Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 13, 2026.
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America’s machinists are retiring, and two startup founders in their 20s want to salvage what they know
Neuramill is building software that captures how experienced machinists decide to make a part, then applies that knowledge to new jobs at aerospace and defense machine shops. The company was founded last year by two engineers in their 20s who started their careers in Seattle. Read More … Read More
Providence to receive $1.1B from Nike co-founder to build women’s health hospital in Oregon
Providence will receive $1.1 billion from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny — one of the largest gifts ever pledged to a U.S. healthcare institution — to build Oregon’s first women’s hospital and expand cardiovascular services. The funds, directed to Portland’s Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and Providence Heart Institute, build on the Knights’ prior $200 million gift to the heart institute. Read More … Read More
Twin tech founders who left Seattle for Alaska bet on an AI agent named ‘Walter’ to cover local news
Several years after leaving Seattle’s startup scene to build a “tech outpost” in the Alaskan wilderness, serial entrepreneurs and twin brothers Lee and Lucas Brown, founders of Tune, have set their sights on a new frontier: replacing the traditional newsroom with artificial intelligence. Read More … Read More
Tech Moves: Microsoft, Amazon and Kestra promotions; Gradial names CMO; Yoodli adds VP
Silvia Candiani has been promoted to CVP of the recently launched Microsoft Frontier Company, while Microsoft Elevate has hired a former UNICEF leader as VP. Amazon Web Services has promoted Alexis Bateman to director of global sustainability. Gradial has added a CMO, and Yoodli and Kestra have each named a VP. Read More … Read More
Oracle cuts 359 Washington jobs in latest AI-driven layoffs; Seattle offices ‘not closing’
The cuts are part of broader nationwide layoffs at the enterprise software giant and heavily impact technical engineering and management roles. Read More … Read More
This software engineer is taking Google to the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify patent law
Software engineer Jeff Kohler is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the Alice patent standard after courts invalidated his patent and dismissed his infringement case against Google without examining the C++ source code he submitted. IP law experts and federal judges have called for the Supreme Court to revisit how the standard is applied to software inventions. Read More … Read More
Terry Myerson retires as Truveta CEO, with co-founders stepping in to lead $1B health data startup
Truveta co-founders Jay Nanduri and Ryan Ahern will serve as interim co-CEOs of the health data company, which Myerson helped build from a pandemic-era idea into a business with 500 employees and 30 member health systems. Read More … Read More
Temporal raises $550M, hits $12.55B valuation as agentic AI wave fuels massive growth
It caps a significant growth stretch for the Bellevue-based open-source platform, whose annualized revenue run rate recently surpassed $250 million — growing over 200% year-over-year. Read More … Read More
Agility’s new Digit 5 robot lifts 50 pounds, works 20+ hours a day and operates alongside people
Agility Robotics, which is preparing to go public through a SPAC merger, unveiled Digit 5, a humanoid robot it says can work safely alongside people in warehouses and factories. The company says the new robot can lift 50 pounds, reach shelves 7.2 feet high and work more than 20 hours a day. Read More … Read More
Helion funding round grows to $500M amid uncertainty over fusion startup’s Microsoft timeline
Helion Energy added $35 million to its latest funding round, bringing the round to $500 million and its total war chest to more than $1.5 billion. The capital supports the fusion startup’s effort to power a Microsoft data center by 2028 despite timeline and technical skepticism. Read More … Read More
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