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GeekWire Summit

GeekWire Summit, Oct. 19: Check out the agenda and join us to explore the new era of AI

by Todd Bishop on October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 at 10:23 am

The long-awaited promise of artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a reality in our work and lives, with far-reaching implications for business, tech, and the world.  We’ll explore these issues the… Read More

AI Gets Real at the GeekWire Summit: Speakers revealed for Oct. 19 at former Cinerama theater

by Todd Bishop on September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 at 9:05 am

We’re less than one month away from the 2023 GeekWire Summit, our signature business and technology conference, and we’d like to invite you to join us Oct. 19 in Seattle… Read More

GeekWire Summit Sneak Preview: Join us Oct. 19 for an AI reality check at an iconic Seattle venue

by Todd Bishop on September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 at 10:10 am

The GeekWire Summit is back on Oct. 19 — with a plot twist. We’re reinventing our annual technology conference, now in its 12th year, with a half-day format focused on… Read More

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Elevator Pitch finale: Watch 4 entrepreneurs compete live on the GeekWire Summit stage

by Andrew Richards on October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 at 10:11 am

The season three finale of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch featured four CEOs who rose to the top of our startup competition and landed on the GeekWire Summit stage last week. Now… Read More

Magic Leap jumps into the enterprise market for augmented reality in ‘coopetition’ with Microsoft

by Alan Boyle on October 7, 2022October 6, 2022 at 11:48 pm

Now that the metaverse is finally getting real, Magic Leap isn’t playing games. When the mysterious augmented-reality venture was founded back in 2010, the idea was to transform the consumer… Read More

Chief economists at Zillow and Indeed analyze the shaky economy and its impact on hiring

by Charlotte Schubert on October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 at 7:34 pm

The labor market is still strong but shows signs of cooling, interest rates are high, and where and how people work continues to change rapidly. To make sense of the… Read More

Microsoft cybersecurity chief Charlie Bell lays out strategies to fight ‘growing’ threat

by Alan Boyle on October 6, 2022October 12, 2022 at 2:50 pm

Microsoft’s point man on cybersecurity, Charlie Bell, acknowledges that the threat posed by “bad actors” online — including nation states and crime syndicates with their own HR departments — is… Read More

GeekWire Summit FAQ: What to know if you’re attending in-person or online

by Todd Bishop on October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 at 10:51 am

We’re less than a day away from our biggest event of the year, the 2022 GeekWire Summit, Thursday and Friday in Seattle. If you haven’t registered yet, limited tickets are… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2022 sneak peek: Agenda released for our annual conference, Oct. 6-7

by Todd Bishop on September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 at 10:26 am

This year’s GeekWire Summit is two weeks away, and today we’re excited to offer a preview with the release of our near-final agenda, featuring tech leaders and newsmakers addressing the… Read More

Join us at the GeekWire Summit, our signature tech and business conference, Oct. 6-7 in Seattle

by Todd Bishop & John Cook on September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 at 9:03 am

Some of our best memories at GeekWire have come out of the candid conversations, insightful talks, mind-blowing innovations, and fun moments that define the GeekWire Summit. And many of you… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, pop superstar Ciara, and other luminaries to speak at GeekWire Summit

by Todd Bishop on September 9, 2021September 28, 2021 at 12:23 pm

Andy Jassy will join us for an on-stage interview at the 10th annual GeekWire Summit in October in Seattle, making one of his first public appearances since succeeding Amazon founder… Read More

Podcast

The future of events: How industry conferences and big gatherings will work after the pandemic

by Todd Bishop on June 4, 2021June 5, 2021 at 10:40 am

The pandemic had a seismic impact on in-person meetings and events, requiring organizers and attendees to adjust to a whole new reality. The aftermath could prove even trickier, creating a… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Summit Preview: A glimpse of the future of tech, health, education, jobs and more

by Todd Bishop on October 7, 2020October 10, 2020 at 8:03 am

Our signature technology conference, the GeekWire Summit, kicks off next week. Now in its ninth year, this annual event is known for offering a glimpse of the future through the… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Our annual look into the future returns, with amazing speakers (and a few twists)

by John Cook on September 22, 2020October 5, 2020 at 1:34 pm

The GeekWire Summit will look a little different this year. But in this unusual time, there’s one thing that won’t change: Amazing speakers and insightful commentary on where technology, science… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2019 recap: Inspiration and innovation highlight our 8th annual tech conference

by Taylor Soper on October 10, 2019October 14, 2019 at 10:04 am

What happens here, matters everywhere. That’s one of GeekWire’s founding principles as a technology news website — that the innovation-related work in the Seattle region impacts the world — and… Read More

