The key players leading 2026 GeekWire Awards Startup of the Year finalists, clockwise from top left: Grin Lord, CEO of mpathic; Edward Wu, Dropzone AI CEO; Loopr CEO Priyansha Bagari; Dopl Technologies co-founders Wayne Monsky, …

GeekWire Awards voting is now closed: Thanks for casting ballots to pick the best in Pacific NW tech
Who will take home the coveted robot trophies at the 2026 GeekWire Awards? (GeekWire Photo) Voting closed April 16 at 1 p.m. for the 2026 GeekWire Awards, so we want to thank everyone who cast …
SeekOut’s Anoop Gupta steps down as CEO, hands reins of AI recruiting company to tech vet Sean Thompson
SeekOut co-founders Aravind Bala (left) and Anoop Gupta, who is stepping down as CEO to become executive chairman. Bala will continue as CTO, working with new CEO Sean Thompson. (SeekOut Photo) Anoop Gupta is stepping …
OpenAI debuts GPT-Rosalind, a new limited access model for life sciences, and broader Codex plugin on Github
The journey from a laboratory hypothesis to a pharmacy shelf is one of the most grueling marathons in modern industry, typically spanning 10 to 15 years and billions of dollars in investment. Progress is often …
Are we getting what we paid for? How to turn AI momentum into measurable value
Enterprise AI is entering a new phase — one where the central question is no longer what can be built, but how to make the most of our AI investment. At VentureBeat’s latest AI Impact …
Salesforce launches Headless 360 to turn its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents
Salesforce on Wednesday unveiled the most ambitious architectural transformation in its 27-year history, introducing “Headless 360” — a sweeping initiative that exposes every capability in its platform as an API, MCP tool, or CLI command …
Most would retire, but this senior couple learnt to make gelato from scratch & sells 500kg/month
The S’porean couple behind Freshio Gelato is proving that age has no limit At 73 and 77, most people would be slowing down. But Tan Kian Tat (KT) and his wife, Zheng Yazhu, were just …
The fusion pivot: Helion CEO David Kirtley’s journey from starships to sustainable star power
Helion CEO David Kirtley, left, with then Washington Gov. Jay Inslee at Helion’s Everett facility in July 2024. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) David Kirtley always wanted to harness the power of the sun. But …
Should my enterprise AI agent do that? NanoClaw and Vercel launch easier agentic policy setting and approval dialogs across 15 messaging apps
For the past year, early adopters of autonomous AI agents have been forced to play a murky game of chance: keep the agent in a useless sandbox or give it the keys to the kingdom …

Anthropic just launched Claude Design, an AI tool that turns prompts into prototypes and challenges Figma
Anthropic today launched Claude Design, a new product from its Anthropic Labs division that allows users to create polished visual work — designs, interactive prototypes, slide decks, one-pagers, and marketing collateral — through conversational prompts …
