Scale co-founder and CEO Alex Wang joined us this week at TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility 2021 to discuss his company’s role in the autonomous driving industry and how it has changed in the five years since its inception. Scale is helping AV players large and small alike establish reliable ground truth through data annotation and management, … Read more
Amazon’s new Amazon Fresh Store in the Seattle area features the company’s Just Walk Out technology that eliminates the need for cashiers. (Amazon photo) Amazon’s newest physical grocery store, opening this week in the Seattle area, is unique in that it will feature the company’s Just Walk Out cash-free technology. It is the first time … Read more
Andy Jassy will take over as CEO of Amazon on July 5th (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon is at a pivotal moment in its history and faces increasing regulatory and legal scrutiny, as does new CEO Andy Jassy, takes over the reins from founder Jeff Bezos. Could a new principle of leadership help … Read more
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
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
(Image via Governor Jay Inslee) YOU get an Xbox! YOU get an echo! YOU get a switch! … But did you get a shot? Stand aside, Oprah. Washington Governor Jay Inslee is playing the giveaway as part of a plan to encourage people in the state to get their COVID-19 vaccination. Awards from some of … Read more
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
Andy Sack (left) and Keith Smith. (Solvency Photos) – Longtime Seattle startup leader and investor Andy Sack joined the board of directors of Payability, a New York City-based fintech startup. Sack previously ran Techstars Seattle and co-founded Founders’ Co-op, where he was previously a managing partner. He also founded Lighter Capital and is currently the … Read more
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
Gretchen Eischen. (Icertis photo) – Icertis has hired long-time SAP executive Gretchen Eischen as the new Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently, she was Global Vice President and Head of Marketing for SAP Procurement Solutions and is based in Pennsylvania. Seth Nesbitt, CMO since 2016, has been named Global Leader, Purpose, Values and Culture. In the … Read more