta and the fight over the future of AI; Plus, is Seattle still the place to build?

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AI meets real estate, with Zillow's engineering SVP Toby Roberts

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Study warns Seattle over-relies on Big Tech; Seattle Times v. Microsoft; Apple's iPhone Duo echoes the past

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NBA's Ballmer crackdown echoes Microsoft antitrust, SF vs. Seattle housing, and a Seahawks tech twist

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Bill Gates in his own words: How he's using AI, and why he's worried about the future

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Amazon's drones finally take off, inside Anduril's Seattle-area buildup, and an AirTag leads to a secret Amazon facility

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Bezos and Liverpool FC, a Meta vet's AI startup, Auger's Dallas move, and the demise of Microsoft's AI blob

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Elon Musk's Starlink swagger, SpaceX vs. the cloud giants, and Seattle’s tech universe revisited

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Amazon's next big business, Satya Nadella's DIY app, and a VC's rallying cry for Seattle tech

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The greenest goodbye: Human composting and the science of becoming soil

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What's going on with Seattle startup funding, a Kalshi setback, Impinj's long game, and a smartphone detox

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Silicon Valley icon Vinod Khosla: What kind of Seattle Seahawks owner will he be?

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Microsoft's reset, a new era for Seattle startups, and how AI is changing everything for founders

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Fusion energy: Wishing upon a star in a jar — Introducing 'Positive Charge' from GeekWire

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From the dot-com boom to AI security: F5 at 30, with CEO François Locoh-Donou

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Anthropic, Amazon, and the Fable shutdown; AI-powered school arrives; World Cup tech

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Following through in Cleveland: A GeekWire trip report, plus data center ‘theater’ and the SpaceX IPO

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Microsoft Build decoded: Solara, Scout, AI models, GitHub’s woes and more with Mary Jo Foley

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Zuckerberg's yacht, Meta's layoffs, a robot pizza flameout, and a reality check on AI expenses

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'Lean Startup' author Eric Ries calls for a shift to 'mission primacy' in new book 'Incorruptible'

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SpaceX IPO filing reveals Starlink's impact, Bezos sounds off on CNBC, and Gemini owes John a beer

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AI is not your strategy: Author and business advisor Brian Evergreen explains why vision comes first

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What we learned about Microsoft in the OpenAI trial, and is Seattle squandering its edge?

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Inside the 2026 GeekWire Awards: Innovators reshaping how we work, build, and learn

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Elon takes the stand, Big Tech drops big numbers, and a small VC gets in on a billion-dollar deal

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AI, fungi, and the future of enterprise tech: Industry vet Bill Hilf on his debut novel 'The Disruption'

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Bonus: Microsoft's surprise retirement offer — breaking it down on KIRO Newsradio

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The tough new realities for startups, Amazon's next big strategic bets, and Allbirds' crazy AI pivot

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Riding the rails — over a floating bridge: GeekWire Podcast takes the train across the lake to Microsoft

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Rec Room shutdown, robot umps, FedEx meets Amazon, and OpenAI's odd media buy

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GeekWire AI summit takeaways: Token budgets, watermelon metrics, and the $5k weekend coder

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Microsoft’s Copilot shakeup, Amazon’s new phone ambitions, and pushing Claude to the limits of LinkedIn

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How AI is changing the business and art of video, from 'chaos machine' to creative catalyst

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On location at OpenAI in Bellevue, with CTO of Applications Vijaye Raji

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Anthropic acquires Vercept, the AI job crisis scenario, and Microsoft's past Epstein connections

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We tested Amazon's speedy delivery live on the podcast: Here's what it says about the future of retail

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GeekWire Podcast, Live from Fremont: Seahawks, AI, and Seattle's Future

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Cleveland's Mayor, Seattle's Future: What happens when a city's economy shifts

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Amazon's big bet, a 'MySpace for bots', and a conversation with AI veteran Oren Etzioni

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GeekWire Field Trip: Starbucks rebounds, Microsoft slides, and Amazon resets

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Microsoft's private OpenAI emails and Satya Nadella’s new AI catchphrase

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Amazon fixes Alexa voice ordering bug; Microsoft rethinks AI data centers; Stadium cameras capture every Seahawks fan

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Alexa’s next act, Microsoft’s retail play, Google’s AI inbox, and a smart bird feeder fail

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A silver lining for Seattle in the DJI ban, and the verdict on the 2007 Camry tech retrofit

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The stories that defined 2025: AI dreams, brutal realities, and Seattle tech at a turning point

