Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 9, 2026 – GeekWire

WalletHub’s 2026 “Best States to Live In” list puts Washington at No. … Read More

Auger will keep and grow its 115-person engineering office in Bellevue, but co-founder and CEO Dave Clark has relocated the supply chain startup’s headquarters to North Dallas. … Read More

According to a new report by Redfin, pending home sales in the Seattle area plunged 15.6% year-over-year in July. … Read More

The Gates Foundation is giving $540.2 million over 10 years to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the largest charitable gift in UW history. … Read More

Microsoft is combining its consumer and business Copilot apps into a single app, in a gradual transition starting this week. … Read More

Former Amazon VP Hannah McClellan Richards is now COO of Lime; MicroVision, Slalom and Gravyty add to their C-suites; Microsoft leaders depart for Crusoe and Gartner. … Read More

In an exchange on X, former Google chief scientist Jeff Dean — who recently left the tech giant after 27 years to launch the AI startup Discovery Loop — laid out a training routine that looks less like a tech executive’s calendar and more like a triathlete’s. … Read More

Kevin Carlberg, who led AI research teams at Meta focused on wearable computing, has raised $10.25 million for Noosphere Labs, a stealth startup working on what it calls “human-centered physical intelligence.” … Read More

Looking for love in Seattle took an unexpected turn when Reid Miller, a 26-year-old Amazon software engineer, decided to bypass dating apps. … Read More

Kalshi is still operating in Washington nearly three weeks after a Seattle judge granted the state a preliminary injunction against the prediction market platform. … Read More