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GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Top stories so far this week

What to know about Vinod Khosla, the Silicon Valley legend whose family is buying the Seahawks
He's obsessive about talent, fiercely loyal to the leaders he picks, and relentless when told no.
Grunge meets slop: An AI time traveler visits 1992 Seattle when music, not tech, ruled the city
The AI-generated video is an interesting study in how technology that's very much being built and hyped in Seattle can be used to illustrate what the city sort of looked like more than three decades ago.
Apptio co-founders reunite to launch enterprise AI startup Thira with $21M in funding led by Madrona
Apptio co-founders Sunny Gupta and Kurt Shintaffer launched Thira, a Bellevue-based enterprise AI startup, with $21 million in seed funding led by Madrona.
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Elon Musk’s Mars illusion
A look at the science behind Elon Musk's goal of a million-person city on Mars, and why planetary scientists say terraforming the planet to make it habitable would take centuries, if it's possible at all.
Tech Moves: Remitly CMO departs; Temporal names EVP; Veeam and Qualtrics leadership changes
Rina Hahn leaves role as Remitly's CMO; Temporal promotes Preeti Somal to EVP amid reorganization; and Veeam and Qualtrics make leadership changes.
Venture funding drops in Seattle area as AI boom reshapes startup world
Seattle-area startups raised $2.7 billion in the first half of 2026, down 40% from a year ago, even as U.S.
Augmodo raises $21M to push its spatial AI beyond just retail toward the broader physical workforce
Customer demand is pulling the Seattle startup's technology into warehouses, facility maintenance, delivery, and other parts of the physical workforce.
Microsoft’s reset, a new era for Seattle startups, and how AI is changing everything for founders
On this week's show, we're 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 hardware companies on the GeekWire 200.
Salesforce’s Tableau renews Fremont office lease, signaling long-term Seattle commitment
The renewal continues Tableau's long association with Fremont, where the company added offices over the years to accommodate its rapid growth before its $15.7 billion acquisition by Salesforce in 2019.
As General Fusion makes historic Nasdaq debut, report shows global funding surged to $4.5B
General Fusion’s stock is trading up after it became the first fusion energy company to go public on a major… Read More
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