Trending: Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 2, 2025 https://www.geekwire.com/2025/geekwire-weekly-roundup-2025-11-02/

Trending: Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on failure, reinvention, and his second act at Amazon https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ring-founder-jamie-siminoff-on-failure-reinvention-and-his-second-act-at-amazon/

Trending: Seattle entrepreneur shares startup lessons from her experience making an indie film https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-entrepreneur-shares-startup-lessons-from-her-experience-making-an-indie-film/

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on failure, reinvention, and his second act at Amazon https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ring-founder-jamie-siminoff-on-failure-reinvention-and-his-second-act-at-amazon/

Seattle entrepreneur shares startup lessons from her experience making an indie film https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-entrepreneur-shares-startup-lessons-from-her-experience-making-an-indie-film/

Trending: A familiar dance: Ex-Microsoft product manager opens ballet school, and leans into her tech skills https://www.geekwire.com/2025/a-familiar-dance-ex-microsoft-product-manager-opens-ballet-school-and-leans-into-her-tech-skills/

Expedia watching government shutdown ‘very closely’ as shares surge after Q3 earnings top estimates https://www.geekwire.com/2025/expedia-watching-government-shutdown-very-closely-as-shares-surge-after-q3-earnings-top-estimates/

Seattle startup insiders lead new Service Provider Capital fund investing in PNW tech startups https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-startup-insiders-lead-new-service-provider-capital-fund-investing-in-pnw-tech-startups/

A familiar dance: Ex-Microsoft product manager opens ballet school, and leans into her tech skills https://www.geekwire.com/2025/a-familiar-dance-ex-microsoft-product-manager-opens-ballet-school-and-leans-into-her-tech-skills/

Seattle security startup Oleria lands $19M in latest funding round https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-security-startup-oleria-lands-19m-in-latest-funding-round/

Upward, a Seattle fintech startup led by former Remitly execs, raises $8M and partners with Mastercard https://www.geekwire.com/2025/upward-a-seattle-fintech-startup-led-by-former-remitly-execs-raises-8m-and-partners-with-mastercard/

Tech Moves: Smartsheet names SVP; AWS exec departs for startup; WatchGuard’s new CEO https://www.geekwire.com/2025/tech-moves-smartsheet-names-svp-aws-exec-departs-for-startup-watchguards-new-ceo/

Trending: Glowforge hits restart: After restructuring, co-founders acquire key assets of laser engraver startup https://www.geekwire.com/2025/glowforge-hits-restart-after-restructuring-co-founders-acquire-key-assets-of-laser-engraver-startup/

Uncommon Thinkers: A scientist’s journey from rural India to turning ‘science fiction’ into drug candidates https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-a-scientists-journey-from-rural-india-to-turning-science-fiction-into-drug-candidates/

File sharing? Nope, Seattle Torrent women’s pro hockey team named for violent stream of water https://www.geekwire.com/2025/file-sharing-nope-seattle-torrent-womens-pro-hockey-team-named-for-violent-stream-of-water/

Seattle’s Parse Biosciences to be acquired by Qiagen for $225M in pending deal https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattles-parse-biosciences-to-be-acquired-by-qiagen-for-225m-in-pending-deal/

Microsoft forms Superintelligence team to pursue ‘humanist’ AI under Mustafa Suleyman https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-forms-new-superintelligence-team-to-pursue-humanist-ai-under-mustafa-suleyman/

Microsoft forms new Superintelligence team to pursue ‘humanist’ AI under Mustafa Suleyman https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-forms-new-superintelligence-team-to-pursue-humanist-ai-under-mustafa-suleyman/

Real estate startup Digs raises $5M to boost software platform for residential builders https://www.geekwire.com/2025/real-estate-startup-digs-raises-5m-to-boost-software-platform-for-residential-builders/

Glowforge hits restart: After restructuring, co-founders acquire key assets of laser engraver startup https://www.geekwire.com/2025/glowforge-hits-restart-after-restructuring-co-founders-acquire-key-assets-of-laser-engraver-startup/

Seattle startup Accipiter Bio emerges with $12.7M and big pharma deals for AI-designed proteins https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-startup-accipiter-bio-emerges-with-12-7m-and-big-pharma-deals-for-ai-designed-proteins/

Trending: Nobel winner’s lab notches another breakthrough: AI-designed antibodies that hit their targets https://www.geekwire.com/2025/nobel-winners-lab-notches-another-breakthrough-ai-designed-antibodies-that-hit-their-targets/

Raj Singh sets his vision for Smartsheet in the AI era: ‘It’s time to step out of the shadows’ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/raj-singh-sets-his-vision-for-smartsheet-in-the-ai-era-its-time-to-step-out-of-the-shadows/

Internal memo: Microsoft creates new way for workers to flag concerns after Gaza surveillance probe https://www.geekwire.com/2025/internal-memo-microsoft-creates-new-way-for-workers-to-flag-concerns-after-gaza-surveillance-probe/

Seattle startup Hearvana raises $6M for AI-powered sound enhancement https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-startup-hearvana-raises-6m-for-ai-powered-sound-enhancement/

How Amazon is bringing name brands to Whole Foods, without putting them on the shelves https://www.geekwire.com/2025/how-amazon-is-bringing-name-brands-to-whole-foods-without-putting-them-on-the-shelves/

