Microsoft + TikTok, 2025 edition: Trump comment stirs new speculation about possible deal
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called earlier talks to acquire TikTok the strangest thing he had…
Cybersecurity startup Eclypsium raises $45M to help companies secure their infrastructure
Eclypsium co-founders Yuriy Bulygin, left, and Alex Bazhaniuk. (Eclypsium Photo) Eclypsium, a Portland, Ore.-based startup…
Inside Wizards of the Coast’s new gaming lair, where ‘D&D’ architects chart their course for 2025
“Mitzi,” the lobby dragon of Wizards of the Coast, has been given more space of…
Sam Altman, SoftBank invest in $425M round for Helion, a Seattle-area startup chasing fusion power
Helion’s facility in Everett, Wash. (Helion Photo) Helion Energy announced a $425 million funding round…
Vancouver game studio Phoenix Labs lays off ‘majority’ of employees
(Phoenix Labs Image) Canadian video game developer Phoenix Labs, creator of Dauntless and Fae Farm,…
Who will win in AI? DeepSeek’s breakthrough stirs questions around value capture
Ben Hallen, the Dempsey endowed professor in strategy and entrepreneurship at the Foster School of…
Whole Foods CEO’s role expands to oversee Amazon’s entire worldwide grocery initiatives
Jason Buechel has been CEO of Whole Foods Market since 2022. (Amazon Photo) Amazon is…
DeepSeek’s new model shows that AI expertise might matter more than compute in 2025
Madrona partner Jon Turow. (Madrona Photo) Editor’s note: This post first appeared on Jon Turow’s…
Microsoft CEO says AI use will ‘skyrocket’ with more efficiency amid craze over DeepSeek
(GeekWire FIle Photo / Todd Bishop) In an apparent response to the attention on a…
Costco, Amazon, Microsoft chart their own DEI paths as Trump targets diversity efforts
(Bigstock Image) As President Trump issues directives to scuttle every federal government initiative that promotes…