by Lisa Stiffler on Sep 30, 2026 at 4:50 pm September 30, 2026 at 4:50 pm
The University of Washington and Microsoft today celebrated the opening of the permanent home of the UW’s Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), an institute supporting tech leaders, on the tech giant’s Redmond, Wash., campus.
GIX is the first UW program to set up full-time operations at Microsoft, whose headquarters are just across Lake Washington from the university’s main campus. The company provided a $42 million in-kind donation to establish the embedded facility.
The UW is leasing the new 48,500-square-foot GIX space in Microsoft’s Building 92 rent-free.
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