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GeekWire

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GeekWire brings you the week's latest technology news, trends and insights, covering the world of technology from our home base in Seattle. Our regular news podcast features commentary and analysis from our editors and reporters, plus interviews with special guests.

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What is GeekWire about?

GeekWire brings you the week's latest technology news, trends and insights, covering the world of technology from our home base in Seattle. Our regular news podcast features commentary and analysis from our editors and reporters, plus interviews with special guests.

What has GeekWire covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Amazon’s new AI wearable, Booking's return to Expedia's backyard, and LinkedIn’s not-so-Seattle startup list" (17 October 2026, 36 minutes), "White House vs. Microsoft, AI fighter jets, and a visit to a startup founder's Seattle recording studio" (10 October 2026, 52 minutes), and "Seattle and San Francisco: Big tech, political backlash and the AI boom" (3 October 2026, 76 minutes).

How often does GeekWire publish?

GeekWire publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 738 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on GeekWire?

Booking probability for GeekWire is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. GeekWire requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. GeekWire's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch GeekWire?

The strongest fits for GeekWire are IT Services & Software Development. GeekWire has a news audience.

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    Amazon’s new AI wearable, Booking's return to Expedia's backyard, and LinkedIn’s not-so-Seattle startup list

    Oct 17, 202636 min

    We start this week's GeekWire Podcast by opening the listener mailbag, highlighting some recent comments and emails that set a new standard for critical feedback, in different ways. We discuss Vayo , the AI travel...

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    White House vs. Microsoft, AI fighter jets, and a visit to a startup founder's Seattle recording studio

    Oct 10, 202652 min

    This week, we take the GeekWire Podcast to Front Burner Studios near Pike Place Market, where our host is studio co-owner Seth Paul, who's also co-founder and CEO of the Seattle security startup Qinsay . We discuss the...

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    Seattle and San Francisco: Big tech, political backlash and the AI boom

    Oct 3, 20261h 16m

    This week, GeekWire co-founder John Cook joins University of Washington historian Margaret O'Mara, author of " The Code ," and San Francisco journalist Jonathan Weber, author of " City on the Edge ," for a live joint...

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    Live show: Amazon, Meta and the fight over the future of AI; Plus, is Seattle still the place to build?

    Sep 26, 202652 min

    This week: Amazon is  blocking Meta's new Muse AI assistant from shopping on Amazon.com, saying the agent doesn't identify itself and violates the site's conditions of use. We explain why the standoff is an early...

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    AI meets real estate, with Zillow's engineering SVP Toby Roberts

    Sep 19, 202646 min

    On this week's show, recorded live at  Atmosphere Seattle on the shores of Lake Union, Zillow Senior Vice President of Engineering Toby Roberts joins us to talk about what AI is doing to the business of buying and...

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    Study warns Seattle over-relies on Big Tech; Seattle Times v. Microsoft; Apple's iPhone Duo echoes the past

    Sep 12, 202643 min

    This week:  A study commissioned by the City of Seattle warns that the city is not in decline but is in danger, finding that 10 companies, nine of them in tech, pay three-quarters of the payroll tax on large...

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    NBA's Ballmer crackdown echoes Microsoft antitrust, SF vs. Seattle housing, and a Seahawks tech twist

    Sep 5, 202636 min

    This week: The NBA suspends former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a year and hits the Clippers with $30 million in fines and five lost draft picks over allegedly sham endorsement deals for Kawhi Leonard, drawing...

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    Bill Gates in his own words: How he's using AI, and why he's worried about the future

    Aug 29, 202650 min

    This week: Bill Gates published a new essay warning that the AI industry is crossing the safety lines it set for itself, and that nobody is preparing for what's coming. At 70 years old, he also uses AI more than most...

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    Amazon's drones finally take off, inside Anduril's Seattle-area buildup, and an AirTag leads to a secret Amazon facility

    Aug 22, 202639 min

    This week: Amazon's Prime Air drones are finally going national, nearly 13 years after Jeff Bezos unveiled the idea on 60 Minutes. GeekWire's John Cook goes inside Anduril's unmarked Bellevue office as the defense...

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    Bezos and Liverpool FC, a Meta vet's AI startup, Auger's Dallas move, and the demise of Microsoft's AI blob

    Aug 15, 202637 min

    This week: What should Liverpool FC fans expect from Jeff Bezos as a member of the storied club's new minority ownership group? We consult the Amazon leadership principles for the answer. Plus, a tip and an SEC filing...

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    Elon Musk's Starlink swagger, SpaceX vs. the cloud giants, and Seattle’s tech universe revisited

    Aug 8, 202629 min

    This week:  SpaceX reports its first quarter as a public company, and Elon Musk says Starlink could deliver a majority of the world's internet within a decade, leveraging production facilities in Redmond. Musk also...

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    Amazon's next big business, Satya Nadella's DIY app, and a VC's rallying cry for Seattle tech

    Aug 1, 202636 min

    This week: Microsoft and Amazon both reported quarterly numbers, and both stocks rose on cloud results that beat expectations. Is AI spending is paying off in real business? And in related news, Microsoft sees a rare...

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    The greenest goodbye: Human composting and the science of becoming soil

    Jul 29, 202635 min

    On this special mid-week episode, we're sharing a remarkable installment of GeekWire’s new podcast,  Positive Charge , which is all about finding slivers of hope in climate and sustainability.  In their...

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    What's going on with Seattle startup funding, a Kalshi setback, Impinj's long game, and a smartphone detox

    Jul 25, 202638 min

    This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Seattle startup funding drops 40% in the first half of the year while AI money floods everywhere else. We dig into the numbers and the implications for the region. Plus: a Seattle...

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    Silicon Valley icon Vinod Khosla: What kind of Seattle Seahawks owner will he be?

    Jul 18, 202634 min

    This week:  Silicon Valley legend Vinod Khosla's family is leading a group that's  buying the Seattle Seahawks for a record $9.6 billion . We dug into hours of his talks and interviews to answer the big...

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    Microsoft's reset, a new era for Seattle startups, and how AI is changing everything for founders

    Jul 11, 202641 min

    On this week's show, we're out on the GeekWire deck for our annual founder open house, where we dig into Microsoft's latest round of layoffs — including a major Xbox shakeup — and the surprising rise of...

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    Fusion energy: Wishing upon a star in a jar — Introducing 'Positive Charge' from GeekWire

    Jul 2, 202638 min

    This week on the show, we're sharing the debut of Positive Charge , a new GeekWire podcast from reporter Lisa Stiffler and producer Laura Scott about the innovations that could help save the planet.  In this...

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    From the dot-com boom to AI security: F5 at 30, with CEO François Locoh-Donou

    Jun 27, 202638 min

    This week: F5 turns 30 years old this year , and the Seattle company has reinvented itself repeatedly to get here — starting, improbably, as a group of University of Washington students trying to build online...

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    Anthropic, Amazon, and the Fable shutdown; AI-powered school arrives; World Cup tech

    Jun 20, 202633 min

    Anthropic takes its most powerful models offline after a U.S. order, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly contributing to the concerns that helped trigger it. Todd and John dig into the Amazon-Anthropic dynamic, how...

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    Zuckerberg's yacht, Meta's layoffs, a robot pizza flameout, and a reality check on AI expenses

    May 30, 202629 min

    This week on the show: Mark Zuckerberg's superyacht  arrives in Seattle the same day Meta discloses nearly 1,400 local layoffs , robot pizza startup Picnic flames out and sells to a mystery buyer , and corporate...

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