Washington energy startup lands DOE funding for researching liquid metal walls in fusion generators https://www.geekwire.com/2025/washington-energy-startup-lands-doe-funding-for-researching-liquid-metal-walls-in-fusion-generators/

How Amazon is bringing name brands to Whole Foods, without putting them on the shelves https://www.geekwire.com/2025/how-amazon-is-bringing-name-brands-to-whole-foods-without-putting-them-on-the-shelves/

Nobel winner’s lab notches another breakthrough: AI-designed antibodies that hit their targets https://www.geekwire.com/2025/nobel-winners-lab-notches-another-breakthrough-ai-designed-antibodies-that-hit-their-targets/

Layoffs at Microsoft and Amazon spark ethical questions about their impact on Seattle amid AI frenzy https://www.geekwire.com/2025/layoffs-at-microsoft-and-amazon-spark-ethical-questions-about-their-impact-on-seattle-amid-ai-frenzy/

Portal Space Systems unveils Starburst, a new breed of maneuverable spacecraft https://www.geekwire.com/2025/portal-space-starburst-maneuverable-spacecraft/

Seattle startup unveils AI-powered enterprise smart glasses for roofers and electricians https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-startup-unveils-ai-powered-enterprise-smart-glasses-for-roofers-and-electricians/

Seattle tax hike on big businesses set to pass after early voting returns https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-tax-hike-on-big-businesses-set-to-pass-after-early-voting-returns/

Trending: Philips lays off 33 employees at Seattle-area healthcare device manufacturing facility https://www.geekwire.com/2025/philips-lays-off-33-employees-at-seattle-area-healthcare-device-manufacturing-facility/

Philips lays off 33 employees at Seattle-area healthcare device manufacturing facility https://www.geekwire.com/2025/philips-lays-off-33-employees-at-seattle-area-healthcare-device-manufacturing-facility/

She left tech to open a romance bookstore, and AI is helping the small business blossom https://www.geekwire.com/2025/she-left-tech-to-open-a-romance-bookstore-and-ai-is-helping-the-small-business-blossom/

Trending: Seattle VC firm Founders’ Co-op raises $50M for new fund to back more Pacific Northwest founders https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-vc-firm-founders-co-op-raises-50m-for-new-fund-to-back-more-pacific-northwest-founders/

Ai2 loosens Big Tech’s grip on Earth insights with open-source AI models for climate and conservation https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ai2-loosens-big-techs-grip-on-earth-insights-with-open-source-ai-models-for-climate-and-conservation/

Seattle hiring AI officer to guide how the tech can improve city processes, partnerships and more https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-hiring-ai-officer-to-guide-how-the-tech-can-improve-city-processes-partnerships-and-more/

Seattle VC firm Founders’ Co-op raises $50M for new fund to back more Pacific Northwest founders https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-vc-firm-founders-co-op-raises-50m-for-new-fund-to-back-more-pacific-northwest-founders/

Trending: Seattle tech vet Nikesh Parekh unveils Provn to disrupt how companies recruit AI talent https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-tech-vet-nikesh-parekh-unveils-provn-to-disrupt-how-companies-recruit-ai-talent/

OpenAI’s $38B cloud deal with Amazon takes ChatGPT maker further beyond Microsoft https://www.geekwire.com/2025/openais-38b-cloud-deal-with-amazon-takes-chatgpt-maker-further-beyond-microsoft/

Microsoft expands UAE investment to $15.2B with major Nvidia GPU shipments https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-expands-uae-investment-to-15-2b-with-major-nvidia-gpu-shipments/

Seattle tech vet Nikesh Parekh unveils Provn to disrupt how companies recruit AI talent https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-tech-vet-nikesh-parekh-unveils-provn-to-disrupt-how-companies-recruit-ai-talent/

Trending: Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 26, 2025 https://www.geekwire.com/2025/geekwire-weekly-roundup-2025-10-26/

Trending: ChatGPT as a soccer advisor: Seattle Reign FC uses AI to develop winning defensive strategy https://www.geekwire.com/2025/chatgpt-as-a-soccer-advisor-seattle-reign-fc-coach-uses-ai-to-develop-new-defensive-strategy-and-it-worked/

Trending: Seattle’s tech paradox: Amazon’s layoffs collide with the AI boom — or is it a bubble? https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattles-tech-paradox-amazons-layoffs-collide-with-an-ai-boom-or-is-it-a-bubble/

Trending: Not so trivial: Seattle sports anchor scores three wins on ‘Jeopardy!’ and a ‘lifetime of memories’ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/not-so-trivial-seattle-sports-anchor-scores-three-wins-on-jeopardy-and-a-lifetime-of-memories/

ChatGPT as a soccer advisor: Seattle Reign FC uses AI to develop new defensive strategy — and it worked https://www.geekwire.com/2025/chatgpt-as-a-soccer-advisor-seattle-reign-fc-coach-uses-ai-to-develop-new-defensive-strategy-and-it-worked/

ChatGPT as a soccer advisor: Seattle Reign FC coach uses AI to develop new defensive strategy — and it worked https://www.geekwire.com/2025/chatgpt-as-a-soccer-advisor-seattle-reign-fc-coach-uses-ai-to-develop-new-defensive-strategy-and-it-worked/