Get caught up on the most recent expertise and startup information from the previous week. Listed below are the most well-liked tales on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 28, 2025.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shakes up his own job, taps veteran exec as CEO of commercial business
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is handing off day-to-day industrial execution to longtime gross sales chief Judson Althoff, who takes on the brand new function of CEO of economic enterprise. … Read More
Starbucks CTO resigns amid layoffs and broader tech shakeup at Seattle coffee giant
Starbucks CTO Deb Corridor Lefevre has resigned, in keeping with a report from Reuters, because the Seattle-based firm navigates layoffs and numerous tech-related modifications. … Read More
Meet the key players in the Pacific Northwest’s fusion energy hub
The Pacific Northwest — a hub for the fusion power sector — has kicked off its annual Seattle Fusion Week. … Read More
Seattle startup Temporal hits $2.5B valuation after $105M secondary round
Temporal, a developer instruments startup primarily based in Seattle, closed a $105 million secondary transaction led by GIC, pushing its valuation to $2.5 billion. … Read More
Opendoor co-founder brings Seattle-area startup Summation out of stealth with $35M in funding
Seattle-area startup Summation has come out of stealth with $35 million in funding from Benchmark and Kleiner Perkins, aiming to rework how executives make high-stakes enterprise selections. … Read More
Seattle startup Actual AI raises $3.2M to build AI agents for engineering managers
AI coding instruments are redefining software program improvement and dashing up code technology. … Read More
What is ‘vibe working’? Microsoft brings agent-powered AI to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Microsoft is rolling out new AI options in Phrase, Excel, and PowerPoint as a part of what it calls “vibe working.” The updates introduce Agent Mode and Workplace Agent, instruments designed to deal with multi-step duties and generate paperwork, spreadsheets, and shows by means of Copilot. … Read More
Pacific Northwest loses $1B hydrogen hub as Trump cancels clean energy projects nationwide
The Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Affiliation, a multi-state hub launched to ascertain a hydrogen financial system, misplaced $1 billion of federal funding. … Read More
Tech Vets: Motivated by the mission, ex-Army officer’s startup draws on military and gaming experience
Jonathan Pan served in Afghanistan after 9/11 and is now co-founder and CEO of Exia Labs, a Seattle-area firm constructing AI software program to enhance army wargaming. … Read More
Code.org CEO rips NY Times for stoking ‘populist fears’ over computer science jobs and AI
Hadi Partovi referred to as out a brand new episode of the newspaper’s “The Day by day” podcast and ongoing media experiences questioning whether or not pc science grads have been bought an empty promise about plentiful jobs and six-figure salaries. … Read More