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Landline phones in 2025? How this tech vet is helping kids connect

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Uncommon Thinkers 2025: Solar spacecraft, sci-fi biology, destroying PFAS, beyond AI chatbots, and better social media

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Bonus: Trevor Noah on AI, education, and the future of comedy

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Amazon’s New Frontiers: Robotaxis, Ultrafast Deliveries, and AI Teammates

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Finding signal in the AI noise, with ‘Me, Myself and AI’ host Sam Ransbotham

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Bezos is back in startup mode, Amazon gets weird again, and the great old-car tech retrofit debate

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An inside view of the AI boom, with Read AI's David Shim

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Seattle’s history of hardware heartbreak: Big raises, high hopes, hard landings

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Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on failure, reinvention, and his second act at Amazon

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Seattle’s tech paradox: Amazon's layoffs and the AI boom — or is it a bubble?

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The Great Rewiring: How the pandemic set the stage for AI — and what's next

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The next PC platform shift? Ed Bott on Microsoft's big Windows AI bet

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Vibe-coding a new reality: Chris Pirillo on the rise of AI-powered apps, features, and founders

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The Agentic Entrepreneur: How the next wave of AI is changing the startup playbook

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A $100k wall for talent: Tech leader and author Shirish Nadkarni on the H-1B fee and the impact of immigrants

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When AI becomes the creative director: Amazon VP Jay Richman on the future of media and ads

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Using AI to Upgrade Your Personal OS: Insights from Executive Coach Mark Briggs

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OpenAI's big Seattle deal; Steve Ballmer under NBA scrutiny; the irony in Google's antitrust case

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The Idea Man's Last Big Idea: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in his own words

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Booms, Busts, and Seattle in the AI Era, with Jeff Shulman of the UW Foster School

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Building an AI-first company: What these two business leaders learned from top experts in the field

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Coding is dead, computer science is not: UW’s Ed Lazowska on AI, retirement, and why he’s not done yet

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Is this 'peak AI'? Microsoft, Amazon, and a pivotal week for Seattle tech

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From Microsoft to Qualtrics: Brad Anderson on AI's business and personal impact

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How Companies Are Really Using AI, with AWS VP Francessca Vasquez

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Amazon, Google, Meta, and the AI long game, with Baird's Colin Sebastian

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Managing in the Age of AI, with former Microsoft leader, executive coach, and author Sabina Nawaz

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The front lines of creativity: Journalist and educator Hanson Hosein on AI and the art of solo storytelling

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Amazon, Microsoft, and the new realities of AI at work

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Inside the Microsoft protests: Fired engineer on Palestine, Israel, AI, and big tech

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15 years of the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon, Microsoft, and the transformation of Seattle tech

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Microsoft, Remitly, and the new shape of work — plus Amazon’s NYT AI deal

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Did Elon Really Intern at Microsoft? Plus: AI, Jobs, and the Economy

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Box CEO Aaron Levie on AI agents, enterprise data, and the future of work

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AI boom and D.C. hot mics: OpenAI and Microsoft go to Washington, Amazon surveys the field

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Innovation in Turbulent Times: Voices from the GeekWire Awards

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White House and Amazon clash over tariff transparency

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AI teammates, a fully remote unicorn, and the new world of work

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Platforms, AI, and the power of human creativity, with Microsoft's Marcus Fontoura

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Melinda French Gates on life transitions, tech, and speaking her truth

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From Microsoft to Modernist Cuisine: Nathan Myhrvold on Tech, AI, and Innovation

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the company's 50th, and what's next

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Inside Amazon's attempt to reinvent Alexa for the new era of AI

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Microsoft@50: Steve Ballmer on what worked, what didn’t, and what he still believes in

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Microsoft President Brad Smith on AI, global turmoil, and key issues facing the tech giant at 50

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The meaning of Rocket's Redfin deal; Microsoft Copilot meets Xbox

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Alexa's AI upgrade: What it means for Amazon's business and Alexa users

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Hanging up on Skype; Google's future in Seattle; Inside Microsoft's quest for a quantum leap

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Microsoft's quantum breakthrough; WA state targets Uber and Lyft; GeekWire 200; Bezos and Bond

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Innovation at Microsoft: Success, struggles, and lessons learned

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'Open source will win': Allen Institute for AI CEO Ali Farhadi on the new era of artificial intelligence

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Bill Gates, Part 2: Microsoft at 50, and the next big opportunities for AI and innovation

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Amazon, AI, and the cloud: A reality check, with Corey Quinn of 'Last Week in AWS'