A three-year-old startup called Micro1 says its annual revenue has exploded from $7 million to over $100 million in less than a year. It recruits experts, from Harvard professors to generalists, to create the human-generated data that AI labs desperately need.
GeekWire reports on a wave of executive moves in the Seattle tech and policy scene. The most significant is the appointment of a former White House advisor to lead Washington’s critical broadband expansion efforts.
A new US bill called SAMOSA is moving through Congress to fix the government’s software management problems. It highlights universal struggles with licenses and contracts that every large organization faces.
The U.S. Solicitor General has filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject Duke Energy’s appeal in a key antitrust case. This signals a potential shift toward using antitrust laws to challenge monopolistic behavior in utility markets, a sector long given wide latitude.
Global trade volatility has turned tariff changes into a frantic 48-hour scramble. Companies are using process intelligence to create digital twins of their supply chains, aiming to turn disruption into a competitive edge.
The OpenAI Foundation is beginning to distribute millions in unrestricted grants from its People-First AI Fund. The first wave of funding goes to 208 organizations focused on AI literacy and community impact. A second, larger round is planned for the near future.
FineToday Holdings is using a $350 million loan from Goldman Sachs to pay dividends to its shareholders. This type of deal, called a dividend recapitalization, is becoming more common in the private credit world.
The shift from “employees” to “workers” isn’t just semantics. It signals a deeper rot in tech, driven by private equity’s 5-year ROI plans and the automation of creativity. The result is a disposable workforce ill-equipped for real innovation.
Astronomers put telescopes in space to avoid Earth’s atmosphere. Now, a new threat is emerging from the very orbit those telescopes use. The growing constellation of satellites is reflecting enough sunlight to potentially dazzle sensitive instruments.
According to Fortune, small businesses are in a tech arms race for the 2025 holiday season, needing enterprise-grade security and AI automation to survive. Over a third are already using AI to handle holiday demand, and providers like Comcast are embedding security directly into networks. The goal i
