Articles about AI infrastructure

Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis exits Microsoft to launch stealth startup aiming to reinvent AI supply chain

Dan Lewis, who led the Seattle freight marketplace Convoy before it shut down in 2023, has left Microsoft to start a stealth company focused on running AI models more efficiently, extending a career spent at the intersection of AI and logistics. Read More

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Seattle AI Summit — The Infrastructure Era (Seattle Tech Week)

Billed as the flagship AI event of Seattle Tech Week: one day, three rooms, and 1,000+ curated attendees focused on… Read More

Former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to lead new $10B AI data center venture

Former Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is returning to the world of cloud infrastructure as co-founder and CEO of Helix Digital Infrastructure, a newly-launched company backed by more than $10 billion. Read More

Podcast

Amazon fixes Alexa ordering bug, Microsoft rethinks AI data centers, and cameras capture every fan

Amazon fixes an Alexa voice-ordering bug after a listener spotted a misleading comment on the GeekWire Podcast. We dig into the limits of voice commerce, Microsoft’s new “community first” approach to AI data centers, and what it says about growing backlash over power and water use. Read More

Microsoft responds to AI data center revolt, vowing to cover full power costs and reject local tax breaks

The tech giant’s new “community first” initiative includes pledges to pay full power costs, reject local tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses — a response to growing backlash against AI infrastructure expansion. Read More

Podcast

The stories that defined 2025: AI dreams, brutal realities, and Seattle tech at a turning point

The past year may go down as one of the most consequential in technology history — in Seattle and beyond. On this special year-end episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we look back at the stories that defined 2025, from AI’s rapid rise and massive infrastructure bets to layoffs, shifting tech jobs, and what it all means for Seattle’s future. Read More

The hot new thing at AWS re:Invent has nothing to do with AI

At AWS re:Invent, the biggest cheers weren’t for AI but for savings. AWS CEO Matt Garman unveiled new Database Savings Plans offering up to 35% off, highlighting how cost relief still hits harder than cutting-edge tech. Read More

Cisco to acquire Seattle-area AI startup NeuralFabric, expanding push into enterprise generative AI

Cisco is acquiring NeuralFabric, a Seattle-area AI startup founded by former Microsoft engineers that builds back-end software for companies to develop and deploy their own generative AI models. The deal strengthens Cisco’s push into enterprise AI; terms weren’t disclosed. Read More

AI infrastructure

Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis exits Microsoft to launch stealth startup aiming to reinvent AI supply chain

Seattle AI Summit — The Infrastructure Era (Seattle Tech Week)

Amazon fixes Alexa ordering bug, Microsoft rethinks AI data centers, and cameras capture every fan

Microsoft responds to AI data center revolt, vowing to cover full power costs and reject local tax breaks

Cisco to acquire Seattle-area AI startup NeuralFabric, expanding push into enterprise generative AI

Centific, a Seattle-area AI services startup and Nvidia partner, lands $60M

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: ChatGPT will ‘probably not’ replace Google as top search engine