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American Express to acquire Center, a Seattle-area expense management startup
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Is it cheating? AI use during job interviews sparks debate over whether to restrict emerging tools
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Kestra Medical Technologies raises $202M in IPO, prices shares above expected range
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Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology lands $10M to support ‘DNA Typewriter’ technology
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How will the new China tariffs impact Amazon’s e-commerce business?
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Microsoft@50: Brad Smith, Steve Ballmer, Nathan Myhrvold headline GeekWire’s March 20 event
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Cybersecurity startup SpecterOps, which has an office in Seattle, raises $75M
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I was biohacked at a fitness facility that uses AI and more to promote a smarter, not harder, workout
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This Seattle AI startup watches you work — then automates the tedious back-office tasks
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Microsoft unveils AI agents for sales, striking back at Salesforce
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Former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom named CFO of industrial giant Fortive
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Is AI hype out of control? Assessing AI-related marketing tactics on the GeekWire 200
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Internal memo: Amazon One Medical CEO Trent Green leaving to lead publicly traded NRC Health
](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/internal-memo-amazon-one-medical-ceo-leaving-to-lead-a-publicly-traded-healthcare-company/)
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Tech Moves: Starbucks names CFO; Avanade bolsters C-suite; Tune Therapeutics gets CEO
](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/tech-moves-starbucks-names-cfo-avanade-bolsters-c-suite-tune-therapeutics-gets-ceo/)
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Vote now! Finalists revealed for 2025 GeekWire Awards, honoring best in Pacific Northwest tech
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Anthropic, which opened a Seattle office last year, now valued at $61.5B after raising $3.5B
](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/anthropic-which-opened-a-seattle-office-last-year-now-valued-at-61-5b-after-raising-3-5b/)
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Security startup Oleria launches its own ‘copilot’ in latest example of AI assistant proliferation
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More moonshots, less humility: How to supercharge Seattle’s startup ecosystem
](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/more-moonshots-less-humility-how-to-supercharge-seattles-startup-ecosystem/)
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Seattle gaming startup Rec Room lays off 16% of staff — read CEO’s memo to employees
](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-gaming-startup-rec-room-lays-off-16-of-staff-read-ceos-memo-to-employees/)
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The two questions that Kara Swisher would ask Jeff Bezos about The Washington Post
](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/the-two-questions-that-kara-swisher-would-ask-jeff-bezos-about-the-washington-post/)
**Trending: [American Express to acquire Center, a Seattle-area expense management startup](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/american-express-to-acquire-center-a-seattle-area-expense-management-startup/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/is-it-cheating-ai-use-during-job-interviews-sparks-debate-over-whether-to-restrict-emerging-tools/)[Is it cheating? AI use during job interviews sparks debate over whether to restrict emerging tools](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/is-it-cheating-ai-use-during-job-interviews-sparks-debate-over-whether-to-restrict-emerging-tools/)
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[American Express to acquire Center, a Seattle-area expense management startup](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/american-express-to-acquire-center-a-seattle-area-expense-management-startup/)
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American Express announced Thursday that it plans to acquire Center, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that helps businesses manage expenses. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/american-express-to-acquire-center-a-seattle-area-expense-management-startup/)
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[Kestra Medical Technologies raises $202M in IPO, prices shares above expected range](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/kestra-medical-technologies-raises-202m-in-ipo-prices-shares-above-expected-range/)
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Kirkland, Wash.-based Kestra Medical Technologies raised $202 million in its initial public offering, pricing shares at $17. Previously: Kestra Medical Technologies, maker of wearable cardiac devices, files for IPO
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[AI’s Next Chapter: Four Major Shifts in Software Development for 2025](https://www.geekwire.com/sponsor-post/ais-next-chapter-four-major-shifts-in-software-development-for-2025/)
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AI ushered in a new era in software development last year, driving significant gains in productivity, code quality, and innovation. As technology leaders navigate this new landscape, many are still… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/sponsor-post/ais-next-chapter-four-major-shifts-in-software-development-for-2025/)
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[Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology lands $10M to support ‘DNA Typewriter’ technology](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-hub-for-synthetic-biology-lands-10m-to-support-researcher-training-and-launch-of-startups/)
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The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is receiving a $10 million grant to support the training of new scientists and the launch of biotech startups pursuing therapies for human diseases.… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-hub-for-synthetic-biology-lands-10m-to-support-researcher-training-and-launch-of-startups/)
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[How will the new China tariffs impact Amazon’s e-commerce business?](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/how-will-the-new-china-tariffs-impact-amazons-e-commerce-business/)
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Amazon and its wide network of third-party retail partners could be disrupted by President Trump’s additional tariffs on goods from China. Just how much, though, is unclear. The new 10%… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/how-will-the-new-china-tariffs-impact-amazons-e-commerce-business/)
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[Microsoft@50: Brad Smith, Steve Ballmer, Nathan Myhrvold headline GeekWire’s March 20 event](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft50-brad-smith-steve-ballmer-nathan-myhrvold-headline-geekwires-march-20-event/)
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GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 event, marking the tech giant’s milestone anniversary, will feature on-stage conversations with Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith; former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer; and Nathan Myhrvold, who… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft50-brad-smith-steve-ballmer-nathan-myhrvold-headline-geekwires-march-20-event/)
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[Cybersecurity startup SpecterOps, which has an office in Seattle, raises $75M](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/cybersecurity-startup-specterops-which-has-an-office-in-seattle-raises-75m/)
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SpecterOps, an Alexandria, Va.-based cybersecurity startup that helps companies fend off identity-based threats, raised $75 million in a Series B round.
