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Taiwanese AI startup sets up North American HQ in Bellevue, with potential for 500 employees

The company said it eventually envisions its Bellevue office growing into a core edge AI research and development center with more than 500 employees over the next decade. Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon Music names VP; Microsoft departures and a Copilot shakeup; Veeam adds exec

Amazon Music names VP of product and tech; Microsoft's corporate VP of Security, Compliance, Identity, Management & Privacy steps down while its Copilot platform undergoes a shakeup; Veeam appoints a chief marketing and customer AI officer; and Read More

The cost of the AI boom: Amazon emissions jump 16% as company stands by net-zero pledge

Amazon’s 2025 sustainability report reveals a 16% carbon emissions spike driven by AI data center expansion, even as the company maintains its 2040 net-zero goals. Read More

Ballmer Group launches ‘MoveUp Washington’ as part of broader philanthropic restructuring

The new organization will continue Ballmer Group's work improving economic mobility for kids and families, operating independently while still funded by Steve and Connie Ballmer. Read More

Opinion: Governor’s new economic council snubs startups, forgets AI

Seattle angel investor Charles Fitzgerald argues that Gov. Bob Ferguson's new Economic Development Council is backward-looking, lacks startup and VC representation, and ignores AI — the single biggest force shaping Washington's economy. Read More

Anthropic expands in Seattle as AI boom offers hope for struggling office market

The maker of the Claude AI model recently finalized a lease at Dexter Yard North in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, capping months of speculation about the company's expansion plans in the region. Read More

The Best Seafood Restaurants in Seattle

Seattle is synonymous with seafood, and anyone who visits from out of town naturally wants to know where the city’s best seafood is. But that’s a tricky question. There are some self-described “seafood restaurants,” but fish and shellfish work their way into nearly every menu around Puget Sound. This includes oysters on the half shell […]

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Plymouth Housing headlines 2026 Preservation Awards

Historic Seattle also honored Seattle Public Schools, Smith Tower owner GT Capital and Greg Smith of Urban Visions.

Mural debuts in Pioneer Square

The piece by Seattle artist Cristina Martinez is on the the American Life building at 1016 Occidental Ave. S. and is now the largest mural in the neighborhood.

$2.4B RFQ for Calif. high-speed rail

California's high-speed rail project is preparing for a major expansion, with the upcoming release of a request for qualifications for a civil works design-build contract for the Merced to Madera extension.