GeekWire - Insights from Uncommon Thinkers

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we sit down with some of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers” — inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in areas including fusion energy, protein design, space exploration, and even a process of turning radioactive waste into cancer treatment. 

We recorded the episode backstage at the GeekWire Gala, where we recognized five Uncommon Thinkers through this annual awards program, presented in partnership with Greater Seattle Partners. 

🎙️Read more and listen here, and subscribe to GeekWire in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

📆 Upcoming events: Tech and startup community gatherings on our radar next week in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

• Dec. 14: Shaping the Future: AI, Brain Health, and Venture Capital at the Forefront

• Dec. 14: Founders & Investors Holiday party: Winter Wonderland Dance-Off

• Dec. 17: Applied AI Association Seattle Holiday Social

• Dec. 18: Seattle Hardware Coffee Chats

Check out the GeekWire Calendar for more.

Hot Links:

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on the relationship with Microsoft: “I don’t think we’re disentangling.” (New York Times)

• Microsoft rolled out new design changes to the Xbox app on Windows PC. (Microsoft)

• HGTV’s “Zillow Gone Wild” is back for a second season. (Deadline)

Thanks for subscribing to the GeekWire newsletter, and have a great weekend. — GeekWire editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com; GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop, todd@geekwire.com; and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com.