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/i-was-biohacked-at-a-fitness-facility-that-uses-ai-and-more-to-promote-a-smarter-not-harder-workout/)
[I was biohacked at a fitness facility that uses AI and more to promote a smarter, not harder, workout](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/i-was-biohacked-at-a-fitness-facility-that-uses-ai-and-more-to-promote-a-smarter-not-harder-workout/)
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Artificial intelligence is already doing some heavy lifting for us at work. Now the technology is being used to help us lift weights during a workout. AI is just one… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/i-was-biohacked-at-a-fitness-facility-that-uses-ai-and-more-to-promote-a-smarter-not-harder-workout/)
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/this-seattle-ai-startup-watches-you-work-then-automates-the-tedious-back-office-tasks/)
[This Seattle AI startup watches you work — then automates the tedious back-office tasks](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/this-seattle-ai-startup-watches-you-work-then-automates-the-tedious-back-office-tasks/)
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A Seattle startup hatched out of AI2 Incubator is emerging from stealth today, announcing a $5 million seed round to fuel its goal of automating basic business operations with generative… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/this-seattle-ai-startup-watches-you-work-then-automates-the-tedious-back-office-tasks/)
### Bot or Not
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2024/tame-ai-gary-marcus-regulation/)
**[How do you tame AI? Scientist sees a need for regulating bots like drugs or airplanes](https://www.geekwire.com/2024/tame-ai-gary-marcus-regulation/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2024/an-ethicists-take-is-it-ok-to-lie-to-an-ai-chatbot-during-a-job-interview/)
**[An ethicist’s take: Is it OK to lie to an AI chatbot during a job interview?](https://www.geekwire.com/2024/an-ethicists-take-is-it-ok-to-lie-to-an-ai-chatbot-during-a-job-interview/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-overwhelmingly-prefers-white-and-male-job-candidates-in-new-test-of-resume-screening-bias/)
**[AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias](https://www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-overwhelmingly-prefers-white-and-male-job-candidates-in-new-test-of-resume-screening-bias/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2024/potatos-ai-research-assistant-digs-through-publications-for-science-experiment-inspiration/)
**[Potato’s AI research assistant digs through publications for science experiment inspiration](https://www.geekwire.com/2024/potatos-ai-research-assistant-digs-through-publications-for-science-experiment-inspiration/)**
**For more about the evolving relationship between humans and machines, [check out Bot or Not](/bot-or-not/).**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-unveils-ai-agents-for-sales-striking-back-at-salesforce/)
[Microsoft unveils AI agents for sales, striking back at Salesforce](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-unveils-ai-agents-for-sales-striking-back-at-salesforce/)
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Microsoft announced two AI agents for sales that double as a competitive response to Salesforce in an area where both companies are placing big bets. Sales Agent and Sales Chat,… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-unveils-ai-agents-for-sales-striking-back-at-salesforce/)
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[Former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom named CFO of industrial giant Fortive](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/former-expedia-ceo-mark-okerstrom-named-cfo-of-industrial-giant-fortive/)
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Former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom is taking the role of chief financial officer for Everett, Wash., manufacturing conglomerate Fortive. Okerstrom is a longtime Seattle-area tech leader who spent 13 years… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/former-expedia-ceo-mark-okerstrom-named-cfo-of-industrial-giant-fortive/)
### Civic
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/how-will-the-new-china-tariffs-impact-amazons-e-commerce-business/)
**[How will the new China tariffs impact Amazon’s e-commerce business?](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/how-will-the-new-china-tariffs-impact-amazons-e-commerce-business/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/washington-lawmakers-pursue-rules-aiming-to-protect-kids-from-social-medias-potential-harm/)
**[Washington lawmakers pursue rules aiming to protect kids from social media’s potential harm](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/washington-lawmakers-pursue-rules-aiming-to-protect-kids-from-social-medias-potential-harm/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-commits-100m-to-bellevue-to-accelerate-affordable-housing-efforts/)
**[Amazon commits $100M to Bellevue to ‘accelerate’ production of affordable housing](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-commits-100m-to-bellevue-to-accelerate-affordable-housing-efforts/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/tesla-retains-advantage-in-washington-state-as-effort-to-broaden-direct-ev-sales-stalls/)
**[Tesla retains advantage in Washington state as effort stalls to expand direct EV sales](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/tesla-retains-advantage-in-washington-state-as-effort-to-broaden-direct-ev-sales-stalls/)**
**[Read more](/civic/) about tech policy, urban development, transportation, housing, the environment, regulation, and issues impacting the innovation economy.