Lisa Stiffler

The Ballmer Group Philanthropy has pledged roughly $1 billion over the next decade to significantly increase preschool access for low-income families in Washington.

Helion Energy is simultaneously proving out its technology, constructing its first commercial plant, and building manufacturing for future facilities.

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta, a mobile satellite communications company, today announced Manny Mora as its new president and CEO.

Smartsheet names a new SVP, an AWS executive departs for an agentic AI startup, WatchGuard appoints a CEO and other tech moves.

A Seattle biotech startup born from a Nobel laureate's lab has landed $12.7 million and partnerships with pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Kite Pharma.

Researchers from Nobel Laureate David Baker's lab at the University of Washington have successfully used AI to design antibodies from scratch.

Clean energy startup ExoFusion today announced it has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy through its Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE) program.

Philips Ultrasound is laying off 33 employees from its Bothell, Wash., facility, which serves as a hub for the manufacturing of ultrasound and other healthcare devices.

Leaders in the Pacific Northwest are largely bullish on the region's continued economic success — but one threat to the region's fiscal progress worries them in particular.

An outage on Microsoft's Azure cloud services Wednesday morning disrupted operations for customers worldwide including Alaska Airlines, Xbox users and 365 subscribers.

Hundreds of global leaders gathered for the inaugural One Ocean Week Seattle, a maritime conference that wraps up Sunday.

In the latest Pacific Northwest tech moves, Allen Institute gets a new VP, an AWS leader shifts roles and NuScale names a legal officer.

Seattle's annual Nordic Innovation Summit celebrates and strengthens the economic and social ties between the Northwest and Scandinavian countries.

In the latest Pacific Northwest tech moves, an Amazon AI VP departs for CoreWeave, F5 names tech exec, and other job changes.

While most battery startups chase lithium, a new Seattle startup called Emerald Battery is betting on an abundant alternative: sodium.

A project to build one of the nation’s first next-gen nuclear facilities has just announced its name — the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility — and shared renderings of the plant.

Helion Energy has secured a permit unlocking the next phase of construction for what it hopes will be the world's first commercial fusion plant.

Seattle startup Electric Era unveiled a sleek, interactive EV charging device that uses AI to converse with drivers as they're juicing up their vehicles.

Microsoft hires former British PM Rishi Sunak as a part-time advisor, while David Azose joins Airtable and Oumi names a new executive.

Seattle biotech companies are using AI to design new medical treatments, but scientists caution the tech holds enormous promise, but needs to stay grounded in reality.