Universal blood test from Microsoft and Adaptive is a Google-sized data challenge

by James Thorne on October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 at 7:46 am

A novel effort from Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies to diagnose multiple diseases from a single blood test is a data challenge on the scale of Google search. “Google categorized the… Read More

How the WeWork saga is forcing startup investors ‘to look around the curtain’

by Taylor Soper on October 9, 2019October 8, 2019 at 9:09 pm

WeWork isn’t quite working out as some expected. The once high-flying startup canceled an IPO; forced its founder to step down; and is now reportedly laying off one-third of its… Read More

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Steve Ballmer on leadership lessons from the NBA; China dilemma; Microsoft’s new devices; and more

by Taylor Soper on October 8, 2019October 12, 2019 at 9:59 am

Steve Ballmer spent more than two decades at Microsoft, leading the company from 2000 to 2014 as its CEO. But some of his most important business-related lessons have come from… Read More

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Live from the GeekWire Summit: Steve Ballmer, USAFacts founder and LA Clippers chairman

by Taylor Soper on October 8, 2019October 12, 2019 at 10:01 am

Read coverage of Ballmer’s on-stage comments here.  Good morning from Seattle, where we’re kicking off our eighth annual GeekWire Summit tech conference. Our first session promises to be a good… Read More

What should we ask our GeekWire Summit speakers? Submit your questions for Expedia CEO, Microsoft president, and other leaders

by Taylor Soper on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 at 9:23 am

Calling all GeekWire readers: here’s your chance to be a part of live journalism on-stage at the GeekWire Summit this week in Seattle. What should we ask former Microsoft CEO… Read More

GeekWire members bolster our mission and enjoy rewards at the GeekWire Summit

by Cara Kuhlman on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 at 7:59 am

The GeekWire Summit, taking place on Oct. 7-9 in Seattle, is the result of months of brainstorming, planning and collaboration by the entire GeekWire team. The content is carefully curated… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: AI and faith, a LEGO convention, advice for hardware startups, and more

by Nicole Tanner on September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 at 5:58 am

– Advances in artificial intelligence raise new questions about the future of humanity. But what will AI mean for faith? And how could faith shape AI? Queen Anne Lutheran Church… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Health tech innovators to discuss gene editing; AI; telemedicine; and more

by John Cook on September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 at 9:27 am

The digital revolution hasn’t upended the multi-trillion dollar healthcare industry, at least not yet. But transformative technologies including artificial intelligence, the cloud, robotics and IoT could finally push the industry… Read More

Big Tech’s FTC enforcer Rohit Chopra joins the GeekWire Summit lineup

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 at 8:24 am

In the year and change that Rohit Chopra has served on the Federal Trade Commission, he’s quickly emerged as one of Big Tech’s biggest skeptics. Chopra was one of two… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Early-bird pricing ends Thursday, new speakers and sessions just added

by John Cook on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 at 12:27 pm

The GeekWire Summit is less than a month away. Do you have your tickets yet? Early-bird rates end Thursday for our biggest conference of the year. The GeekWire Summit, now… Read More

Seahawks great Doug Baldwin joins board of Seattle startup, will speak at GeekWire Summit in October

by Taylor Soper on August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 at 3:52 pm

Doug Baldwin has two rules for deciding whether to partner with a business or organization: it has to be something he believes in, and there can’t be any a-holes involved.… Read More

What makes a unicorn? Hear from 3 CEOs of $1B startups at the GeekWire Summit

by Taylor Soper on August 21, 2019August 22, 2019 at 9:01 am

Launching a startup is no easy feat. Growing a small team of early employees and increasing revenue is even harder. Raising millions of venture capital dollars and reaching a $1… Read More

The VC View: These top venture capitalists will go deep on tech trends at the GeekWire Summit

by Taylor Soper on July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 at 12:58 pm

What are the hottest investment trends? Which technologies are overhyped? And what startups will go public or get acquired in the coming months? We’re excited to hear answers to these… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2019: Check out the first wave of speakers for our signature tech conference

by Todd Bishop on July 17, 2019July 26, 2019 at 12:25 pm

We’re fortunate at GeekWire to spend our days digging for insights, asking big questions, and talking with people at the top of their fields. For a couple days each year,… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: International Tabletop Day, Orca Action Month, GeekWire Cloud Summit

by Nicole Tanner on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 at 12:27 pm

— Video games tend to take center stage in the gaming world today, but classic tabletop competition is still one of the best ways to get people to socialize and… Read More

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