**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/is-ai-hype-out-of-control-assessing-ai-related-marketing-tactics-on-the-geekwire-200/)
[Is AI hype out of control? Assessing AI-related marketing tactics on the GeekWire 200](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/is-ai-hype-out-of-control-assessing-ai-related-marketing-tactics-on-the-geekwire-200/)
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Editor’s note: Ryan Sloan, a data scientist based in Seattle, wrote this guest post after assessing the GeekWire 200, our list of top Pacific Northwest startups. I recently read that… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/is-ai-hype-out-of-control-assessing-ai-related-marketing-tactics-on-the-geekwire-200/)
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/internal-memo-amazon-one-medical-ceo-leaving-to-lead-a-publicly-traded-healthcare-company/)
[Internal memo: Amazon One Medical CEO Trent Green leaving to lead publicly traded NRC Health](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/internal-memo-amazon-one-medical-ceo-leaving-to-lead-a-publicly-traded-healthcare-company/)
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Trent Green, the CEO of Amazon’s primary healthcare company, One Medical, is leaving to take a job as CEO of publicly traded National Research Corp., which does business as NRC… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/internal-memo-amazon-one-medical-ceo-leaving-to-lead-a-publicly-traded-healthcare-company/)
### GeekWire Podcasts
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**[Hanging up on Skype; Google’s future in Seattle; Microsoft’s quest for a quantum leap](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/podcast-hanging-up-on-skype-googles-future-in-seattle-microsofts-quest-for-a-quantum-leap/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsofts-quantum-breakthrough-wa-state-targets-uber-lyft-geekwire-200-bezos-and-bond/)
**[Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough; WA state targets Uber, Lyft; GeekWire 200; Bezos and Bond](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsofts-quantum-breakthrough-wa-state-targets-uber-lyft-geekwire-200-bezos-and-bond/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/open-source-will-win-allen-institute-for-ai-ceo-ali-farhadi-on-the-new-era-of-artificial-intelligence/)
**[‘Open source will win’: Allen Institute for AI CEO Ali Farhadi on the new era of artificial intelligence](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/open-source-will-win-allen-institute-for-ai-ceo-ali-farhadi-on-the-new-era-of-artificial-intelligence/)**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/podcast-amazon-ai-and-the-cloud-a-reality-check-with-corey-quinn-of-last-week-in-aws/)
**[Podcast: Amazon, AI, and the cloud — a reality check, with Corey Quinn of ‘Last Week in AWS’](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/podcast-amazon-ai-and-the-cloud-a-reality-check-with-corey-quinn-of-last-week-in-aws/)**
**Listen to more [GeekWire Podcasts](/podcast/).**
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/tech-moves-starbucks-names-cfo-avanade-bolsters-c-suite-tune-therapeutics-gets-ceo/)
[Tech Moves: Starbucks names CFO; Avanade bolsters C-suite; Tune Therapeutics gets CEO](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/tech-moves-starbucks-names-cfo-avanade-bolsters-c-suite-tune-therapeutics-gets-ceo/)
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— Starbucks announced Cathy Smith as its chief financial officer. Smith was most recently at Nordstrom for two years, and has held CFO roles at Bright Health, Target, Express Scripts,… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/tech-moves-starbucks-names-cfo-avanade-bolsters-c-suite-tune-therapeutics-gets-ceo/)
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/vote-now-finalists-revealed-for-2025-geekwire-awards-honoring-best-in-pacific-northwest-tech/)
[Vote now! Finalists revealed for 2025 GeekWire Awards, honoring best in Pacific Northwest tech](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/vote-now-finalists-revealed-for-2025-geekwire-awards-honoring-best-in-pacific-northwest-tech/)
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The finalists are locked in and the voting is open for the 2025 GeekWire Awards! Now’s your chance to help us honor the leading entrepreneurs and innovators in Pacific Northwest… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/vote-now-finalists-revealed-for-2025-geekwire-awards-honoring-best-in-pacific-northwest-tech/)
