adminSeekOut 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 …
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 $100-a-month workforce: How an entrepreneur uses AI bots to bootstrap a Portland delivery startup
Fetchlist founder Taylor Marean, left, helps move a used sofa. (Fetchlist Photo) Taylor Marean is a lifelong entrepreneur, tracing his first venture to mowing lawns in his Hood River, Ore., neighborhood at age 11. His …
The tough new realities for startups, Amazon’s next big strategic bets, and Allbirds’ crazy AI pivot
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, a week of Seattle-area startup news shows how the AI era is reshaping the regional tech scene. Q1 venture numbers reveal bigger checks going to fewer companies, with Seattle …
Seattle-area billboard takes a page from Bay Area playbook: ‘Startup energy should be more visible’
A billboard for Bellevue, Wash., startup Summation, visible from SR 520 in Bellevue. (Photo courtesy of Summation) A Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that came out of stealth last fall is really trying to get noticed now, …