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The Garage never should have existed: Why Microsoft’s grassroots innovation lab worked for so long geekwire.com/2026/the-garage…

The Garage never should have existed: Why Microsoft’s grassroots innovation lab worked for so long

Microsoft Garage co-founder Quinn Hawkins explains how the employee innovation program outlasted bigger, better-funded efforts inside Microsoft for 17 years, as the company winds it down. He credits...

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GeekWire · Oct 23, 2026 · 5:27 PM UTC

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New facility at Washington national lab will give researchers free access to automated tools geekwire.com/2026/new-facili…

New facility at Washington national lab will give researchers free access to automated tools

PNNL Director Deb Gracio, third from left, at a groundbreaking for the Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability in Richland, Wash. (PNNL Photo / Eric

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GeekWire · Oct 23, 2026 · 4:23 PM UTC

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Watching fruit ripen pays off: Seattle ag-tech startup Strella lands $4.25M geekwire.com/2026/watching-f…

Watching fruit ripen pays off: Seattle ag-tech startup Strella lands $4.25M

Seattle startup Strella raised $4.25 million to expand its technology that tracks how fruit is ripening as it moves from growers to grocery stores. The goal is to help businesses spot potential...

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GeekWire · Oct 23, 2026 · 2:35 PM UTC

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Icertis veterans reunite as AI startup HumanTronik acquires tech consultancy CloudMoyo geekwire.com/2026/icertis-ve…

Icertis veterans reunite as AI startup HumanTronik acquires tech consultancy CloudMoyo

HumanTronik, an AI startup co-founded this year by Icertis co-founder Monish Darda, has acquired tech consultancy CloudMoyo, which Darda helped spin out of Icertis in 2015 with Manish Kedia, who...

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GeekWire · Oct 23, 2026 · 2:33 PM UTC

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Data farmers: Ag-tech startup Aigen grows AI-generated weeds to train its solar-powered farm robots geekwire.com/2026/data-farme…

Data farmers: Ag-tech startup Aigen grows AI-generated weeds to train its solar-powered farm robots

With diesel prices up sharply and digital plants speeding up training, the Redmond, Wash., startup is taking on new crops and new customers for its solar-powered weeding robots.

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GeekWire · Oct 23, 2026 · 11:37 AM UTC

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Trending: Fusion startup Helion lines up potential $175M CHIPS award to develop advanced semiconductors geekwire.com/2026/fusion-sta…

Fusion startup Helion lines up potential $175M CHIPS award to develop advanced semiconductors

Helion's Orion fusion plant is under construction in Malaga, Wash., with plans to start operating the facility in 2028. (Helion Photo) Helion Energy, the

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GeekWire · Oct 23, 2026 · 10:37 AM UTC

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Trending: Tech Moves: 2 Microsoft execs depart; Kymeta hires former CIA leader; Alaska Air names CITO geekwire.com/2026/tech-moves…

Tech Moves: 2 Microsoft execs depart; Kymeta hires former CIA leader; Alaska Air names CITO

Elizabeth Kimber. (LinkedIn Photo) --- Kymeta has appointed former CIA Deputy Director Elizabeth Kimber as chief growth officer. Kymeta, a Redmond,

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GeekWire · Oct 22, 2026 · 5:00 PM UTC

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon duo finds the right fit for indie artists with apparel marketplace geekwire.com/2026/startup-sp…

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon duo finds the right fit for indie artists with apparel marketplace

Loomerang works by handling everything but the art on T-shirts. Artists open storefronts for free, set their own prices, and get 60% of what’s left after manufacturing costs. The company prints,...

