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Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon

NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin's Blue Moon cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon as early as this summer.

Zillow responds to Rocket’s planned $1.75B acquisition of Redfin

Rocket Companies’ planned $1.75 billion acquisition of Seattle-based brokerage Redfin sparked questions about a potential competitive threat to fellow Seattle real estate company Zillow Group, another key player in the digital real estate arena.

Tech Moves: Longtime Google leader Umesh Shankar joins Microsoft as new corporate VP

Leadership changes at Seattle area companies including Microsoft, Remitly, Seattle Aquarium, Pioneer Square Labs, Meta and others.

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Redfin to be acquired by Rocket Companies in $1.75B deal

Follow-up: Zillow responds to Rocket’s planned $1.75B acquisition of Redfin Rocket Companies agreed to acquire Seattle-based Redfin in a $1.75 billion deal that will bring together the nation’s largest mortgage lender with a longtime tech-enabled real estate brokerage.

Report: Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy cuts climate policy team and partnership support

Breakthrough Energy, the climate-focused global initiative created by Bill Gates, has cut dozens of staff, reports The New York Times.

Steve Ballmer on Microsoft’s first 50 years, its OpenAI deal, and why he’s still its biggest investor

“I have great pride, and great joy, that the thing that we built has continued to flourish,” former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says in advance of the 50th anniversary.

College students get a taste of startup life inside dynamic UW entrepreneurship class

Best class ever? That was my thought after watching eight teams pitch their startup ideas on Wednesday in Seattle, the culmination of an entrepreneurship class at the University of Washington teaching students the ins and outs of building a tech company.

Microsoft and Amazon quantum advancements spark questions about the future of encryption

With recent announcements of new quantum computing advancements, Microsoft, Amazon and Google have set a new countdown clock ticking on today’s encryption — now an even shorter race than expected.

Private and uncensored AI: Seattle tech vet joins new startup taking on AI giants with a crypto twist

Seattle tech entrepreneur Jesse Proudman is taking another startup leap with Venice.ai, a new AI app focused on privacy and uncensored interactions that is positioning itself as an alternative to mainstream generative AI services from giants such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

Seattle startup vets launch new company to rethink marketing for spas and beauty brands

Former Petabyte executives are bringing their data expertise and tech chops to Rhodium, a new Seattle-area startup focused on helping medical spas and beauty brands interact with customers.

GeekWire Awards: CEO of the Year finalists share tips on leading startups

Get close to your customers. Hire the right people.

Founders: Forget about AGI and focus on building AI that works

Tech startup founders should ignore the noise on AGI and just focus on building products that provide value for customers in today’s world.

Seattle startup takes a swing at enterprise search with new AI-fueled discovery tool

The ability to search across a corpus of internal enterprise data is not a new phenomenon.

Tech Moves: Rad Power Bikes names former Bartell Drugs leader Kathi Lentzsch as its new CEO

Seattle-based e-bike maker Rad Power Bikes named Kathi Lentzsch as its new CEO.

Longtime tech leader Dawn Lepore named board chair at Seattle startup Amperity

Seattle-based customer data startup Amperity named veteran tech leader Dawn Lepore as its new board chair.

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