Seattle

Seattle tech co. breaks ground on world’s first ‘net zero energy’ high-rise apartment building

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Seattle tech co. breaks ground on world’s first ‘net zero energy’ high-rise apartment building

Artist’s impression of the 303 Battery, believed to be the world’s first net zero energy home, being built in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood by Sustainable Living Innovations. (SLI image) Sustainable Living Innovations, a Seattle-based technology company that has created a new way of building commercial structures, on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a 15-story building … Read more

WeWork shutting down Ballard location in Seattle as it restructures real estate footprint

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WeWork shutting down Ballard location in Seattle as it restructures real estate footprint

Fishing buoys line the communal bar in the WeWork co-working space in Seattle’s Ballard district. (WeWork photo) WeWork is closing its location in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle less than two years after opening its office as the office-sharing company restructures its real estate presence amid the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an … Read more

Compassion Seattle: Is this the path to solving homelessness? Tech, biz, politics leaders speak out

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Compassion Seattle: Is this the path to solving homelessness? Tech, biz, politics leaders speak out

Tim Burgess (bottom left), Rachel Smith (top right), Kieran Snyder (bottom right) and presenter Mike Lewis from GeekWire There is no denying that Seattle is having a homelessness crisis; how to solve it. In the midst of the fray is Compassion Seattle, an initiative attempting to rewrite the city charter with a roadmap that prescribes … Read more

Are tech employees coming back to downtown Seattle? Here’s what companies are planning for

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Are tech employees coming back to downtown Seattle? Here’s what companies are planning for

Downtown Seattle and the headquarters of Amazon during the COVID-19 pandemic. (GeekWire photo / Kurt Schlosser) The plywood is falling off, restaurants that have survived add hours, and vehicle traffic in Seattle is growing from the ghost towns a year ago. With downtown, Belltown, and South Lake Union ready for tens of thousands of employees … Read more

6 tips from Seattle tech companies on how to support racial equity programs

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6 tips from Seattle tech companies on how to support racial equity programs

Panel participants for sea.citi’s conversation about DEI efforts: Stephan Yu from Facebook and sea.citi (top left), Neal Myrick from the Tableau Foundation (top right), Kim Vu from Remitly (bottom left) and Luanda Arai by sea.citi. As people across the country celebrate the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, companies committed to doing more for … Read more

How the Gates Foundation and Seattle nonprofit PATH are helping get oxygen to India

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How the Gates Foundation and Seattle nonprofit PATH are helping get oxygen to India

PATH coordinated the installation of pressure swing adsorption systems for oxygen generation in medical facilities in India with suppliers. (Courtesy photo of PATH) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with two Chicago financial groups to pour $ 5.5 million into Seattle-based nonprofit PATH’s efforts to deliver more oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India. … Read more

Seattle startup TwinStrand raises $50M to expand tech that identifies rare genetic mutants

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Seattle startup TwinStrand raises $50M to expand tech that identifies rare genetic mutants

Jesse Salk, CEO and Co-Founder of TwinStrand Biosciences. (TwinStrand photo) New financing: Gene sequencing startup TwinStrand Biosciences raised $ 50 million in a Series B round led by Section 32, a California-based fund focused on biotechnology, technology, healthcare and life sciences. All venture capital funding for the 6-year-old company is now north of $ 70 … Read more

Seattle startup Modica turns shipping containers into software-driven microfactories

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Seattle startup Modica turns shipping containers into software-driven microfactories

Seattle-based Modica builds interconnected systems for microfabrication and houses everything in shipping containers. (Modica picture) As you watch stacks of shipping containers come and go from the Seattle waterfront, you may wonder what’s inside them, where they come from, and where they are going. A startup in Seattle doesn’t fill the brightly colored boxes with … Read more

Amazon holding vaccination event for thousands of workers at fulfillment center south of Seattle

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Amazon holding vaccination event for thousands of workers at fulfillment center south of Seattle

An Amazon employee is given a mask when entering a fulfillment center in Kent, Washington, before moving to the huge warehouse for package handling. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is expecting thousands of its employees to attend a COVID-19 vaccination event at the company’s fulfillment center in Kent, Washington on Monday. It is … Read more

‘Rivals of Aether’ creator unveils ‘genre-defining’ Aether Studios in Seattle

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‘Rivals of Aether’ creator unveils ‘genre-defining’ Aether Studios in Seattle

Aether Studios’ 3D follow-up to Rivals of Aether was teased on April 1st via Twitch. (Image by Aether Studios) The makers of the hit indie game Rivals of Aether announced on Monday that they have opened a new studio in Seattle to continue working on their next game. Aether Studios is building on its first … Read more