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GeekWire · Oct 22, 2026 · 4:21 PM UTC

Fusion startup Helion lines up potential $175M CHIPS award to develop advanced semiconductors geekwire.com/2026/fusion-sta…

Fusion startup Helion lines up potential $175M CHIPS award to develop advanced semiconductors

Helion's Orion fusion plant is under construction in Malaga, Wash., with plans to start operating the facility in 2028. (Helion Photo) Helion Energy, the

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GeekWire · Oct 22, 2026 · 3:00 PM UTC

Job searching takes an emotional toll that's rarely talked about honestly. In the finale of the Great Careers Playbook, Kay Dawson, Bronica Sam, Elaine Newtson, and Jack Chung take on rejection, self-doubt, and rebuilding momentum. youtu.be/c8tqm-q5bNk #sponsored #GWStudios @UWFosterSchool

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GeekWire · Oct 22, 2026 · 12:37 PM UTC

Trending: Microsoft taps Stripe co-founder John Collison for its board as two longtime directors depart geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-…

Microsoft taps Stripe co-founder John Collison for its board as two longtime directors depart

Microsoft has nominated Stripe co-founder and President John Collison to its board, according to the company's annual proxy statement, filed Wednesday. The proxy also shows that Disney CFO Hugh...

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GeekWire · Oct 22, 2026 · 12:16 AM UTC

Ex-Marine and Microsoft vets launch Watchtower Labs with $35M to bring AI to military logistics geekwire.com/2026/ex-marine-…

Ex-Marine and Microsoft vets launch Watchtower Labs with $35M to bring AI to military logistics

The Bellevue-based defense tech startup, co-founded by a former Marine special operations officer and two longtime Microsoft engineering leaders, is building AI and simulation software to help...

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GeekWire · Oct 21, 2026 · 10:51 PM UTC

Tech Moves: 2 Microsoft execs depart; Kymeta hires former CIA leader; Alaska Air names CITO geekwire.com/2026/tech-moves…

Tech Moves: 2 Microsoft execs depart; Kymeta hires former CIA leader; Alaska Air names CITO

Elizabeth Kimber. (LinkedIn Photo) --- Kymeta has appointed former CIA Deputy Director Elizabeth Kimber as chief growth officer. Kymeta, a Redmond,

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GeekWire · Oct 21, 2026 · 9:56 PM UTC

Microsoft taps Stripe co-founder John Collison for its board as two longtime directors depart geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-…

Microsoft taps Stripe co-founder John Collison for its board as two longtime directors depart

Microsoft has nominated Stripe co-founder and President John Collison to its board, according to the company's annual proxy statement, filed Wednesday. The proxy also shows that Disney CFO Hugh...

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GeekWire · Oct 21, 2026 · 9:37 PM UTC

Trending: ‘Difficult relationship’: UW task force proposes splitting Allen School from College of Engineering geekwire.com/2026/difficult-…

‘Difficult relationship’: UW task force proposes splitting Allen School from College of Engineering

A University of Washington task force recommends splitting the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering from the College of Engineering. UW leaders will decide in spring 2027.

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GeekWire · Oct 21, 2026 · 5:06 PM UTC

Endurance Energy hits a brief milestone in its quest for undersea geothermal power geekwire.com/2026/endurance-…

Endurance Energy hits a brief milestone in its quest for undersea geothermal power

Seattle startup Endurance Energy put a small power plant on the ocean floor off Oregon and briefly generated more electricity than the system used. The run lasted just 8.7 seconds, but it gives the...

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GeekWire · Oct 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM UTC

Real estate moves at a glacial pace. AI changes day by day. Sarah Hunsucker of @unifyconsult on how leaders reconcile the two to build a strategy that actually fits their business. Watch: youtu.be/-xkNj236WyU #sponsored #GWStudios #AIDivide #UnifyConsulting

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GeekWire · Oct 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM UTC

Portal Space Systems reaches orbit for the second time this year with Starburst-1 launch geekwire.com/2026/portal-spa…

Portal Space Systems reaches orbit for the second time this year with Starburst-1 launch

Within hours of deployment, the Bothell, Wash.-based company reported that the desk-sized craft had established ground communications, stabilized itself, and successfully deployed its solar array to...

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GeekWire · Oct 21, 2026 · 3:26 PM UTC

UW protein institute led by Nobel winner unveils its first AI model co-developed with Nvidia geekwire.com/2026/uw-protein…

UW protein institute led by Nobel winner unveils its first AI model co-developed with Nvidia

UW’s Institute for Protein Design and Nvidia have released their first jointly developed AI model for creating proteins with specific jobs. The release follows a computing grant from Nvidia CEO...

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GeekWire · Oct 21, 2026 · 3:00 PM UTC