Podcast Episodes

Seattle’s history of hardware heartbreak: Big raises, high hopes, hard landings

Seattle’s consumer-hardware ambitions are once again colliding with economic reality. The struggles of Glowforge and Rad Power Bikes echo a long regional history of big raises, high hopes, and hard l…

Published on 11 hours ago

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on failure, reinvention, and his second act at Amazon

What’s it like to pitch your dream on Shark Tank, get rejected on national TV in front of eight million people — and then turn that failure into a company Amazon later buys for more than a billion do…

Published on 5 days, 16 hours ago

Seattle’s tech paradox: Amazon's layoffs and the AI boom — or is it a bubble?

Why is Amazon laying off 14,000 people during a massive AI boom? Todd and John analyze the Seattle tech paradox, digging into Andy Jassy's 'startup' reasoning and debating whether the AI frenzy is a …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

The Great Rewiring: How the pandemic set the stage for AI — and what's next

From empty offices in 2020 to AI colleagues in 2025, the way we work has been completely rewired over the past five years. Our guest this week studies these shifts closely along with her colleagues a…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

The next PC platform shift? Ed Bott on Microsoft's big Windows AI bet

Veteran technology journalist Ed Bott has "seen things," after more than 30 years of covering Microsoft and the PC industry, and he recognizes a pattern in the company's latest AI features for Window…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Vibe-coding a new reality: Chris Pirillo on the rise of AI-powered apps, features, and founders

Chris Pirillo, the longtime tech enthusiast and entrepreneur, joins the show this week to discuss how AI software development tools are opening up new possibilities for everyday users, as illustrated…

Published on 1 month ago

The Agentic Entrepreneur: How the next wave of AI is changing the startup playbook

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How artificial intelligence is changing the way companies are created, built, and operated. We're on location at Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle with investor and en…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

A $100k wall for talent: Tech leader and author Shirish Nadkarni on the H-1B fee and the impact of immigrants

The U.S. tech and startup community was stunned by an executive order last week imposing a $100,000 fee for employers seeking new H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, a program heavily used by the…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

When AI becomes the creative director: Amazon VP Jay Richman on the future of media and ads

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How artificial intelligence is reshaping media and advertising, and what it says about the future of the creative process. Our guest is Jay Richman, an Amazon vice …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Using AI to Upgrade Your Personal OS: Insights from Executive Coach Mark Briggs

This week: Executive coach and AI strategist Mark Briggs explains why your "personal operating system" needs an upgrade, and how to use AI to get more time back in your day.

He shares practical tips …

Published on 2 months ago