Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 10, 2024.
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Former Amazon and Microsoft exec Joseph Sirosh launches stealthy new generative AI startup
Joseph Sirosh, a former corporate vice president at Microsoft who was most recently at Amazon leading search and Alexa efforts, just launched a new startup that aims to let creators build their own conversational AI agents. … Read More
Lumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in space
Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup that’s only about three months old, says that it’s closed a $2.4 million pre-seed investment round to launch its plan to put hundreds of satellites in orbit, with the goal of processing data in space before it’s downlinked to customers on Earth. … Read More
‘Just watch us’: Gates-backed TerraPower is bullish on being the first next-gen nuclear plant in U.S.
Inside TerraPower’s cavernous 65,000 square-foot laboratory north of Seattle, there’s a suite of stations for experimenting with new materials and cutting-edge methods for generating nuclear power. … Read More
Looking for non-dilutive funding? 5 tips for startups seeking small business grants
A good idea, preliminary data, and credentials in the field are all key components of landing a small business grant from the U.S. … Read More
Microsoft design exec turns to AI to illustrate son’s book about coping with anxiety
When Microsoft design chief Jon Friedman‘s son Judah needed help with a children’s book he wanted to write, Friedman went from Copilot to coauthor, of sorts. … Read More
Interlune comes out of stealth with its plan to harvest helium-3 and more on the moon
Seattle-based Interlune officially lifted the curtain today on its plans to build a robotic harvester that could extract helium-3 from moon dirt and send it back to Earth for applications ranging from quantum computing to fusion power. … Read More
Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP
Rick Bergman, former executive vice president at semiconductor giant AMD, joined Seattle-area mobile connectivity company Kymeta as its new CEO, effective April 1. … Read More
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez name latest recipients of $50M Courage and Civility Awards
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez are giving $50 million to both actor and activist Eva Longoria and retired Navy Adm. … Read More
Tech vets went to bat for Major League Cricket — now they have bigger goals for Seattle and beyond
When Sanjay Parthasarathy left his last tech job in February 2023, he figured he’d do what he could to help get the first season of Major League Cricket up and running in the Seattle area and at the national level. … Read More
Inside the plan to save Zulily: How ‘The Profit’ will try to revive a once high-flying e-commerce brand
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: The rise, fall, and revival of Zulily. … Read More