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/anthropic-which-opened-a-seattle-office-last-year-now-valued-at-61-5b-after-raising-3-5b/)
[Anthropic, which opened a Seattle office last year, now valued at $61.5B after raising $3.5B](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/anthropic-which-opened-a-seattle-office-last-year-now-valued-at-61-5b-after-raising-3-5b/)
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Anthropic is adding more rocket fuel to its engine as the high-flying San Francisco startup behind the Claude chatbot and AI platform raised another $3.5 billion at a whopping $61.5… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/anthropic-which-opened-a-seattle-office-last-year-now-valued-at-61-5b-after-raising-3-5b/)
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[Security startup Oleria launches its own ‘copilot’ in latest example of AI assistant proliferation](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/security-startup-oleria-launches-its-own-copilot-in-latest-example-of-ai-assistant-proliferation/)
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Oleria, a Seattle-based security startup that manages employee access to applications and data, rolled out its new “Oleria Copilot” that uses conversational AI to quickly answers user questions.
[](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/more-moonshots-less-humility-how-to-supercharge-seattles-startup-ecosystem/)
[More moonshots, less humility: How to supercharge Seattle’s startup ecosystem](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/more-moonshots-less-humility-how-to-supercharge-seattles-startup-ecosystem/)
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Seattle’s startup scene needs more swag and more big swings. Better storytelling and highly ambitious entrepreneurs are two ingredients that can help boost the city’s startup ecosystem, according to local venture… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/more-moonshots-less-humility-how-to-supercharge-seattles-startup-ecosystem/)
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[Seattle gaming startup Rec Room lays off 16% of staff — read CEO’s memo to employees](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-gaming-startup-rec-room-lays-off-16-of-staff-read-ceos-memo-to-employees/)
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The eponymous Seattle-based company behind the virtual hangout app Rec Room has cut 16% of its workforce. “This wasn’t an easy decision, but ultimately it’s one we had to make… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-gaming-startup-rec-room-lays-off-16-of-staff-read-ceos-memo-to-employees/)
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[The two questions that Kara Swisher would ask Jeff Bezos about The Washington Post](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/the-two-questions-that-kara-swisher-would-ask-jeff-bezos-about-the-washington-post/)
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“Why do you want to own this paper anymore? And do you love it as much as I do?” That’s what journalist and entrepreneur Kara Swisher would ask Amazon founder… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/the-two-questions-that-kara-swisher-would-ask-jeff-bezos-about-the-washington-post/)
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[Newly launched Seattle cancer therapy startup Callio Therapeutics raises $187M](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/newly-launched-seattle-cancer-therapy-startup-callio-therapeutics-raises-187m/)
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Biotech-focused investment firm Frazier Life Sciences has launched Callio Therapeutics, a cancer treatment startup with headquarters in Seattle and Singapore. Frazier led a $187 million Series A round, announced Monday,… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/newly-launched-seattle-cancer-therapy-startup-callio-therapeutics-raises-187m/)
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[Oscars host Conan O’Brien delivers jokes about Amazon and Jeff Bezos](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/oscars-host-conan-obrien-delivers-jokes-about-amazon-and-jeff-bezos/)
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Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of Sunday night’s ceremony. O’Brien, the late-night TV vet and first-time… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/oscars-host-conan-obrien-delivers-jokes-about-amazon-and-jeff-bezos/)
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[OCOchem prepares to flip the switch on tech for turning captured CO2 into industrial chemicals](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ocochem-prepares-to-flip-the-switch-on-tech-for-turning-captured-co2-into-industrial-chemicals/)
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OCOchem, a startup turning captured carbon dioxide into a valuable industrial chemical, is completing construction of its pilot plant in Eastern Washington. Once the 40,000-square-foot facility is commissioned in the… [Read More](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ocochem-prepares-to-flip-the-switch-on-tech-for-turning-captured-co2-into-industrial-chemicals/)
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